U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey is running for the U.S. Senate seat opened by Saxby Chambliss's upcoming retirement.

The nation's leading group of financial risk analysts says medical claims costs -- the biggest driver of insurance premiums -- will jump an average 32 percent for individual policies under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

A proposal to make it easier for certain foreigners to get Georgia driver's licenses has cleared the Senate and needs only final House approval to head to Gov. Nathan Deal's desk.

Georgia lawmakers are seeking to redraw the state's border with Tennessee and have authorized the state attorney general to file a lawsuit if negotiations fail.

The administrator of a statewide weather network says its financial picture has improved in the months since it planned to end operations in 2011 because of a loss of state funding and key personnel.

Fire officials say the two-alarm blaze started around 3 a.m. Tuesday at the Meadowbrook Nursing Home near Tucker.

A farmer in northeast Georgia says her runaway baby water buffalo has returned home.

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources reports that the bald eagle population is climbing along the Georgia coast.

Police in Athens say a woman found an intruder in her living room using her laptop computer to browse Facebook.

Georgia health officials are hoping to improve care -- and save money -- by steering pregnant women and doctors away from some early deliveries.

The Georgia Supreme Court of Georgia ruled Monday the law does not violate due process or equal protection.

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ATLANTA (AP) -- The National Parks Service will begin asking Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area visitors to begin carrying their own trash out of the park.

In the video above News 4 Meteorologist Chris Havely takes a detailed look at the potential threat of severe thunderstorms across our area, and much of Alabama, on Saturday.

Fulton County officials say four people have been arrested this year for trying to carry weapons into the county justice center complex.

A Georgia House bill intended to fix unintended consequences of a 2011 crackdown on illegal immigration appears to have stalled in a Senate committee.

What residents say they'll do with the money if they win the Powerball jackpot.

The state Senate has pushed back the release of its proposed lobbying rules as its members continue negotiating.

The debate over whether Georgia should limit lobbyist spending at the Statehouse is expected to intensify.

Betty and James Johnson sift through pictures of their granddaughter Maayimuna N'diaye.

Georgia senators appear poised to rewrite part of House Speaker David Ralston's plan to limit lobbyist spending.

A Dadeville man is in jail on multiple gambling-related charges stemming from three "Internet cafes" that investigators say he and a Georgia couple owned in Florida.

Police and residents in Albany say they fear gang retaliation following the weekend drive-by shooting deaths of two young men over the weekend.

A multitude of Georgia state agencies are reaching out to veterans who are looking for work.