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Georgia sprinter Melanie Doggett is Gatorade national winner

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Georgia baseball coaches push back on MLB proposal: ‘What do we do as a high school player?’

Officer involved shooting Cobb County Bradley Avenue

Cobb County moves to dismiss suit over fatal PIT maneuver

The Republican runoff for governor features candidates Rick Jackson and Burt Jones

POLITICALLY GEORGIA

Jackson opens leadership committee after challenging the law in court

Census data shows Georgia continues to diversify

Georgia lawmakers punt fight over voting machines to 2028

Party switcher losses show Georgians that labels still matter

Rick Jackson’s next challenge: Winning over Republicans

The GOP nominee spent more than $110 million of his own money to topple Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in the primary. Now, he must convince the party's activist base to support him.

‘Spectacular’ arena between Atlanta and Savannah is part of city’s $1B ‘flex’

New $350 million, 10,000-plus-capacity venue to replace nearly 60-year-old Macon Coliseum in city that spawned Little Richard, Otis Redding and other famous Georgia musicians.

YELLOW JACKETS

Georgia Tech announces new West Festival Club inside Bobby Dodd Stadium

Georgia Tech's Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field will offer a new premium club experience for 2026.

Who really put Confederate monuments across the South?

What killed thousands of fish in Atlanta?

Stone Mountain remains at the center of Georgia’s Confederate history debate

Martin Luther King III shares the lesson his daughter taught him about being present

Southern accents are fading across the South. Here's why.

What the World Cup means for Black culture in Atlanta

Southern hospitality has a dark past. Here’s how it rebranded itself.

Is MARTA safe? What riders across Atlanta say.

Where does the South actually begin?

Collins takes aim at Ossoff in GOP runoff victory speech

Feds: Drone-flying prison smugglers used old daycare center as storehouse

Feds allege Georgia-based smuggling ring used drones to airdrop drugs, cellphones, escape tools and other contraband into 10 federal prisons across eight states.

Have a child in daycare or worked in one? The AJC wants to hear from you.

The AJC wants to speak to parents, daycare workers, directors and former employees, as we report on daycare staffing, safety, quality, inspections, access and affordability.

After several rainy weeks, Georgia’s drought picture looks very different

Georgia's worst drought conditions have been alleviated, but state officials say more moisture is needed to erase long-term rainfall deficits.

GUEST COLUMN

Georgia faces a public health disaster. Call a data center state of emergency.

Georgians are frustrated that lawmakers are favoring the data center industry over citizens' concerns about public health and resources management.

Warner-Paramount merger threatens more CNN and Turner jobs in Atlanta

Past mergers have shown that it could bring another round of job cuts to a workforce already battered by years of industry contraction.

AJC EXCLUSIVE

Novel cases, charges in 46 counties: U.S. attorney reveals bold plan

Georgia’s most prominent federal law enforcement official says he's using every prosecution tool at his disposal, including those his predecessors ignored.

The phone call that helped shape Kemp’s surprise Burt Jones endorsement

The governor's decision to back Burt Jones surprised many Republicans. But a phone call between Brian Kemp and Rick Jackson offers clues of Kemp's thinking.

Sexual abuse sparked a reckoning at a Georgia Baptist college

Truett McConnell faces lawsuit from president it ousted in sex abuse scandal

Former president Emir Caner says he shouldn't have been fired from the Georgia Baptist college after a former student accused an administrator of pressuring her into sex.

This tire recycle facility near the Beltline could soon become apartments

Wood Partners said its project, called Alta West Midtown, is contingent upon receiving a $3.9 million tax break

Georgia’s special legislative session ends with no redistricting

Georgia Legislature approves fix to looming elections mess on Tuesday.