ATLANTA -- Just days after winning re-election with an even greater percentage of the vote than Gov.-elect Nathan Deal, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle finds himself facing a power grab attempt by ...

Georgia governor's race begins to show rancor as candidates point fingers and call names.

A bill introduced this week with the support of Senate and House leaders sets the framework for a systematic study of Georgia's tax system this summer.

It's almost certain there will also be a tuition increase to help make up for lost state money.

ATLANTA -- The Georgia House approved a midyear budget today that cuts state spending in the current fiscal year by more than $1 billion in response to the mired economy.

ATLANTA --- Most -- if not all -- Georgia lawmakers are going to give up an additional six days of pay this budget year to demonstrate that even budget-writers aren't immune to hard times.

Most - if not all - Georgia lawmakers are going to give up an additional six days of pay this budget year to demonstrate that even budget-writers aren't immune to hard times

ATLANTA --- In a speech long on platitudes and light on details, Gov. Sonny Perdue gave a State of the State message Wednesday that left most lawmakers worried now about how bad things will get.

ATLANTA --- The "Super Speeder" law passed in the 2009 session wasn't the only Georgia law that took effect with the New Year last week. A tougher immigration law also kicked in Friday.

ATLANTA --- The chairman of the DOT board says the latest audit of the troubled transportation agency, which created quite a media stir, is a rehash of old news and that steps already have been ...

ATLANTA --- In a blistering new report, the state auditor says former top managers of the state Department of Transportation ran up huge and constitutionally impermissible debt by switching ...

ATLANTA --- A former district attorney from Statesboro is quietly lining up support for a Department of Transportation board election next week which, according to Capitol buzz, might also feature ...

ATLANTA -- After the heated end of a tumultuous legislative session, rumors of intraparty warfare, especially among divided Republicans, flew around government and political circles.

ATLANTA --- In the comeback story of the session Tuesday, House Speaker Glenn Richardson pushed a modified version of his tax relief plan through his chamber, gaining bipartisan support in a 166-5 ...

ATLANTA --- House Speaker Glenn Richardson unveiled a new tax plan Tuesday to eliminate the car-tag tax over two years, limit property assessments to modest annual inflationary increases, restrict ...

ATLANTA --- After lying dormant for days, the first major tax change measures of the 2008 session came barreling out of the Senate on Tuesday as Speaker Glenn Richardson prepared to take the ...

ATLANTA --- Former Augusta Democratic legislator Ben Allen could be in a unique position when lawmakers vote in the coming weeks for members of the board of the Department of Transportation.

ATLANTA --- Gov. Sonny Perdue, who had promised a few tax surprises, delivered one in his State of the State address that might be more significant than it seems on several levels.