ATLANTA — If Congress ultimately approves the legislation that the U.S. Senate adopted Monday to end the government shutdown, it could throttle the multibillion dollar hemp consumables industry.

Some recipients in Georgia normally begin receiving deposits on the fifth of each month. The payments roll out to others on odd dates through the 23rd. Anyone who normally would have received their ...

Hundreds of flights in and out of Atlanta were cancelled or delayed Monday amid the ongoing government shutdown. At 41 days, this shutdown was longer by nearly a week than the prior record of 35 days ...

ATLANTA – Georgia’s net tax collections rose by 6.9% last month compared to October of last year, accelerating ahead of percentage gains the prior two months, according to new state figures reported ...

In a letter to state directors of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, Patrick A. Penn, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) official who oversees the program, said the agency ...

It affects everyone, said Ray Li, a lawyer with Legal Defense Fund, a racial justice group. It drives up student debt, creating a drag on the economy when graduates must pay back loans instead of, say ...

“Due to the limited availability of Federal funding and orders from two Federal courts, the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is reducing SNAP maximum allotments to 50 percent,” the USDA said, adding ...

ATLANTA — Airlines have begun trimming flights in reaction to a federal mandate stemming from the government shutdown. The order from the Federal Aviation Administration, which applies only to ...

ATLANTA — The one in eight Georgians who rely on the government for food may have to wait for weeks to get their spending allotment on the cards they use to buy groceries. In Georgia, deposits for the ...

The lopsided wins were rare statewide victories for Democrats, who had not seen such success in nearly two decades aside from the two U.S. Senate seats captured by Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.

ATLANTA — Voters in Clark and Oconee counties will vote Dec. 9 in a special election to replace former state Rep. Marcus Wiedower, R-Watkinsville, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger ...