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Georgia lawyers compete to curb rising food insecurity

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Qualifying week in Georgia kicks off high-stakes filing frenzy

Can Keisha Lance Bottoms avoid overtime in the Georgia race for governor?

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School children use their smartphones near the Barangaroo Ferry Terminal in Sydney, Feb. 24, 2021. (Matthew Abbot/The New York Times)

Parenting was hard enough. Then came social media.

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Higher gas prices might be here to stay, energy secretary warns

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WILD GEORGIA

Hear that? 30 songbird species welcome a new day in spring.

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GUEST COLUMN

Georgia’s homeless accountability bill is crucial. Gov. Kemp should sign it.

Have a question about the election? Ask the AJC.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's expert journalists take your questions on the 2026 midterm elections.

Three state legislative special elections head to runoffs

Monday is your last chance to register to vote before the May primary

Monday is the deadline to register to vote for the May 19 primary elections for U.S. Senate, governor and other offices.

The money race: House incumbents lead in Georgia, with one exception

Candidates in some of Georgia’s most competitive congressional races have begun to lap the field in fundraising.

Why the Georgia Guidestones still raise questions

The 'busiest airport' title: Who’s challenging Atlanta?

JD Vance defends Trump’s Iran policy, pushes back on Pope Leo remarks during UGA visit

Atlanta’s World Cup 2026 is coming: Learning soccer from scratch

We found out what happened to the Georgia Guidestones

Spaghetti Junction was built to fix Atlanta traffic. So, why is it still a nightmare?

Clock stops on effort for Georgia to ditch daylight saving time

How to make the Masters' signature drink: The Azalea cocktail

'Curiosities of the South': Get a first look at the AJC's new YouTube show

Walmart plans to renovate these Georgia stores

Walmart plans to spruce up 13 stores stretching across Georgia by the end of the year.

GEORGIA DISPATCH

Georgia lost and found: How a phone missing at sea turned up 7 months later.

A young woman was paddleboarding when her cellphone floated away, encased inside Tupperware. Many months later, long after Find My iPhone went dead, a Georgia family found it.

GUEST COLUMN

Poor attendance at UGA Turning Point event shows JD Vance how America feels

Vice President JD Vance came to University of Georgia's campus in Athens for a Turning Point USA event that drew a less-than-enthusiastic crowd to see him.

Trial set in Midtown shooting suspect’s case

The man accused of fatally shooting one woman and injuring four others at a Midtown medical building in 2023 is scheduled to stand trial in Atlanta in June.

Georgia chef named one of Time100 Most Influential People for 2026

Acclaimed chef Mashama Bailey of The Grey in Savannah and L’Arrêt by The Grey in Paris is honored on Time's annual list of world’s most influential leaders.

Mixed-use development pitched for aging Sandy Springs office campus

The mixed-use development calls for apartments, single-family attached housing and an office building, as well as 15,300 square feet of retail space, according to a filing.

POLITICALLY GEORGIA

JD Vance couldn’t draw a big crowd in Athens

While the rows of empty seats delighted President Donald Trump’s critics on social media, conservative student leaders urged against reading too much into the thin crowd.

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I drove across North Georgia for a year. I learned about people’s job needs.

Goodwill of North Georgia's mobile career center has been traveling the region to help unemployed residents find good jobs and become financially sufficient.

Georgia Democrats take the stage — and play it safe. Here are the takeaways.

Georgia's top Democratic candidates for governor didn't take big swipes at each other during a televised debate just over a month away from the primary.

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Private schools unite to make case against GHSA’s private-only playoff format

Twenty smaller schools are represented in a letter that calls for the GHSA to suspend the Class 3A-A private division.