Bryan Pirkle

For the first time in many years the greatest need for Meals on Wheels in Gainesville is not money. It's volunteers.

A forum in Gainesville next month will explore marijuana use and Georgia law as it pertains to the drug, including attempts to legalize medical marijuana in the state.

Aiming to sidestep a logjam in Congress, the Obama administration is looking for steps it could take on its own to prevent American companies from reincorporating overseas to shirk U.S. taxes, officials said Tuesday.

State environmental officials have issued an air quality alert spanning the metro Atlanta region.

Preliminary figures show that the University of North Georgia (UNG) had a record enrollment for summer semester, with 5,853 students taking classes on the university's four campuses.

The company planning to develop a 36-lot subdivision on Hog Mountain Road near Flowery Branch is asking that the Hall County Planning Commission again table the matter.

Congress has approved a bill to prevent a 28 percent cut in federal highway and mass transit aid at the height of the summer construction season.

Republican leaders say the House will vote to block President Barack Obama from extending relief from deportation to any more immigrants here illegally.

The House and Senate have passed competing versions of legislation to prevent the federal trust funds providing highway and transit funds from running dry next month and to buy more time for Congress to draft a new highway bill.

It seems there's something new regarding the new health care law every week, either from the White House or the courts.