ATLANTA - A new state board to regulate cemetery operators has been meeting for a little more than four months, and consumer advocates already are pushing lawmakers to abolish it because nearly ...

ATLANTA --- Construction officially started Tuesday on what is expected to be the nation's first plant that will turn waste from the harvesting of pine trees into ethanol car fuel.

ATLANTA --- Lawyers for an Augusta man accused of causing his passenger to die in a car wreck asked the state's highest court to rule the results from a blood alcohol test inadmissible in the ...

ATLANTA - The man who spearheaded Georgia's study into its broken indigent defense program urged lawmakers Thursday not to give up on the new system despite recent criticism over soaring costs.

ATLANTA - A Brunswick man who contracted HIV during a blood transfusion as an infant at Medical College of Georgia Hospital cannot sue his doctors for misdiagnosing his symptoms during a decade of ...

ATLANTA - A plant's groundbreaking next month is expected to usher in a new phase in Georgia's efforts to take the lead in a new kind of ethanol production.

ATLANTA - The Georgia Supreme Court freed Genarlow Wilson from prison Friday, ruling that his 10-year sentence for receiving oral sex as a teen amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.

ATLANTA - City residents would be unfairly burdened by a change in how Georgia Power's franchise fees are collected, attorneys representing municipalities from across the state argued Thursday.

ATLANTA - Retired state employees could see smaller cost-of-living increases in their pensions as administrators of the program look for ways to address the plan's growing costs.

ATLANTA - The state program to help pay for poor defendants' lawyers continues to run short of money for certain types of cases, and the impact is being felt in different ways in courtrooms across ...

ATLANTA - The murder conviction of Robert "Jake" Thomas should be overturned because of defense missteps during his Clarke County trial, an attorney argued Wednesday.

ATLANTA - Georgia Power customers paying the regulated utility to run their living room lights and factory lines are digging in against a proposed increase in bills.

ATLANTA - State lawmakers will try again to pass legislation that would allow consumers to block access to their credit information as a way to prevent identity theft.

ATLANTA - Edwin Quattlebaum's company does complex research on livestock genomics and growth factors in cattle, which has the potential to overhaul how breeders pick quality animals.

ATLANTA - Georgians looking to save money on some appliances or their power bills can take advantage of this weekend's sales tax holiday to get energy-saving products.

ATLANTA - As more inmates enter Georgia's prisons, the price tag for their medical care is growing.

ATLANTA - The Georgia Public Service Commission on Thursday cleared the way for Atlanta Gas Light to tap into liquefied natural gas resources near Savannah.