Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Judge Dismisses Excessive Ticketing Lawsuit Against Georgia City
Dec 22 2020 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming that an Atlanta suburb improperly relied on fines and fees to finance its budget. U.S. District Judge Richard Story last week dismissed a case brought against the city of...
49 Georgia Businesses Caught in 5-Person Burglary Ring
Dec 21 2020 // A Georgia prosecutor says a burglary ring hit 49 businesses a total of 58 times over four months, and five people are accused. Targets included gas stations, dollar stores and popular restaurants in Macon, and burglaries...
4 Georgia Firms Form Southeast-Focused Oakbridge Insurance Agency
Dec 18 2020 // Four retail insurance brokers – Founders Insurance, Hutchinson Traylor Insurance, McGinty-Gordon & Associates, and Waites & Foshee – have signed definitive agreements to combine to form Oakbridge Insurance...
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Expands Accountants Policy Into Georgia
Dec 18 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has added Georgia to the list of states where it company offers its Accountants Professional Liability policy. Georgia is now the sixth state that the insurer offers this...
The Doan Group of Georgia Adds Crowley as VP of Sales & Operations
Dec 16 2020 // The Doan Group, a Woodland Capital Holdings Co., has added Roger Crowley to the company in the role of vice president of Sales and Operations. According to Tim Davis, Jr. of Woodland Capital, Crowley has significant...
Georgia Nonstandard Auto Insurer to Assume Business of Troubled Texas Carrier, ACCC
Dec 15 2020 // A portion of the personal auto insurance business of a Texas insurance company that appeared to be headed for liquidation at the end of November is being assumed by a Georgia-based insurer. Embark General, headquartered in...
Georgia to Test 800 Schools for Lead in Drinking Water
Dec 14 2020 // Georgia is moving forward with plans to test for lead in drinking water at schools and child care facilities. The state Board of Education on Thursday approved hiring Research Triangle Institute for $980,000 to perform the...
Students Seek Refund of Tuition, Fees from Georgia’s University System Amid Pandemic
Dec 11 2020 // Students who took online classes at the University of Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology due to the pandemic are now seeking a return of some tuition and fees. The students filed two class-action lawsuits this...
Application Process for Georgia Medical Marijuana Producers Now Open
Dec 2 2020 // Georgia has opened the application process for businesses that want to manufacture cannabis oil for medical use in the state. The General Assembly legalized the treatment for a limited number of conditions five years ago,...
Closing Georgia Coal Ash Ponds Expected To Take 15 Years
Dec 1 2020 // The dewatering and closure of remaining coal ash ponds at a Georgia Power Co. plant in northwest Georgia will take 15 years to complete. That’s what the unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co. told local leaders earlier...
Debris Leaks Out from Cargo Ship on Georgia Coast During Removal
Nov 25 2020 // Debris is washing up from a cargo ship stranded on the Georgia coast as a salvage team cuts it into chunks. The leaks are not unexpected as salvagers demolish the Golden Ray, a South Korean ship that overturned in St....
Antidiscrimination Rules for Businesses OK’d by Georgia County Commissioners
Nov 23 2020 // A middle Georgia county has approved an anti-discrimination ordinance that would govern businesses, despite opposition from some. Macon-Bibb commissioners voted 5-4 in favor of the proposal on Tuesday, sending it to Mayor...
Insurer Not Liable for $200K Georgia Fire Claim After Agent Premium Theft
Nov 16 2020 // A property insurer is off the hook for a $200,000 claim against a policy that it canceled, leaving a lawsuit filed against a former insurance agent who was arrested for pocketing premiums as the only apparent recourse...
Georgia Supreme Court Disputes Immunity Ruling in Stun Gun Death
Nov 5 2020 // Georgia’s highest court on Monday found that a lower court was wrong to grant immunity from prosecution to three sheriff’s deputies facing murder charges in a stun gun death dating to July 2017. The three white...
Civil Rights Groups Settle Lawsuit with Georgia City Over Utility Access
Nov 4 2020 // Civil rights groups have reached a settlement with a Georgia city to end policies that they said illegally restricted access to utility services and disproportionately affected Black and Latino residents. The lawsuit filed...
Starr Insurance Renews Partnership with Georgia State’s Institute for Insight
Nov 3 2020 // Starr Insurance Companies, a global insurance and financial services organization, has renewed its partnership with the Institute for Insight, a unit of Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business that...
Zeta Leaves Its Mark on Southeast States
Nov 2 2020 // Millions of people were without power and at least six were dead Thursday after Hurricane Zeta slammed into Louisiana and made a beeline across the South, leaving shattered buildings, thousands of downed trees and fresh...
Zeta Leaves Southeast Louisiana Reeling Before Heading Northeast
Oct 30 2020 // A fast-moving Zeta weakened to a tropical storm as it barreled northeast on Oct. 29 after ripping through Louisiana and Mississippi where storm-weary residents were advised to stay indoors overnight while officials...
Georgia Commission Agrees to $110K Settlement in Reverse Bias Case
Oct 28 2020 // The Augusta Commission in Georgia agreed to pay $110,000 to settle the reverse discrimination complaints of a white worker who claimed she was mistreated after a Black man was elected as probate judge for the first...
Insurer Off the Hook in $200K Georgia House Fire Claim Due to Agent Premium Theft
Oct 27 2020 // A property insurer is off the hook for a $200,000 claim against a policy that it canceled, leaving a lawsuit filed against a former insurance agent who was arrested for pocketing premiums as the only apparent recourse...
