Sole Commissioner Noah Bishop extended a yearlong moratorium on new data centers in unincorporated Murray County while staff drafts land‑use rules. The pause runs through July 7, 2027.

Financial disclosures show the SBA chief held $1M–$5M stakes in xAI and SpaceX that ballooned after SpaceX’s record IPO, producing multi‑million dollar gains. Watchdog scrutiny now follows.

Georgia raised the Path2College 529 account cap to $550,000 and waived the state administrative fee, expanding how much families can hold for a single beneficiary while trimming plan costs.

President Trump will stop at Wheeler High School in Marietta next Wednesday to highlight Trump Accounts, the new federal program seeding children’s accounts with $1,000.

The Education Department has opened directed investigations into three Georgia school systems over how they handle staff sexual‑misconduct allegations. The move follows a national review aimed at stopping districts from quietly reassigning accused employees.

After a 56.23% primary win, Bottoms has been campaigning through rural Georgia on healthcare and turnout. Local Democrats see early promise, but November still hinges on metro margins.

Ossoff reported a $20M Q2 haul and more than $42M on hand; Collins raised about $2.1M. Outside groups are already lining up millions in ad buys.

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.