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Hall County teacher run over, killed confronting teens after prank, police say

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Clarkston first Georgia city to set $15 minimum hourly wage

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Georgia is No. 1 state for business, but can workers afford to live here?

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No. 1 and No. 2 will go head to head in 4A girls basketball state final

HS Basketball Semifinals - Wheeler vs McEachern boys

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How GHSA basketball history is being made in Saturday’s 6A final four

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This bloom named for a fish signals Georgia’s wildflower season is underway

Follow Crossover Day action live from the Georgia Capitol

Georgia Legislature takes aim at data center tax breaks on Crossover Day

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Follow Crossover Day action live from the Georgia Capitol

Live reporting from the Georgia General Assembly on a crucial legislative day.

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Creekview knocks off defending champion River Ridge in OT, will play for 5A title

Creekview, ranked No. 4 in the state, will face No. 3 Milton in next Friday’s GHSA Class AAAAA title game in Macon.

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Girls private state championship will be a rematch of 2025 title game

Top-ranked Hebron Christian and No. 3 Holy Innocents’ will meet in the championship game for the second consecutive season.

How the AJC picks the best-dressed lawmakers under the Gold Dome

Eva Marcille on revisiting 'America’s Next Top Model' in new Netflix docuseries

McBath presses Noem on treatment of Georgia amputee in ICE detention

Atlanta’s first wind phone finds a permanent home at Oakland Cemetery

'I could have done more': Emotional testimony from father of Apalachee shooting suspect

Footage shows moment MARTA train rams into fallen tree and derails

How the largest nuclear plant in the country powers Georgia

Atlanta’s hip-hop historian Nuface preserves decades of rap culture

The Georgia carpet industry's legacy of chemicals, illness and unanswered questions

GHSA Class 5A Boy’s State Basketball semi finals

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GHSA basketball state tournament semifinal scores

Thirty-two boys teams and 32 girls teams will be seeking a spot in the state championship games in tournaments this weekend.

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Hayes’ clutch 3-pointer helps Woodward end Gainesville’s perfect season

A 3-pointer by Myles Hayes with six seconds remaining was the go-ahead basket in a 62-61 semifinal win for Woodward Academy over top seed Gainesville, who came in 30-0.

Savannah shows its true color as fountain dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day

The iconic Forsyth Park fountain in Georgia's oldest city turned green Friday ahead of the Savannah St. Patrick's Day Parade, one of the biggest celebrations in the U.S.

GHSA Class 5A Girl’s State Basketball semi finals

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Balanced offense earns Milton a spot in the 5A girls title game

The Milton Eagles are headed to the GHSA Class 5A girls title game after defeating the Coffee Trojans 59-48.

Battery plant at the center of trade-secret fight

SK Battery lays off nearly 1,000 employees at North Georgia plant

The move comes as the Trump administration has cut once-robust federal tax incentives for consumers and manufacturers of electric vehicles.

Qualifying week in Georgia kicks off high-stakes filing frenzy

Qualifying week sets the stage for a turbulent Georgia 2026 campaign

Democrats see their deepest bench in years as Republicans battle for dominance in pivotal statewide races.

Georgia solar panel maker is returning to full production after a pause

In November, Qcells announced it was furloughing workers and reducing shifts, moves that affected about 1,000 workers or a little more than a quarter of its Georgia workforce.

Bernard LaFayette Jr., civil rights strategist, dies at 85

The civil rights organizer helped lead the student sit-ins that desegregated Nashville’s lunch counters and later became a strategist in the Southern voting rights movement.

Ryan Schwank, a former ICE lawyer who worked at the federal government’s law enforcement training academy, speaks during a forum hosted by congressional Democrats at the Capitol in Washington, on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

ICE whistleblower interview: Hiring surge, training cuts harm agency culture

ICE whistleblower Ryan Schwank describes hiring and training processes for new immigration agents recruited to assist with President Donald Trump's deportation strategy.

Tax breaks, data centers and paper ballots. What will pass in Legislature?

Here’s a look at some of the most closely watched measures in the Georgia General Assembly on Crossover Day.