All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 26 2013 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said violent weather that struck Georgia on June 13 caused an estimated $50 million in insured losses. The storm caused two EF1 tornadoes in Cherokee and Cobb counties. More...
Jun 17 2013 // Deaths from prescription drug overdoses jumped 360 percent in the last decade in the Appalachian region, according to the Center for Clinical and Translation Science. As a result of this epidemic, states in the Southeast...
Jun 13 2013 // Betsy K. Olson was installed as president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia Inc. (IIAG) during the association’s recent annual convention in Amelia Island, Florida. Olson is vice president of marketing...
Jun 6 2013 // Tropical Storm Andrea pelted Florida’s northern Gulf Coast on Thursday and was forecast to drench much of the U.S. Southeast as it cuts across Georgia and up the Atlantic coast, the National Hurricane Center said.The...
May 30 2013 // There’s mixed reaction in Georgia from drivers to a proposal from a federal agency’s call for states to lower their blood-alcohol limits.The National Transportation and Safety Board made waves with its call for...
May 22 2013 // The Denham Agency, an Americus-based insurance agency, has become the 14th Keystone Insurers Group partner in Georgia. The Denham Agency was established in 1984 by current president Mike Denham. In 2011, the agency formed...
May 17 2013 // Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For the national story read: Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ CompDeaths from prescription drug overdoses jumped 360 percent in the...
May 14 2013 // The hurricane season is almost here and Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens is inviting the public to attend the 12th Annual Hurricane Preparedness Expo on June 15.Photo credit: Georgia Office of Insurance and...
May 8 2013 // Gov. Nathan Deal has signed into law new limits on how much money lobbyists can spend while trying to influence public officials in Georgia.The legislation takes effect Jan. 1. It sets the first limits on what lobbyists...
Apr 26 2013 // New numbers show that Georgia has seen a slight drop in the number of motorcycle fatalities.The Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety reported that new data made available on April 24 shows that the state had...
Apr 25 2013 // Georgia joined dozens of other states on Tuesday with a law aimed at educating parents and coaches about the risks of youth concussions and placing restrictions on when a young athlete can return after suffering a serious...
Apr 19 2013 // A DeKalb County family has been awarded more than $17 million in after a jury found a physician’s assistant liable for causing a man’s brain injury. Sheriod Merritt was hit by a stray bullet in a shooting and...
Apr 11 2013 // Hunt-Miller Insurance Agency of Warner Robins, Georgia, has become Keystone Insurers Group’s newest franchise partner in the state. The new arrangement was announced by Hunt-Miller Insurance Agency President Mike...
Apr 3 2013 // Like many people who lived in Athens, Georgia at the time, Anne Shepherd clearly remembers March 31, 1973 — the day the tornado hit.Shepherd, owner of downtown’s Chick Music store, had gone out to a house on North...
Apr 2 2013 // A north Georgia city is voting on an ordinance that would make gun ownership mandatory. City council members in Nelson were set to vote on the Family Protection Ordinance at their meeting Monday evening. The city of about...
Apr 2 2013 // A Georgia woman whose image was used in advertisements for a “Girls Gone Wild” video without her authorization has grounds to sue the video’s producers under Georgia law, the state’s highest court...
Apr 1 2013 // As more Republicans give in to President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul, an opposition bloc remains across the South, including from governors who lead some of the nation’s poorest and unhealthiest...
Mar 26 2013 // Georgia’s highest court has rejected a Mexican national’s argument that part of a state law that requires a Georgia-issued driver’s license to get behind the wheel is unconstitutional because it...
Mar 25 2013 // The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors that a Georgia-based compounding pharmacy is recalling dozens of lots of the Roche drug Avastin after receiving reports of eye infections among patients.The FDA said last...
Mar 22 2013 // Photos and mementoes that were snatched up and blown hundreds of miles during tornados in the south of the United States two years ago are giving researchers new insight on how debris is carried by the storms and how it...