No. 19 Texas A&M Tops Georgia Bulldogs Volleyball
ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia volleyball finally lost at home. No. 19 Texas A&M took three of four sets from the Bulldogs on Friday night at Stegeman Coliseum, taking the first, third and fourth sets by scores of 25-23, 25-21 and 25-23 after dropping the second 25-18. The crowd was 2,079. The result ended a three-match
Georgia Bulldogs Basketball Falls to Clemson
CLEMSON, S.C. — Georgia men’s basketball nearly stole a preseason exhibition at Littlejohn Coliseum on Friday night, wiping out a late deficit before Clemson won 82-80 on a layup as time ran out. The Bulldogs were down 80-73 with 1:11 to go and then scored seven straight points in 47 seconds. Blue Cain cut the
Georgia Rural Health Gets Nearly $219 Million Federal Award
ATLANTA, Ga. — Rural Georgia is in line for nearly $219 million in federal money aimed at putting more doctors and nurses in small towns and helping more patients get care in their own communities, federal health officials announced Friday. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said the award, from the Rural Health Transformation
Fire Fee Ruling Leaves Georgia Cities Worried About Fees
PERRY, Ga. — City and county leaders are warning state lawmakers that a Georgia Supreme Court decision on a single county’s fire fee could ripple through local budgets across the state. The issue came up Wednesday when a House blue-ribbon panel studying how local governments raise and spend money held its meeting in Perry. Speakers
Georgia Amendment 1 Would Double Farmland Tax Break Limit
ATLANTA, Ga. — The first question Georgia voters see on the Nov. 3 ballot asks whether to let bigger farm and timber owners into one of the state’s most widely used property tax breaks. Amendment 1 would raise the cap on how much land one owner can enroll in the Conservation Use Valuation Assessment program,
Middle Georgia State Tops 10,000 Students for First Time
MACON, Ga. — Middle Georgia State University has crossed 10,000 students for the first time, a milestone the school reached in its 142nd year. Fall 2026 enrollment climbed 14% to 10,070, the university said Thursday. The old high-water mark was 8,828 students. Students are also sticking around longer. The share returning for another year rose
Raffensperger Moves to Disqualify Georgia House Candidate
ATLANTA, Ga. — Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is trying to knock a Democratic state House candidate off the Nov. 3 ballot, arguing he gave up his Georgia residency by voting in Nevada. The office filed a formal qualification challenge Wednesday with the Office of State Administrative Hearings against David Dillie, the Democratic nominee in
Georgia Tech Wins $38.4M to Renew Two NSF AI Institutes
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia Tech will keep leading two national artificial intelligence research centers after the National Science Foundation renewed them with a combined $38.4 million. NSF awarded $20 million to extend the AI Institute for Advances in Optimization, known as AI4OPT, through 2031, and $18.4 million for another five years of AI-ALOE, the national
Georgia Farmers to Get About $413M in USDA Payments
ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia farmers, ranchers and landowners are in line for roughly $413 million in federal farm safety net and conservation payments, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency said Thursday. Most of the money flows through two commodity programs, Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage, for the 2025 crop year. Nationally,
Georgia Early Voting Nears 1.4 Million With a Week to Go
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia’s early vote keeps climbing toward a midterm record. The state’s in-person early count stood at 1,395,015 by Thursday night, the Secretary of State’s office reported, and a full week of early voting remains before Election Day on Nov. 3. The state estimates in-person early turnout is running about 12% ahead of