1. Bill would let Georgia businesses refuse service for same-sex weddings
House Bill 756 would allow business owners to cite religious beliefs in refusing goods or services for a "matrimonial ceremony" — allowing them to refuse service to gay couples getting married in the state under legislation. Read more.
Brandon Astor Jones will be executed for the 1979 murder of a Cobb County convenience store manager. A judge signed a warrant Wednesday and if lethal injection is carried out as planned, he will die just 11 days shy of his 73rd birthday. Read more.
3. $424,000 spent on legal innocence project, and only 1 person found
Some thought with the funding from a $424,000 federal grant, the Georgia Innocence Project would exonerate at least several innocent people in prison. But only one has been discovered behind bars for a crime he did not commit. Read more.
4. Fayette voting rights battle could be nearing an end
Fayette County's school board voted unanimously Tuesday night to settle its part in a legal dispute with the NAACP and a group of its black residents over how the county's government leaders are elected. Read more.
5. The latest updates on historic $1.5 billion Powerball drawing
On Wednesday, the biggest lottery jackpot ever was drawn in the Powerball with a total jackpot of $1,584,000,000. The odds of winning? 1 in 292.2 million. Read more for updates and winners.
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