All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 13 2022 // A weekend highway crash killed the longtime mayor of a northwest Georgia city and the mayor’s wife, officials said Sunday.Albert and Camilla Pallone died Saturday afternoon when a the driver of pickup truck lost...
Dec 1 2022 // PCF Insurance Services, one of the larger brokerage firms in the country, has acquired Georgia-based Voluntary Benefits at Work. VB@Work, as it is abbreviated, said it designs employee benefits packages that minimize...
Nov 23 2022 // A California company seeking to build small electric aircraft says it will invest $118 million to construct a plant near Atlanta, eventually hiring up to 1,000 people.Archer Aviation, based in Santa Clara, California, said...
Nov 15 2022 // A house fire in rural Pike County, Georgia, killed two toddlers on Saturday, authorities said. The fire in Molena, about 60 miles south of Atlanta, was accidental in nature, according to investigators with the Georgia...
Nov 10 2022 // Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine denies knowingly being involved in any fraud scheme and has moved to have the criminal charges brought against him dismissed.A November 4 defense filing in federal court...
Nov 9 2022 // Incumbent Republican John King defeated Democratic challenger Janice Laws Robinson in the Georgia insurance commissioner race. King had 54% of the vote to 46% for Robinson, according to the results from the secretary of...
Nov 9 2022 // Residents were allowed to return home this week after they were evacuated when a large fire broke out Monday inside a chemical plant on the coast of Georgia. Authorities had feared nearby neighborhoods could have been hit...
Nov 9 2022 // A Mexican bakery will be turning out more bread in south Georgia, announcing a larger bakery to go with a smaller one that it’s already building.Mexico City-based Grupo Bimbo said Friday that it will spend $200...
Oct 24 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.Georgia is contesting a federal challenge to its 1332 waiver, leaving the 2023 healthcare open enrollment period in flux while the state and fed duke it out. If some of...
Oct 21 2022 // Choice Financial Group, a regional insurance agency based in Virginia Beach, said it has acquired Georgia Pines Agency, expanding its footprint into Georgia, Florida and California.GPA, headquartered in Kennesaw, Georgia,...
Oct 19 2022 // Two of the largest insurance agency partnerships in the South have merged, creating the nation’s fourth-largest partnership, with some $600 million in property/casualty revenue, the groups announced.Georgia Agency...
Oct 17 2022 // A federal lawsuit filed Thursday accuses Georgia’s Bartow County of violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it fired two Black men two years ago.U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan of the Northern District of Georgia...
Oct 13 2022 // Auto insurance costs have become the central issue in the election for Georgia’s next insurance commissioner.John King, the Republican incumbent appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp, says he’s looking for ways to...
Sep 13 2022 // Fishermen, shrimpers and business owners dependent on coastal tourism have filed lawsuits over pollution caused when a cargo ship capsized off the Georgia coast in 2019.The two federal lawsuits filed last week in Georgia...
Sep 13 2022 // A construction company and mortgage lender accused of damaging wetlands on a famous Georgia island have agreed to settle a federal lawsuit brought by landowners.The site of the controversy is on picturesque St....
Sep 9 2022 // Nick Carusillo died when he was hit by multiple vehicles on a Georgia interstate, just days after he was abruptly discharged from an addiction treatment center. Now his parents hope a substantial jury verdict in their...
Sep 9 2022 // Officials continued to scramble this week to restore water service in parts of a northwest Georgia county after flash flooding submerged pumps and flooded buildings.Chattooga County officials said water for 8,000 customers...
Sep 6 2022 // The MEMIC Group, specialists in workforce safety, has hired John Coaker as senior production underwriter in the Southeast. Coaker, based in Georgia, has worked in the industry for more than two decades. He will work with...
Sep 6 2022 // Stonetrust Workers’ Compensation Insurance Co. will begin writing workers’ compensation coverage in Iowa and Georgia effective October 1st, the company said. This announcement follows the Baton Rouge,...
Sep 6 2022 // Thunderstorms and heavy rain pounded parts of northwest Georgia over the Labor Day weekend, sparking flash flooding in some areas. Local news reports showed roads under water and homeowners struggling to keep water out,...