BEAUFORT, S.C. - In an up-and-down campaign day, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich picked up an endorsement Thursday from former rival Rick Perry but also faced explosive accusations ...

ATLANTA - Just as Medicaid prepares for a vast expansion under the federal health care overhaul, the 47-year-old entitlement program for the poor is under increasing pressure as deficit-burdened ...

ATLANTA -- Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said this afternoon that he is suspending his campaign.

Georgia's labor commissioner on Thursday said he is recommending cuts to jobless benefits in order to repay a federal loan the state took to keep its unemployment fund afloat.

ATLANTA — The California businessman who purchased property from Gov. Nathan Deal has plans to use the Habersham County site as a pawn shop for boats and cars.

ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has sold property that housed a failed family sporting goods business, a significant step toward helping him resolve his personal debt.

JACKSON, Ga. — Georgia's attorney general moved today to halt the video recording of an execution scheduled tonight, which could become the first known video recording of a U.S. execution ...

  ATLANTA   — Members of Georgia's ethics commission have made political contributions while serving on the panel, and one commissioner also works as a registered lobbyist, ...

ATLANTA  — Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign is more than $1 million in debt, according to his campaign disclosure provided to The Associated Press.

Georgia's economy showed fresh signs of life on Wednesday as tax collections for the fiscal year that ended June 30 beat budget projections, allowing the state to begin to restock its rainy day fund.

ATLANTA  — Gov. Nathan Deal has $1.3 million remaining on a loan to pay off his daughter's failed sporting goods venture.

The director of Georgia's ethics commission sought a subpoena against Gov. Nathan Deal's campaign, but the panel declined to accept it.

Georgia has slashed funding for its ethics commission which top officials say has left it unable to do the additional work lawmakers have handed it.

ATLANTA -- Among the most popular gifts for lawmakers this year -- tickets to the Masters golf tournament in Augusta.

ATLANTA  — A bill overhauling the HOPE scholarship is set to become law after the House passed it Thursday and Gov. Nathan Deal said he would sign it next week.

ATLANTA - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich will begin raising money to test whether a bid for the GOP presidential nomination is feasible, his spokesman told The Associated Press Wednesday night.

ATLANTA — The death of a Georgia trooper gunned down in a traffic stop late last year has ignited a scramble at the state Capitol to ensure his widow is able to keep her health insurance ...

ATLANTA - As they sought to shore up Georgia's sagging revenues, state lawmakers last year turned to fees, avoiding more politically risky tax hikes.

Hours before the new Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives voted to repeal President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul, Gov. Nathan Deal warned that the federal law's Medicaid ...

A Republican state lawmaker on Wednesday introduced legislation that would ban all Georgia's public colleges and universities from accepting illegal immigrants.