All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 25 2016 // The employer of a tractor-trailer driver blamed for a fiery interstate crash that killed five Georgia nursing students has agreed to settle wrongful death lawsuits for large sums, with at least one victim’s family...
Apr 19 2016 // Farmers Insurance has introduced new rideshare insurance coverage for drivers in Georgia.According to Mariel Devesa, head of product innovation for Farmers Insurance, the coverage is available to ridesharing drivers as...
Apr 14 2016 // Allstate Insurance Co. is speaking out about an investigation by the Georgia Department of Insurance into the carrier’s plan to raise auto insurance rates for some in the state by at least 25 percent.In a statement...
Apr 12 2016 // A Georgia statewide rate increase of 25 percent on Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Company policyholders has triggered a consumer alert from state Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens.The Georgia Department of...
Apr 11 2016 // A former peanut company executive serving a 28-year prison sentence won’t have to pay money to victims of a deadly salmonella outbreak linked to his Georgia plant, a federal judge ruled.Former Peanut Corporation of...
Apr 6 2016 // Trinity Underwriting Managers, Inc. (TUMI), a Georgia-based program administrator, has hired Bonita Finley as a senior transportation broker. Finley will help manage TUMI’s local and intermediate trucking business as...
Apr 5 2016 // Augusta, Ga., has approved one of the region’s first local drone laws, which bans the unmanned aircraft from flying in areas where 100 or more people might gather.Officials with the Association County Commissioners...
Apr 4 2016 // Strong storms plowed through Georgia on their way to the Carolinas Friday, spawning at least one confirmed tornado, after setting off tornadoes that swirled through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.The National Weather...
Mar 28 2016 // Rare “Justice League” and “X-Men” comic books valued at more than $200,000 have been stolen from a central Georgia store.Will Peavy, owner of Comics Plus in Macon tells WMAZ-TV that someone broke...
Mar 23 2016 // The president of an Atlanta-area college says an explosion that seriously injured a food worker could be linked to a buildup of gases in a sewer line.A statement from Georgia Gwinnett College President Stas Preczewski says...
Mar 18 2016 // A judge in Wilkinson County, Georgia, has awarded $64.6 million to a man who claimed he was beaten by several employees in a personal-care home.Media outlets report that in January, Judge William Prior issued the final...
Mar 16 2016 // A bill to expand the diseases eligible for medical marijuana in Georgia has stalled in the Senate with just a few days remaining in the legislative session.Republican state Rep. Allen Peake of Macon hoped to pass...
Mar 14 2016 // The decision by the owner of a small Georgia insurance company to require his employees to carry firearms at the office has sparked a debate: Would having a gun on the job make you safer, or is it inviting violence into...
Mar 10 2016 // Georgia says the Gainesville, Ga.-based Perdue Foods is recalling about 4,530 pounds of chicken nuggets.A statement from the state agriculture department says the nuggets were made in Georgia and are being recalled because...
Mar 10 2016 // Officials in Augusta, Ga., have voted to ban drone flights year-round over crowded areas.The Augusta Chronicle reports that after having banned the devices during the Masters golf tournament, the Augusta Commission voted...
Mar 7 2016 // Florida’s Citizens Launches Campaign to Combat Abuse ClaimsCitizens Property Insurance Corp. has launched a multi-faceted education campaign in an attempt to combat what it has called a disturbing increase of fraud...
Mar 4 2016 // President Barack Obama has declared that a major disaster exists in 33 Georgia counties following recent severe storms and flooding that affected the state.The White House announced Feb. 26 that federal aid will be...
Mar 1 2016 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens announced that in 2015 his office mediated thousands of claims disputes between Georgians and insurance companies, resulting in more than $7 million in claim settlements...
Feb 26 2016 // A major storm system hit several Southeast states this week, bringing high winds and tornadoes to multiple regions and killing at least one person in Mississippi. Injuries and damage were also reported in Florida from an...
Feb 25 2016 // The owner of a Georgia-based insurance firm is requiring all of his employees to get permits to carry concealed weapons and providing each of them with a handgun.Lance Toland of Lance Toland Associates said Tuesday that...