Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Georgia Committee Approves Higher Weight Limits for Trucks, Raising Safety Concerns
Feb 14 2023 // A bill that would significantly raise the weight limit for trucks on Georgia highways appears to be gaining steam after it was approved by a state House committee. The House Transportation Committee voted 18-11 to raise...
Two Arrested in Homemade Bombing of Georgia Woman’s Home
Feb 13 2023 // Georgia authorities have arrested two men, a month after a homemade bomb destroyed part of a home near Savannah. Caleb Kinsey, 33, and Stephen Glosser, 36, were apprehended last week after an investigation into the bombing...
Ethics Panel Recommends Georgia Appeals Court Judge Be Removed From Office
Feb 3 2023 // Georgia’s Supreme Court should permanently remove a state appeals court judge accused of ethical misconduct, a judicial discipline panel recommended in a report released Monday. The three-member state panel said...
Experts Urge Better Access to Opioid Rescue Drugs to Save Lives in Georgia
Feb 1 2023 // Jessie Blanchard started small nearly five years ago, just trying to get enough of the rescue drug naloxone that reverses opioid overdoses to keep her daughter from dying from an overdose. She pleaded with colleagues at...
Protestor Killed After Shooting Trooper at Georgia Police Training Center Named
Jan 24 2023 // Investigators on Thursday released the identity of the person who was shot and killed by law enforcement officers who were trying to clear protesters camping at the site of a planned Atlanta-area public safety training...
Disaster Assistance Funds Available for Georgia Housing and Repairs After Tornadoes
Jan 19 2023 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says that disaster assistance has been made available to Georgia in areas struck by a tornado outbreak across the South on Thursday. In an announcement Tuesday, FEMA said that...
South Korean Firm Hanwha Plans $2.5B in Solar Panel Plants in Georgia
Jan 12 2023 // A South Korean solar panel maker will invest more than $2.5 billion to build factories in Georgia, hiring 2,500 new employees and making components usually manufactured outside the United States, the company announced...
Alera Group Continues SE Expansion with Sutter McLellan Agency in Georgia
Jan 10 2023 // Alera Group, a national property insurance and benefits firm, has acquired Atlanta area-based Sutter, McLellan & Gilbreath, a full-service agency. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The move will expand...
Georgia Has Funds for Testing Lead in Water But Few Schools Sign Up
Jan 9 2023 // Lead exposure can have serious health consequences for children, but only a fraction of Georgia schools have signed up for a free testing program. Advocates worry school leaders are hesitant because of the cost and...
New Georgia Laws: Mental Health Reporting by Insurers, Permitting for Food Trucks
Jan 3 2023 // Parts of a law overhauling insurance coverage for mental health, new ways for parents to challenge materials used in schools and a tax credit for donating to police are among new laws taking effect Sunday in Georgia. Most...
Georgia Appeals Judge, Former Insurance Department Counsel, Dies Unexpectedly
Dec 21 2022 // A Georgia Court of Appeals judge and former attorney for the state Department of Insurance has died at age 64. Judge Clyde Reese died on Saturday, the court announced, saying he died unexpectedly after a short hospital...
Georgia Insurance Agent Sentenced After Conviction on Fraudulent Comp Certificates
Dec 20 2022 // This article has been updated to reflect information from the prosecutor in the case. A Georgia insurance agent has been sentenced to five years in prison after he was convicted of providing fraudulent workers’...
Hub Acquires Georgia-based Chatham Insurance Partners
Dec 15 2022 // Hub International, one of the largest and still-growing insurance brokerages in the country, announced it has acquired Georgia-based Chatham Insurance Partners. Headquartered in Savannah, the Chatham agency was founded in...
Georgia City Mayor and Wife Killed in DUI Crash; Other Driver Charged
Dec 13 2022 // A weekend highway crash killed the longtime mayor of a northwest Georgia city and the mayor’s wife, officials said Sunday. Albert and Camilla Pallone died Saturday afternoon when a the driver of pickup truck lost...
PCF Insurance Services Acquires Georgia-based VB@Work
Dec 1 2022 // PCF Insurance Services, one of the larger brokerage firms in the country, has acquired Georgia-based Voluntary Benefits at Work. VB@Work, as it is abbreviated, said it designs employee benefits packages that minimize...
Electric Air Taxi Company Archer Plans $118M Georgia Factory
Nov 23 2022 // A California company seeking to build small electric aircraft says it will invest $118 million to construct a plant near Atlanta, eventually hiring up to 1,000 people. Archer Aviation, based in Santa Clara, California,...
House Fire Kills Two Babies in Rural Georgia
Nov 15 2022 // A house fire in rural Pike County, Georgia, killed two toddlers on Saturday, authorities said. The fire in Molena, about 60 miles south of Atlanta, was accidental in nature, according to investigators with the Georgia...
Georgia Ex-Insurance Chief Oxendine Denies Knowing of Fraud, Seeks Dismissal of Charges
Nov 10 2022 // Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine denies knowingly being involved in any fraud scheme and has moved to have the criminal charges brought against him dismissed. A November 4 defense filing in federal court...
Incumbent Republican King Wins Georgia Insurance Commissioner Election
Nov 9 2022 // Incumbent Republican John King defeated Democratic challenger Janice Laws Robinson in the Georgia insurance commissioner race. King had 54% of the vote to 46% for Robinson, according to the results from the secretary of...
Georgia Residents Return Home After Chemical Plant Fire Forced Evacuations
Nov 9 2022 // Residents were allowed to return home this week after they were evacuated when a large fire broke out Monday inside a chemical plant on the coast of Georgia. Authorities had feared nearby neighborhoods could have been hit...
