Ken Stanford

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that a Senate Democratic proposal gradually boosting the minimum wage to $10.10 hourly would force businesses to spend $15 billion more in salaries in 2017.

Top diplomats from the United States, European Union, Russia and Ukraine reached agreement after marathon talks Thursday on immediate steps to ease the crisis in Ukraine.

Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) announces that Gilberto Agripino and Sonya Le of Gainesville Exploration Academy are two of six award winners in its FULL STEAM AHEAD WITH BOOKS art competition.

State officials say thousands of voters have used Georgia's new Web-based programs to register ahead of the May 20 primary.

Piedmont College ceramics students are working to aid Clarkesville renovations with a project that hits you where you eat.

The turmoil in Ukraine dominated the European landscape Thursday, as three protesters were killed in a clash in southern Ukraine, high-level talks were held in Geneva and Vladimir Putin weighed in on his neighbor's future for hours from Moscow.