Archive By Section - State, National
SAVANNAH - One worker is dead after a fuel tanker burst into flames at a petroleum distribution plant near the Port of Savannah.
April 09, 2011
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Associated Press
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State, National
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and congressional leaders bargained and blustered by turns Thursday, still short of an agreement to cut federal spending and head off a midnight-Friday government shutdown that no one claimed to want.
April 08, 2011
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David Espo
The Associated Press
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State, National
On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga., pushed for legislation that would ensure military service members are paid in the event of a government shutdown.
April 08, 2011
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Denise Etheridge
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State, National
ATLANTA (AP) - A band of Creek Indians has filed papers to establish a reservation on the Georgia coast.
April 07, 2011
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Associated Press
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State, National
TOKYO (AP) - Japan was rattled by a strong aftershock and tsunami warning Thursday night nearly a month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami flattened the northeastern coast.
April 07, 2011
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Associated Press
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State, National
JACKSON, Ga. (AP) - An eighth death is being blamed on severe storms that swept through the South.
April 05, 2011
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Associated Press
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State, National
ATLANTA - An overhaul of Georgia taxes has stalled amid objections from Democrats and tea party activists.
March 31, 2011
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By Shannon McCaffrey
Associated Press writer
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State, National
ATLANTA (AP) - The Georgia Senate approved an $18.25 billion spending plan on Wednesday that increases health insurance premiums for state employees and teachers by 20 percent, while adding $2.5 million in state funds and federal grants for a new trauma communications network.
March 31, 2011
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By Errin Haines
Associated Press writer
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State, National
ATLANTA - Gov. Nathan Deal's inaugural celebration was cut short in January, scuttled by a snow and ice storm that paralyzed metro Atlanta.
March 31, 2011
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Associated Press
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State, National
ATLANTA (AP) - A Senate panel on Monday signed off on an $18.2 billion budget for the coming fiscal year that adds millions of dollars in new borrowing for capital projects for the state's university system and also finds funds for new investigators to track down tax cheats.
March 29, 2011
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By Shannon McCaffrey
Associated Press writer
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State, National
Lawmakers have abandoned plans to reinstate the state sales tax on groceries but still want to lower Georgia's personal income tax rate to at least 4.5 percent.
March 28, 2011
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Associated Press
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State, National
SAVANNAH - Firefighters scrambled Friday to contain three major wildfires in southeast Georgia, where the blazes had burned more than 53 square miles total as strong winds spread the flames into woods as dry as tinder.
March 25, 2011
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By Russ Bynum
Associated Press writer
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State, National
SAVANNAH - Savannah police say they handed out citations to 16 bar employees during the city's bustling St. Patrick's Day celebration last week, mostly for allegations of selling alcohol to people under age 21.
March 24, 2011
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Associated Press
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State, National
ATLANTA (AP) - Andrew Scott Haley used the online moniker "catchmekiller" to post a video claiming he killed 16 people, a callous lie that led investigators down dead-end trails and wasted countless hours of detective work, prosecutors said Monday.
March 22, 2011
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By Greg Bluestein
Associated Press writer
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State, National
ATLANTA - While nearly 2 million people have flocked to Georgia in the past decade, fewer than 4,000 since 2000 have trickled into the state's capital - long regarded as the jewel of the New South.
March 18, 2011
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Associated Press
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State, National
