COLUMBIA - Republican senators from South Carolina and Georgia want the Obama administration to keep funding a program to turn weapons-grade plutonium into commercial nuclear reactor fuel.

The rapid spread of clinics that officials think are illegally prescribing or dispensing painkillers led Georgia senators to pass legislation Thursday to try to get rid of illegitimate businesses.

ATLANTA - Georgia state senators cannot accept gifts worth more than $100 from lobbyists under a new chamber rule.

ATLANTA -- All groups have ways to initiate newcomers, and in the legislature it's with merciless grilling, as Sen. Tyler Harper learned first hand this week.

ATLANTA - The Republican leader of the Senate billed taxpayers for $8,100 in spending that was reported as campaign expenses, according to records the lawmaker filed with the state.

Sen. Johnny Isakson says he's untangled objections that had blocked passage of a trio of trade agreements that could boost Georgia exports by more than $1.5 billion.

Senators aim to help fellow veterans with the transition of returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Sen. Johnny Isakson will visit an Augusta civic club Monday to speak on job creation.

...funding needs."Sen. Graham has made it very clear that there is no way that he could get the funding if he had two Georgia senators fighting," she said.Haley also addressed an often-referenced comment that she had made to the Propeller Club...

MACON, Ga. - Former Georgia state Sen. Robert Brown, the fiery leader of the chamber's Democrats for six years, was found dead at his home Thursday