...March 20, 2013 By Tom Corwin | Wednesday, March 20, 2013 By Meg Mirshak | Friday, March 15, 2013 By Walter Jones | Tuesday, March 12, 2013 By Tom Corwin | Monday, March 4, 2013 By Tom Corwin | Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013...

...involving 161 hazardous materials totaling 5.56 million pounds.Such studies help emergency officials devise realistic strategies to deal with transportation accidents.Morris News Service reporter Walter Jones contributed to this article.

ATLANTA ? Democratic Party Chairman Mike Berlon is betting on picking up statewide races next year, but some other prominent Democrats aren't confident about his strategy.

...state government would be incumbent on the local government," Fleming said.Follow Walter Jones on Twitter @MorrisNews and Facebook or reach him at walter.jones@morris.com and (404) 589-8424.

ATLANTA -- The Augusta legislative delegation hasn't received a formal request yet to boost the salaries of local officials, Delegation Chairman Wayne Howard said Wednesday.The Augusta Commission has approved raises for the sheriff, court clerk and other posts specified in state law. The change requires local legislators to pass a law covering only that county to do it.

The Board of Regents gave the green light Tuesday to a $50 million renovation of the former dental building at Georgia Regents University.

...official "game fish," there are still efforts under way to convince Gov. Nathan Deal to veto the measure.My colleague Walter Jones in Atlanta reports the governor received a letter from Savannah boat captain Robert Morrisey, who contends reducing...

Missing quality-control documentation is one of the biggest reasons that construction of two nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle is behind schedule, according to testimony to the Pub­lic Service Commission on Tuesday.

ATLANTA ­- Georgia legislators will consider a major restructuring of laws dealing with children who commit crimes, reforms that supporters say will lower the repeat-crime rate and save money.

ATLANTA - Former Gov. Sonny Perdue released a statement early today that he has decided not to run for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated next year by fellow Republican Saxby Chambliss.