In Georgia and Alabama, workers can be fired for not showing up to work, even during hazardous working conditions. An attorney explains what the law says.
In the hours before and after President Donald Trump once again took the oath of office; many Georgia politicians posted their thoughts online.
Highly infectious H5N1 virus, also known as the bird flu virus has tightened its grip on the United States. For the first time, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), has been detected in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia.
The first case of avian flu in a commercial poultry operation has been found, according to the Georgia Department of Agriculture.
Defendants from Georgia in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot have received full pardons from President Donald Trump.
Alligators, black bears and bald eagles are just a few of the iconic animals that can be found during a visit to these historic Georgia state parks.
Bird flu has wreaked havoc on the egg market. In November and December alone, 17.2 million egg-laying hens died as a result of the virus. That’s nearly half of all birds killed by the virus in 2024, according to the USDA. And it will take months to replace those flocks.
As Congress worked to pass the Laken Riley Act, strengthening immigration enforcement powers in the name of a murdered University of Georgia student, much remained unknown about how the law would work in practice.
The civil lawsuit says those at-large elections violate the Voting Rights Act by unfairly diluting the influence of Black voters.
The soft-spoken Hobbs, now 29, was among almost 176,000 Georgia residents on probation, the largest per capita population in the United States. Then he got lucky. Because of a new law, the court slashed what was supposed to be nine years of probation to three.
ATLANTA - Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who presides over the Georgia Senate, said Friday that he won't tolerate any future episodes like what happened Thursday when Sen. Colton Moore was arrested for trying to enter the state House chambers.
The United States Attorney’s Office of the Middle District of Georgia has announced that C. Shanelle Booker is now the Acting U.S. Attorney.