
Georgia launches Medicaid expansion in closely watched test of work requirements
Advocates decry the plan, which will insure far fewer people than a full expansion of the state-federal Medicaid program, as needlessly restrictive and expensive

Advocates decry the plan, which will insure far fewer people than a full expansion of the state-federal Medicaid program, as needlessly restrictive and expensive

The vote is a significant victory for Mayor Andre Dickens, who has made the $90 million project a large part of his first term in office, despite significant pushback to the effort

For more than two years, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been scrutinizing actions the former president and others took as they tried to overturn his narrow loss in Georgia to Democrat Joe Biden

Missouri and Nebraska proposals are poised for action as well, and could add to the list of at least 17 states that have enacted laws restricting or banning gender affirming care for minors

Ahead of Monday’s start of national Teacher Appreciation Week, 26 governors are talking about boosting teacher compensation

Police say the gunman, who they identified as 24-year-old Deion Patterson, was captured Wednesday evening. Authorities did not immediately release additional information about where he was found

Atlanta police said the suspected shooter is believed to be Deion Patterson, 24, and that he was considered armed and dangerous

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey finds that 4 in 10 U.S. adults believe Trump acted illegally in New York but it found that about half of all U.S. adults believe he broke the law in Georgia

Twenty-five U.S. jurisdictions have legalized the drug, while others have only decriminalized. If you’re traveling, make sure to avoid legal issues

Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas have made billion-dollar pledges for a microchip or electric vehicle plant

At least 11 states have now enacted laws restricting or banning gender-affirming care for minors, and nearly two dozen states are considering bills this year to restrict or ban care

The National Weather Service said 16.8 million people live in the highest risk zone, and more than 66 million people overall should be on alert Friday

The motion by the former president’s legal team seeks to throw out a report by a special grand jury that investigated attempts to interfere in the state’s 2020 presidential election

Civil liberties groups and defense attorneys are outraged at the domestic terrorism charges that have been levied against 23 people who were arrested at the police training center construction site

The state’s governor says the legislation will ‘safeguard the bright, promising futures of our kids,’ while opponents call it an unconstitutional infringement on parents’ rights

The former president’s lawyers are asking a state court to throw out the grand jury’s report and all testimony from the inquiry

The Electronic Registration Information Center, known as ERIC, has been targeted by conspiracy theories tied to the 2020 election

The new laws add a layer of secrecy to government documents as a means of improving the personal safety of officials

Manuel Paez Terán was killed on January 18 while protesting plans to build a huge police and firefighter training center in Atlanta

It was the latest flare-up in a series of demonstrations in a cause that has drawn to Georgia both anti-police demonstrators and environmentalists

Two people were killed and six others were injured in the shooting that took place in a home in the town of Douglasville

Carter has long outlived his nuclear family, including his mother, Lillian, and Billy, both of whom featured prominently in his political life

DeSantis is a frequent voice in conservative cultural fights on cable television, but he often avoids gatherings of fellow Republican governors and party leaders

Democrats elevated the state to the top of their presidential primary calendar, leapfrogging Iowa and New Hampshire

Embracing election conspiracy theories was a political albatross for Republicans in states that weren’t completely red last year

Carter’s model is about more than how his grassroots strategy turned the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary into his springboard

The man who conceded that some considered him “a failed president” made himself the most active and internationally engaged of ex-presidents