ATLANTA — Georgia’s top lawyer says the state must hand over $18 million in disputed sales tax revenue to local governments in the midst of a crippling state budget crunch.
Since 80-year-old John Hicks broke his hip in December, he's spent three weeks hospitalized on and off at Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, Ga., and he hasn't received too many visitors.
Fort Oglethorpe Mayor Ronnie Cobb will meet with Catoosa County's contractor today to see what can be done to speed up groundwork so Costco Wholesale can open in mid-August instead of September.
DALTON, Ga. — Higher-education tuition increases resulting from state funding cuts could help college revenues but strain students’ wallets, officials and students say.
ATLANTA -- House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, rushed a bill to committee Wednesday to deny Hustler magazine's request of crime-scene photos of a hiker killed in 2008 on a North Georgia trail.
The trial of a former Chickamauga, Ga., kindergarten teacher charged with child molestation, scheduled to start Monday, has been moved to April, court records show.
Local cuts could run as high as $8 million over the next two years as state revenues continue to dip and Dalton Public Schools' income picture sharpens.