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PSC races that could affect your Georgia Power bill are set for November

U.S. House District 9: Community organizer tries to oust GOP incumbent

U.S. House District 12: Republican incumbent faces challenge from local lawmaker

U.S. House District 8: Austin Scott to face U.S. Navy veteran in November

U.S. House District 7: Immigration attorney seeks to oust two-term Republican

U.S. House District 6: McBath seeks 4th term after dropping bid for governor

U.S. House District 5: Williams dominates Atlanta reelection race

U.S. House District 3: Jack faces November rematch with Army veteran

U.S. Rep. Brian Jack faces a familiar general election opponent in 3rd Congressional District.

Nonprofit leader challenges Republican incumbent for Georgia labor commissioner

Democrat Nikki Porcher is challenging Republican incumbent Bárbara Rivera Holmes in the race for Georgia labor commissioner.

OPINION

Thousands of sickle cell disease patients have relied on one woman for decades

Jackie George is a fixture at the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia who has worked with patients and their families for 47 years.

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

Jade Novah: From viral Rihanna cover to Atlanta music star

MARTA police chief defends safety record while acknowledging riders' fears

This Atlanta man turned a Barbie van into a gas-powered ride

Why the South can’t agree on its own history

Lockheed Martin in Marietta turns 75, eyes future

Since opening in 1951, Lockheed Martin in Marietta has grown into a major aerospace manufacturing hub, with about 5,600 workers.

Georgia GOP wants to lower property taxes. They need help from Democrats.

Republicans want to put more than a hundred tax-cutting referendums on the ballot this fall. But they'll need some Democrats to vote with them to make it happen.

AJC VARSITY

Cobb Schools to pay half of McEachern’s $16 million stadium rebuild

McEachern’s football stadium has long been Cobb County’s biggest and best-equipped and has been the site of county and statewide events, including the GHSA soccer finals.

Red snapper season is a Georgia angler’s dream. It’s in limbo for 2026.

Georgia fishery officials have withdrawn a plan to expand the recreational fishing season for red snapper from just a few days to two months after a court challenge.

Barry Sage-El, 69, who describes himself as Òthe master of the sleepover,Ó with one of his granddaughters at his home in Montclair, N.J., Feb. 27, 2023. (Sara Naomi Lewkowicz/The New York Times)

The wisdom of Georgia fathers, one saying at a time

This Father’s Day, we're highlighting sayings from Georgia dads and grandfathers that still echo at the kitchen table, in hard moments and in everyday life.

YELLOW JACKETS

Legendary Georgia Tech coach Danny Hall will enter College Baseball Hall of Fame

Legendary Georgia Tech coach Danny Hall is heading to the the College Baseball Hall of Fame; his induction is scheduled for Feb. 11, 2027, during a ceremony in Overland Park.

‘Leave us alone’ Social Circle divided over Trump Administration

ICE reportedly giving up on warehouse detention plan in Georgia, elsewhere

Trump administration officials told Social Circle leadership that they have reversed course and will no longer pursue warehouse detention in the state.

MLB pushing to remove high school players from draft eligibility

A new Major League Baseball proposal includes cutting the draft from 20 to 12 rounds, making high school players ineligible and a new international draft.

U.S. House District 13: Lawmaker, Air Force vet vie for David Scott’s seat

Democrat Jasmine Clark is competing against Republican Jonathan Chavez in the race to replace David Scott in Georgia's 13th Congressional District.

U.S. House District 2: Bishop seeks 18th term in SW Georgia

U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop faces Republican Matt Day in the Nov. 3, 2026 general election for Georgia's 2nd Congressional District.