People tour a home at Beacon Point at New Hampstead near Savannah on Aug. 1, 2026. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

Savannah sprawl: Housing construction spreads like wildfire on Georgia coast

Supply pipeline is now keeping pace with demand in a metro area in need of 41,000 new units between 2024 and 2030.

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Georgia Power deal to serve $20B OpenAI data center goes under the microscope

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Politics

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger stands next to a ballot scanner during a voting machine health test at Hall County Office of Elections on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. Dominion Voting Systems has released multiple software updates since 2019, but Georgia has not implemented them. (Natrice Miller/AJC)

Georgia passed on election upgrades. A Princeton researcher exploited weakness in system.

The demonstration has revived a debate about security upgrades for Georgia’s electronic voting machines.

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Jon Ossoff wants more than a win against Mike Collins

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Communism, Shariah and executions: Georgia GOP push politics of the past.

Georgia Democrats talk property taxes as they eye a possible House takeover

AJC Investigation

John E. Jones was the leader of the local NAACP during a federal lawsuit that toppled Fayette County's at-large voting system. The suit helped increase Black political voting power in the county. Now Jones worries that those gains could be at risk of eroding. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC)

A voting rights suit transformed Fayette County. Could it now slide back?

A recent Supreme Court decision raises fresh questions about the county’s political future and whether recent gains by Black voters will hold.

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AJC Sports

MIKE GRIFFITH

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WNBA

Short-handed Dream suffer heartbreak in overtime loss to Fever

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Reclassification reset GHSA’s 57 regions. Here are the 10 best.

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How top-10 teams fared in GHSA football opening week

BULLDOGS

Georgia’s freshman class already has several Bulldogs turning heads

AJC VARSITY

Chadwick not a fan of heat rules or Beatles, but extols brothers, Dan Fogelberg

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Arts and Entertainment

Meet the man who helped bring the elegant Cuban dance casino to Atlanta

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Beluga whales Zephyr (left) and Balor accept tasty treats from Leah Stutz and Christina Spilker on Friday, Aug. 14, 2026, at the Georgia Aquarium. The two beluga whales were rescued from a closed amusement park in Ontario. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

2 beluga whales settling in at Georgia Aquarium after trip from Canada

Balor and Zephyr were among 30 beluga whales relocated from Marineland, a failed aquatic park.

Food and Dining

Justin Brown, aka the Real Food Stalker, has an all-day itinerary for an outing just north of Atlanta that includes breakfast at Buttermilk Kitchen (left), lunch and crafting at ScentTok Craft Cafe (center) and dinner and gaming at Battle & Brew (right). (Justin Brown for the AJC)

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Curiosities of the South

Residents mapped nearly 500 cameras in one Atlanta neighborhood

Edgewood residents set out to answer a simple question: how many surveillance cameras are watching their neighborhood? Credits: Organized Neighbors of Edgewood

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Small Georgia meat producers can now compete beyond state lines. Here’s why.

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Georgia and Metro News

Tamekia Morris, campus president of Tulsa Welding School's new campus in Decatur, on Aug. 13, 2026. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

AJC HER+STORY

Welding school leader seeks more women in trades as modern Rosie the Riveters

Tulsa Welding School’s local campus president wants to create more visibility for women in trades.

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Mother’s boyfriend charged with murder after missing boy found dead

Trending ‘stranger session’ photo shoots are helping singles look for love

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WILD GEORGIA

More Georgia coyote sightings doesn’t mean their population is increasing

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Thousands of Georgians heading back to offices Monday, but many aren’t

Atlanta’s Equifax to pay $100M after miscalculating credit scores

Lawyers say the settlement is the largest ever achieved under the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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ICE presence at Atlanta airport yields immigration arrests — and a false alarm

A Venezuelan asylum-seeker and a U.S. citizen confused for a British immigrant were recently apprehended at the airport.

After more than 60 years, a Buckhead pharmacy is evolving

Wender & Roberts will relocate and shrink in a popular shopping center along tony West Paces Ferry Road.

Opinion and Voices

OPINION

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Mike Luckovich: Runnin’ on empty

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Georgia maximizes data center growth, protects consumers and freezes rates

Unlike many other states, Georgia’s infrastructure and utilities oversight helps balance data centers’ power needs without shifting the cost burdens to residents.

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