Bryan Pirkle

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says he's looking at making changes to a controversial program that runs people booked for local crimes through a federal immigration database.

Candidates running in Georgia's fiercely contested Republican primary for the U.S. Senate are blasting the perceived front-runner in the race for making comments they say suggest he would support raising taxes.

Centennial Arts Academy in Gainesville has been selected as the winner of a $1,000 grant courtesy of the nationwide program

The Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) has awarded more than $10.2 million in grants to 34 community entities around the state to help qualifying homeowners make down payments and rehabilitate their homes. Grant amounts range from $200,000 to $300,000 and recipients include Jackson County and Gainesville.

House Republicans on Thursday rammed through a measure opening a new investigation of the deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya, vowing to dig deeper in a search for truth. Democrats declared it merely a political ploy to raise campaign cash and motivate voters.

Georgia officials facing a short timeline to replace the statewide student test could take a major step on Thursday.

House Democrats opened the door Tuesday to participating in a special panel's investigation of the deadly attack in Benghazi, Libya, even if they see it as little more than an election-year ploy by Republicans to discredit the Obama administration and motivate GOP voters.

President Barack Obama is telling Latino lawmakers and Hispanic advocates that they should press House Republicans to act on a broad overhaul of immigration laws.

Saying his mind was scarred by combat and numbed by heroin, an Army soldier told a southeast Georgia judge Thursday that he shot a teenage girl twice in the head because he thought he saw ``the glint of a gun'' as she opened her car door.

Deciding which party controls the Senate for the final two years of President Barack Obama's tenure could come down to women - both the handful who are running in significant races and the moderate female voters who often make the difference in close elections.