High school students in Georgia could be limited to taking a certain number of college credit courses as lawmakers look for ways to save the state money.

Republican lawmakers in the Georgia House of Representatives are pushing a bill that would block any future red flag laws requiring those who are found to be a threat to themselves to turn over their guns.

The Hamilton County school board has approved hiring school security officers for some campuses despite reservations from the sheriff, who said he would rather see the district arm teachers or school staff members instead.

Abel Windemuller is interested in astronomy and space.

Republican John Cowan, a neurosurgeon in Rome, Georgia, announced Tuesday he's running for the state's 14th congressional district seat.

As the Hamilton County Commission and Mayor Jim Coppinger debated the mayor's impending decision on whether to allow refugees to continue to resettle in the county, a federal judge on Wednesday blocked an executive order from President Donald Trump, which granted the authority to state and local governments to halt resettlement.

Hamilton County Schools officials held the first of three zoning meetings to discuss proposed changes likely to impact nearly a dozen schools at Ooltewah Middle School Tuesday night.

Locally, Hamilton County has struggled to fill positions at both the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office and Chattanooga Police Department, which has affected filling SRO positions.

Chattanooga City Council's ban on electric scooters may become more permanent as Councilman Ken Smith looks to extend existing legislation.

A longtime state senator from northwest Georgia has said that he won't seek reelection in November.

Some Hamilton County school board members are trying to ensure they won't be looking for a new superintendent any time soon, but others say they don't think they should be discussing extending Superintendent Bryan Johnson's contract just yet.

Hamilton County school board members reviewed updated recommendations for the district's facilities from the outside firm, MGT Consulting Group, this evening.

The pair were friends for decades and often allies in their time on the Hamilton County Commission, but now Property Assessor Marty Haynes and Commission Chairman Randy Fairbanks are locked in a heated and deeply personal campaign for the March property assessor primary election.

Georgia lawmakers may remember the 2020 session as the year the good times ended.

A former federal prosecutor who served under President Barack Obama said Friday he plans to join the race to challenge newly sworn-in Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia.

Months after news of a possible chicken processing plant relocating to Northwest Georgia began to circulate, the Dade County Commission is taking the final steps in developing an ordinance that would require a special-use permit for industrial development and could put tighter restrictions on future development of any kind.

Georgia voters' first impressions are decidedly mixed about what they think of Republican Gov. Brian Kemp's appointment of businesswoman and political novice Kelly Loeffler to the U.S. Senate, according to a new poll.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Iran appears to be "standing down" and no Americans or Iraqis were harmed in Iran's missile strike on two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops.

After another daylong mediation, the city of Dalton, Georgia, Whitfield County and three other municipalities still do not have an agreement to announce on the county's service delivery strategy.

The lawyer for a conservative advocacy organization sent a letter Monday to all 95 Tennessee county clerks and the governor arguing they are violating the state's constitution by issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday passionately defended his decision to accept refugees into the state as he spoke before a group of GOP stalwarts and activists, some of whom openly questioned the move.

Red Bank City Commission is postponing the final vote on an ordinance that would suspend enforcement of the design review standards the city adopted in 2017.

Stormwater that runs into waterways can bring with it trash, oil and other pollutants downstream.