Ken Stanford

Facing a ``critical shortage'' of math and science teachers in Georgia, Gov. Sonny Perdue sweetened the pot Wednesday.

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) will close one lane of Mundy Mill Road in Oakwood overnight tonight as work continues on the reconstruction of Exit 16.

The high school dropout problem is getting better in some big cities - including Atlanta - where it's most severe, a national study has found.

A decision on a contract for the 200,000-square-foot expansion of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center will take longer.

Jackson County authorities have arrested and charged 25-year-old Robert Adam Jones, of Nicholson, in the shooting death of his father, 47-year-old Leroy Raymond ``Ray'' Jones.

The world economy is likely to shrink this year for the first time in six decades.

Low-income Latino immigrants in the South are routinely the targets of wage theft, racial profiling and other abuses driven by an anti-immigrant climate that harms all Latinos regardless of their immigration status, according to a report from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).

A spokesman for Georgia's Environmental Protection Division says outdoor watering restrictions are likely to stay in place even though the region's drought has eased.

Cobb County Commission Chairman Sam Olens said he'll run for attorney general, not governor.

Wading into the politically charged immigration debate, a group of colleges and universities is urging Congress to give illegal immigrants tuition aid and a path to citizenship in light of efforts in several states to block them.