Man drives car into San Jose WalMart, attacks customers

Several people were injured after a man drove his car into a San Jose WalMart Sunday morning and began assaulting customers inside the store with a blunt object before being subdued by onlookers and arrested by police. At 11:15 a.m., San Jose Police officers were dispatched to the WalMart on ...

• 2:55 p.m. Sunday, March 31, 2013
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APS indictments news conference

• 6:58 p.m. Friday, March 29, 2013

Teen sexting would be misdemeanor

Among the bills receiving final passage on the last day of the legislative session is one to reduce the penalties for teens who sext one another. Bill sponsor Rep. Jay Neal (R-LaFayette) says currently sending a nude photo over electronic media is considered child pornography and subject to a felony. ...

• 9:33 p.m. Thursday, March 28, 2013
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APS cheating scandal as the AJC reported it

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's investigative reporters broke the story about widespread cheating on tests in Atlanta Public Schools in December, 2008, and we've continued digging ever since.

• 8:40 p.m. Thursday, March 28, 2013

Barr, back in GOP, seeks return to Congress

In the decade since he left Congress, Bob Barr has gone from Republican to Libertarian and back to Republican again. He announced Thursday that he wants voters from his new party – same as the old party – to send him back to his old job in the U.S. House. ...

• 6:53 p.m. Thursday, March 28, 2013

Ethics, lottery winners in legislature

One of the final bills to pass this year’s legislative session was ethics reform.  The bill includes caps of $75 on the amount lobbyists can spend on state and locally elected officials and requires paid lobbyists and those who are reimbursed more than $250 to register. Speaker David Ralston, who ...

• Updated: 2:04 a.m. Friday, March 29, 2013
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Lawmaker wants to eliminate Ga. income tax

There's only one more day of this legislative session, a state lawmaker is already introducing a bill for next year that would eliminate Georgia's income tax. Rep. Tom Kirby (R-Loganville), surrounded by some of the state's newest elected House members, wants to move away from a state income tax in ...

• 1:51 p.m. Wednesday, March 27, 2013
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Fight continues over lottery and gaming machines

A small group of House and Senate members continues to try to reach a compromise on a bill to put video gaming machines under the purview of the Georgia Lottery. The bill is being touted by Gov. Nathan Deal as a way to generate money for the HOPE Scholarship while ...

• 6:16 a.m. Wednesday, March 27, 2013
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Driver's license bill draws criticism

A bill that would allow foreign nationals, who are in this country legally, to get a Georgia driver’s license as long as they have a valid one from their country is one step away from final passage. The Senate easily approved the bill that would also grant reciprocity rights to ...

• 11:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, 2013
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Tea Party, grassroots activists "hurt" over ethics bill

  As a small group of House and Senate members continue to try to reach a compromise on ethics reform, grassroots activists are taking the issue personally. Debbie Dooly, co-founder of the Atlanta Tea Party, has been among those pushing for limits on spending by lobbyists for years.  But as ...

• 10:59 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, 2013