The refunds are due to the state's $1 billion surplus revenue, Gov. Brian Kemp's office announced Wednesday.
The man has not been named a suspect in Nathan Millard's death, and it is unknown if his charges are connected to the case.
This year's House plan to build on last session's bipartisan mental health bill is receiving a cool reception in the state Senate.
While Georgia saw its homeless population decrease by 45.6% between 2007 and 2022, it has increased by 4.4% since 2020.
Public Health Chairwoman Sharon Cooper, R-Marietta, broke a party-line tie to get the bill through to the House floor.
PFAS contamination has been detected in the water supply of 13 cities in Georgia.
Georgia students and families could see changes to their public schools this year, as lawmakers continue work on numerous education bills.
The measure lowers the administrative assessment businesses pay from 2.7% to 2.64%. It reverts to 2.7% after Dec. 31, 2026.
A freeze warning will go into effect at 11 p.m. Monday for metro Atlanta counties and areas in the north Georgia mountains.
House Speaker Jon Burns defended the push to create oversight panels for local prosecutors, and touted ongoing efforts to improve access.
Georgia's legislators head into the final stretch of the session with tough-on-crime bills that will escalate criminal penalties.
Millard, a father from Covington, was in Baton Rouge on a business trip when he was reported missing and later found dead.
People living with intellectual and developmental disabilities say one solution to Georgia's work force shortage is to hire them.
House lawmakers are set to vote on a spending plan for next year that includes additional salary bumps for hard-to-fill state jobs.
State Supreme Court Chief Justice Boggs says this is the case despite fewer felony arrests in Fulton County during the pandemic.
This budget is a spending plan that includes raises for state employees and allocates additional funding for law enforcement.
Boggs pointed to Fulton County, where he said there are more than 4,000 "pending indicted felony cases."
Senate Bill 55 allows kids to sell non-consumable goods, pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic drinks; not pay taxes on $5,000 or less sales.
Georgia Senate signed off on legislation prohibiting counties from soliciting or accepting donations to help with election administration.
The move follows reports that former Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan and then-Senate President Pro Tem Butch Miller, R-Gainesville, took a tax ...
Under Senate Bill 233, the Georgia Promise Scholarship Act, taxpayers would fund $6,000 per student per school year.
House Bill 18 outlines more than $61.5 billion in funds, including nearly $32.6 billion in state dollars and $18.6 billion in federal funds.
A week after state lawmakers killed a proposal to de-annex and incorporate a portion of Atlanta as Buckhead City.
A global auto parts manufacturer plans to build a new facility in Chatham County.
Georgia's GOP-controlled House passed controversial legislation 98-75 late on Tuesday's Crossover Day.
Bambi Hayes Brown, in an audio story, talks about what she calls "invisible homelessness."
Dozens of bills cleared a key legislative deadline, along with controversial measures, such as the ban on some gender-affirming care.
Young transgender Georgians could be denied access to some forms of gender-affirming care.
Rep. Spencer Frye, a Democrat from Athens, said frets over the safety perils of bigger-rig trucks on Georgia roads are likely overblown.
The House adjourned March 7 without taking a vote on a sports betting bill.
Legislation that would shield a government employee's personal information from public records did not survive Crossover Day.
A prelimanary autopsy report showed no trauma in the death of Nathan Millard, a 42-year-old Covington man who went missing in Louisiana.
The Georgia Senate nixed a bill that would have opened the door to sports betting in the state.
Several bills that have the potential to change Georgians' voting laws arrive at a crossroads, where legislators decide.
They can't all be winners.
It's crunch time under the Gold Dome.
The 42-year-old Georgia man was found dead around 3:30 a.m. Monday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Senate Bill 163 would have allowed "small brewers'' to distribute up to 3,000 cases per year to retailers within a 100-mile radius witho ...
The Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee signed off on Senate Bill 200, the Civil Practice Act.
They are saying that they want to ensure any credits provide a "significant return on investment" for Georgia’s taxpayers.