Nathan Deal News

Stewart Webster Hospital is among the rural medical centers that have closed in Georgia over the last year.

The Democratic challenger to Gov. Nathan Deal has pulled into the lead, according to a public-opinion survey released Thursday.

Crossing the center line led to a 23-year-old man's arrest Wednesday morning after police found a small amount of synthetic marijuana in his vehicle, according to court testimony.

Gov. Nathan Deal, who ordered an internal review after a potent winter storm caught officials unprepared in January, outlined a wide-ranging plan Tuesday for responding to severe weather in the future.

The pace of business at the State Capitol has quickened, and that's especially true for certain types of business.

Authorities in Douglas County say nine good Samaritans and two firefighters rescued a man from his burning truck during a chain reaction crash on I-20 west of Atlanta.

Authorities in Douglas County say nine good Samaritans and two firefighters rescued a man from his burning truck during a chain reaction crash on I-20 west of Atlanta.

Authorities in Douglas County say nine good Samaritans and two firefighters rescued a man from his burning truck during a chain reaction crash on I-20 west of Atlanta.

At 2 p.m. today, Governor Nathan Deal signed into law Senate Bill 318, which will allow bars within Savannah city limits to serve alcohol on Sunday, March 16, between 12:30 p.m. and midnight.

Georgia House Bill 990 started out the week as what its sponsor called a "straightforward, one-paragraph proposal" that required legislative approval of any expansion of the Georgia Medicaid program.

The 123,000-square-foot grocery store is the first tenant in Gainesville's newest shopping center, New Holland Marketplace, which is off Jesse Jewell and Limestone parkways near Interstate 985.

Clyde Reese, Commissioner for the Georgia Department of Community Health, visited Hutcheson Medical Center today.

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal is vowing to press on with deepening Savannah Harbor even if President Barack Obama's budget proposal for 2015 doesn't include construction funds for the project.

The highest officials in Georgia's Episcopal Diocese signed a letter on Tuesday urging the state legislature to abandon its push to allow guns in churches.

The Georgia Senate voted Wednesday to allow the first monument to the late civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Martin Luther King Jr. on the state Capitol grounds.

If you've ever been stuck behind a person driving too slowly in the fast lane, the Georgia Legislature is here for you: Its "slowpoke" bill would require anyone driving on a divided highway to move to the right when a faster car approaches from behind - even if the "slowpoke" is actually going the speed limit.

A statue of the Ten Commandments stands outside the Texas state capitol building.

The push for federal funding to deepen the Port of Savannah has Georgia politicians in a tizzy, but the issue isn't resonating with voters.

March 12--When it comes to the all-important water litigation, Georgia has always acquired the heaviest legal artillery -- big, wealthy, politically connected law firms -- to argue its side.

Georgia First Lady Sandra Deal reads to a group of students at Mission Road Elementary School as part of the Read Across Georgia program.