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Education
MACON, Ga. — High school seniors across Georgia have until Nov. 30 to send college applications without paying a fee, as more than 60 public, technical and private schools waive the charge for the month. The Georgia Student Finance Commission organizes the waivers each fall with the state's public universities,…
Crime
ATLANTA, Ga. — Dozens of Georgia homeowners who say they signed away their houses while looking for help with foreclosure are due to get their deeds back under a court judgment announced Monday by Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr. The ruling came Nov. 6, when a judge in Fulton County…
Politics
DONALSONVILLE, Ga. — A memory card that never made it into Seminole County's vote totals has reversed the apparent winner of a southwest Georgia state House race, and Georgia's top election official, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, is now investigating how the votes slipped through. State staff spotted the problem…
Politics
ATLANTA, Ga. — Full Medicaid expansion will lead the agenda when Keisha Lance Bottoms takes over as Georgia governor in January, and the Democrat has said she is ready to scrap the state's current work-based coverage program to get there. At her first news conference since winning the race, held…
Politics
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia Power customers will see a new balance of power at the agency that sets their electric rates when Democrats take three of the five seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission in January, the first Democratic majority on the board in three decades. Commissioner Peter Hubbard…
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