A City Council committee debated a proposal to let Atlanta police demand bars' financial records for forensic audits, prompting pushback over overreach and business costs.

A statewide audit of Georgia’s June 16 runoff flagged 23 mismatches across more than 1.1 million ballot images, and officials say every error was on a hand‑marked ballot.

A family-backed Embert’s Act would require medical qualifications and new oversight for county coroners after a decade-long fight tied to the Embert case.

A Fulton judge dismissed a bid by three Georgia district attorneys to block the state's prosecutor oversight commission, saying they showed no concrete harm.

JCPenney will pay $99,000 and overhaul how it handles accommodation requests after the EEOC said a Forest Park warehouse worker was fired while undergoing breast cancer treatment. The settlement arrives amid a flurry of EEOC suits in the Atlanta area.

A May briefing between Gov. Brian Kemp, OpenAI and Georgia Power surfaced in a one‑page memo; officials have declined to say what was discussed as Georgia weighs data‑center energy and water impacts.

State regulators have launched a probe into whether data centers are shifting fuel and infrastructure costs onto Georgia households. Initial hearings are set for September.

DeKalb County will lay out how revenue from a newly approved ~1% property-tax increase will be spent at a 10 a.m. public meeting after residents raised questions.

A federal judge quashed a sweeping DOJ subpoena for Fulton County’s 2020 election workers, a ruling county officials say protects poll‑worker privacy even as the federal probe continues.

DFCS Director Candice Broce accused Sen. Jon Ossoff of being “nowhere to be found” after his campaign’s new foster‑care ad, reigniting debate over missing‑children data and judges’ testimony.

Acworth held a public forum to explain a state-required tax notice that many read as a rate hike. Officials say most homestead homeowners are largely protected.

An en banc Eleventh Circuit opinion says Alabama’s total residential ban on certain convicted parents faces strict‑scrutiny review and has been remanded for narrower review.

Attorney General Chris Carr won a consent judgment that voids MV Realty’s long contracts, bars the firm from Georgia and returns $1M to affected homeowners.