All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 8 2023 // Georgia’s Stegeman Coliseum has been closed for repairs after a small piece of concrete fell from the ceiling of the nearly 60-year-old facility that hosts several of the university’s sports teams and school...
Mar 2 2023 // The Georgia House of Representatives voted this week to raise the maximum workers’ compensation benefit amounts and to increase the maximum payout to dependent spouses.House Bill 480, sponsored by Rep. Lehman...
Feb 28 2023 // Truck insurers would be able to avoid being named as defendants in lawsuits filed after trucking accidents under a bill moving through the Georgia General Assembly.Senate Bill 191, reported favorably last week by the...
Feb 24 2023 // Georgia lawmakers are watering down a bill to allow heavier trucks on state highways after widespread opposition to the original measure by state and local officials.Rep. Steven Meeks, a Screven Republican, described the...
Feb 21 2023 // Georgia Power Co. has again delayed the projected startup for two new units at its Vogtle nuclear power plant near Augusta, saying its share of the costs will rise by an additional $200 million.Southern Co., the...
Feb 17 2023 // Georgia lawmakers are moving to restrict vaping in public spaces.The state Senate voted 51-3 on Wednesday to pass Senate Bill 47, which would regulate vaping in the same way the state already regulates smoking. The measure...
Feb 15 2023 // Georgia cities and counties could be compelled to enforce bans on public camping or sleeping by homeless people under a bill moving forward in the state Senate.The measure would also create a structure for the state to...
Feb 14 2023 // A bill that would significantly raise the weight limit for trucks on Georgia highways appears to be gaining steam after it was approved by a state House committee.The House Transportation Committee voted 18-11 to raise the...
Feb 13 2023 // Georgia authorities have arrested two men, a month after a homemade bomb destroyed part of a home near Savannah.Caleb Kinsey, 33, and Stephen Glosser, 36, were apprehended last week after an investigation into the bombing...
Feb 3 2023 // Georgia’s Supreme Court should permanently remove a state appeals court judge accused of ethical misconduct, a judicial discipline panel recommended in a report released Monday.The three-member state panel said...
Feb 1 2023 // Jessie Blanchard started small nearly five years ago, just trying to get enough of the rescue drug naloxone that reverses opioid overdoses to keep her daughter from dying from an overdose.She pleaded with colleagues at the...
Jan 24 2023 // Investigators on Thursday released the identity of the person who was shot and killed by law enforcement officers who were trying to clear protesters camping at the site of a planned Atlanta-area public safety training...
Jan 19 2023 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says that disaster assistance has been made available to Georgia in areas struck by a tornado outbreak across the South on Thursday.In an announcement Tuesday, FEMA said that...
Jan 12 2023 // A South Korean solar panel maker will invest more than $2.5 billion to build factories in Georgia, hiring 2,500 new employees and making components usually manufactured outside the United States, the company announced...
Jan 10 2023 // Alera Group, a national property insurance and benefits firm, has acquired Atlanta area-based Sutter, McLellan & Gilbreath, a full-service agency. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The move will expand...
Jan 9 2023 // Lead exposure can have serious health consequences for children, but only a fraction of Georgia schools have signed up for a free testing program.Advocates worry school leaders are hesitant because of the cost and...
Jan 3 2023 // Parts of a law overhauling insurance coverage for mental health, new ways for parents to challenge materials used in schools and a tax credit for donating to police are among new laws taking effect Sunday in Georgia.Most...
Dec 21 2022 // A Georgia Court of Appeals judge and former attorney for the state Department of Insurance has died at age 64.Judge Clyde Reese died on Saturday, the court announced, saying he died unexpectedly after a short hospital...
Dec 20 2022 // This article has been updated to reflect information from the prosecutor in the case.A Georgia insurance agent has been sentenced to five years in prison after he was convicted of providing fraudulent workers’...
Dec 15 2022 // Hub International, one of the largest and still-growing insurance brokerages in the country, announced it has acquired Georgia-based Chatham Insurance Partners. Headquartered in Savannah, the Chatham agency was founded in...