Keisha Sean Waites and DeAndre Mathis will meet in a June 16 Democratic runoff to decide who challenges incumbent John F. King for Georgia insurance commissioner.

City Council approved a roughly $3.2 billion FY27 budget that increases police funding while trimming parks and transportation allocations. The plan passed 13-2.

Cobb County Schools sued the county, saying more than $130 million in collection fees were unlawfully taken since 2011 and that future hikes threaten classrooms. The case is pending in Cobb Superior Court.

At a GOP breakfast in Augusta, local and statewide Republicans made final pitches ahead of the June 16 runoffs, with the mayoral rematch and PSC race front and center.

Alpharetta will weigh two three‑year contracts to house arrestees at its recently reopened detention center, with municipalities paying roughly $165 per inmate per day.

Dozens attended Habersham County's UDO open house to press officials over data centers, quarry blasts and proposed zoning changes.

A federal judge in Atlanta denied a renewed request to block Georgia’s ban on giving food and water to voters in line, keeping the contested “line relief” restriction in force while litigation continues.

DeKalb County and the EPA are drafting a replacement to the 2011 consent decree that governs sewer repairs; a federal judge set a 60‑day check‑in and warned of tight oversight.

Avondale Estates has tentatively set a 9.55 millage rate that would raise property taxes roughly 10.12%. Three public hearings are scheduled in late June.

Sgt. Anna Lange has settled her long-running lawsuit over Houston County’s refusal to cover gender‑affirming surgery, ending years of appeals and a split 11th Circuit fight.

Brookhaven officials are proposing a 3.85 mill rate — the first municipal increase since 2015 — which would add roughly $395 a year to an $800K homesteaded home's bill.

A former South Fulton detective says city leaders tipped off suspects and dismantled a corruption unit. He's now suing in federal court.

U.S. payrolls rose by 172,000 in May and unemployment held at 4.3%, a surprise that kept markets on edge and kept hiring steady in Atlanta’s service and healthcare sectors.