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Despite concerns over the U.S.-initiated trade dispute with China, the state of Georgia is showing strong interest in building cooperative ties with Chinese partners in order to offset the negative impact caused by Washington's protectionist trade policy. Georgia, a southern U.S. state known for its business-friendly environment and trade-driven economy, just hosted an investment and trade forum with northwest China's Shaanxi Province for local entrepreneurs and business representatives who were eager to find more potential opportunities to forge partnerships with the Chinese side.
On a sweltering Friday in late June, Gov. Nathan Deal huddled inside a bank boardroom with some of Hall County's most prominent business leaders. The three dozen people knew exactly what was coming: a heart-to-heart with the governor on the race to succeed him.
It's now illegal to hold your phone while driving in the state of Georgia, part of a sweeping hands-free law that went into effect Sunday. Reading from a phone or using it to record video is banned, too, according to the Governor's Office of Highway Safety , including at stoplights.
SAN FRANCISCO By definition, 19 cities on Amazon's list of potential homes for its second headquarters won't make the cut. But even if they don't win the golden ticket up to 50,000 tech jobs and a $5 billion investment Amazon may be leaving its stamp.
One of the largest airplanes in the world -- a jet that forever changed America's military and airline industry -- is turning half a century old. When you see a C-5 Galaxy on the ground for the first time, the first thing that strikes you is... it's freakishly huge.
Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith can recall several instances where his deputies have worked fatal vehicle accidents caused by use of a cell phone while driving. "Their body might be mashed up in the car, but the phone is still in their hand or right by it and you can pretty much tell what they were doing," Smith said last week.
Members of the Marietta City Council will wrap up a long weekend at the Georgia Municipal Association's annual convention in Savannah just in time to head home for committee meetings.
There are new signs in downtown Savannah leading drivers to the Talmadge Bridge, but the signs say the "Savannah Bridge." This comes after multiple failed requests by the city of Savannah to the governor and Georgia General Assembly, asking them to officially change the name.
The Catoosa County Sheriff's Department currently has pamphlets circulating through town that inform residents of what the new Georgia Hands Free Law consists of.
Gov. Nathan Deal says a manufacturer of household appliances is investing $55 million in a new distribution center in Commerce, Georgia, and will create 100 jobs.
State Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick, R-east Cobb, listens during Tuesday's meeting held at the Cobb County Civic Center that centered on metro Atlanta transit options provided by House Bill 930, which was signed by Gov. Nathan Deal last month.
Thirty guns were found at security checkpoints at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport during May, Transportation Security Administration spokesman Mark Howell said. That's more than previously discovered at a single airport nationwide in one month.
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal ordered all flags in Chatham County to be lowered to half-staff on Saturday in honor of Anthony Christie, a Savannah police officer who died in the line of duty on May 25. Christie's funeral and honor procession are on Saturday at 2 p.m. The officer's visitation is on Thursday and Friday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Fox and Weeks Hodgson Chapel at 7200 Hodgson Memorial Drive in Savannah. WTOC.com will have a live stream of the ceremonies Saturday.
She's a Yale-educated attorney and a romance novelist who served a decade in the Georgia Legislature. Now Stacey Abrams has gained a shot at becoming the first black woman elected governor in U.S. history.
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidates and former state representatives Stacey Abrams and Stacey Evans participate in a debate earlier this month. John Amis/AP hide caption Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidates and former state representatives Stacey Abrams and Stacey Evans participate in a debate earlier this month.
On May 22nd, voters go to the polls in primary elections in Arkansas, Georgia and Kentucky. Additionally, runoff elections will be held in Texas in several House seat races.
Tackling Georgia's problems with health care must be a top priority of our next governor. So why did the current governor this past week veto a bill intended to bring experts together to craft solutions to those problems? Senate Bill 357 was the chief product of the Health Care Reform Task Force the Senate convened in 2017.
One spent much of her childhood in trailers, raised by her mother, college made possible partly by a lottery scholarship and other grants. The other grew up in a working-class, African-American household in the Deep South, her path to law school also paved with financial aid.