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Gov. Sonny Perdue is proposing deep new cuts to the state's healthcare providers, slashing the amount they receive for treating Medicaid patients and removing a sales tax exemption for non-profit hospitals.

A Georgia man who posted a video of himself on the Internet holding a sign that said "Elton John must die" has been arrested for making terroristic threats.

A DeKalb County Judge temporarily stopped Hustler magazine from obtaining gruesome crime scene photos of murdered hiker Meredith Emerson.

Georgia's public defender system is still trying to recover its financial footing five years after a courthouse gunman racked up a $3 million taxpayer-funded defense tab on the way to his conviction.

Identical water conservation bills cleared both chambers of the state Legislature on Wednesday, an overture designed to help the state in negotiating a deal with Florida and Alabama over water rights.

A bill that would criminalize race-based abortions narrowly cleared committee at the Georgia Capitol Wednesday evening, drawing the Georgia General Assembly closer to a full-blown abortion debate.

A Georgia judge has dismissed most of the remaining legal claims in a dispute between the children of the Rev.

Sen. Mitch Seabaugh is proposing cutting 19 superior court judges a move he says could save the state up to $14 million.

A 27-year-old Georgia woman was sentenced to a year in prison on charges of scheming to defraud the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Jim Gallloway brings us the latest : Saxby Chamblissa TMs office just confirmed that the U.S. senator and Gov.

Last Monday's list of possible cuts at the state's 35 public colleges and universities contained 4,000 layoffs, enrollment caps and elimination of dozens of majors.

Tax collections continued to fall in February, according to figures released Monday, and legislative leaders say they'll have to cut more spending, not boost tax rates, to adjust the budget.

A Georgia grand jury has indicted four members of an assisted suicide group who authorities say aided in the deaths of dozens of people.

Georgia sex offenders could soon be removed from popular online social networking sites.

In the state of Georgia, a new bill was put in to place concerning the Department of Transportation bond requirements.

Georgia's tax collections tumbled for the 15th straight month, setting the stage for yet more deep cuts to the state's already battered budget.

A Georgia man accused of killing two people used an innovative legal strategy Monday in an attempt to get his murder charges dismissed.

Authorities said Monday they will not give Hustler Magazine crime scene and autopsy photos of a Georgia college student who was slain while hiking, with one lawmaker calling the porn publication's request "vile" and "disgusting." Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead said his agency would reject the magazine's "indecent" request ...

The Georgia Meth Project is launching a campaign to tackle the growing use of methamphetamine in Georgia, targeting teens who authorities say are becoming more likely to try the highly addictive drug.

The U.S. Forest Service is investigating after a ranger was shot and killed in central Georgia by a hunter who apparently mistook him for a coyote.