Jeff Amy

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  • stormLaw

    Hurricane-level ice storm cancels over 9,000 weekend flights with half of America under warning

    By Emilie Megnien, Jeff Amy, and others
  • snowEnvironment

    ‘I’ve been here a while and my brain stopped working’: Americans struggle with sub-freezing wind chill as storm closes in

    By Emilie Hawtin, Jeff Amy, and others
  • Georgia Power Co.’s Plant Bowen is shown Oct. 18, 2025, in Euharlee, Ga. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)Energy

    Georgia regulators approve 50% power capacity boost, betting that massive AI data center demand will eventually materialize

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • GislerPolitics

    49-year-old Democrat who owns a gourmet olive oil store swipes another historically Republican district from Trump and Republicans

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)Politics

    MAGA stalwart Marjorie Taylor Greene, who defied Trump on Epstein files, will resign from Congress to avoid ‘hurtful and hateful primary’

    By Michelle L. Price, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • GeorgiaPolitics

    Democrats had such a big election night they even booted Republicans out of Georgia’s Public Service Commission

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • Brian KempInnovation

    At a truly awful time to build an electric vehicle plant in the U.S., Tesla’s distant rival breaks ground on $5b Georgia facility

    By Jeff Amy, Alexa St. John, and others
  • Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionEconomy

    Atlanta becomes largest U.S. metro without a printed daily newspaper as Journal-Constitution goes digital

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • Students on phonesGlobal

    Students are so glued to their phones that 17 states are cracking down with ‘bell-to-bell’ bans for this school year

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • The office of First Liberty Building and Loan, which federal officials allege was a Ponzi scheme, is shown on Thursday, July 10, 2025 in Newnan, Ga. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)Finance

    SEC says prominent Georgia Republican bank boss defrauded 300 investors in $140 million Ponzi scheme

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • The Qcells solar panel plant is seen Friday, June 27, 2025, near Cartersville, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)Politics

    Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is threatening to upend multi-billion dollar investments promising thousands of new jobs for a Georgia town

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • FILE – This combination of photos from 2017 to 2022 shows the logos of Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat on mobile devices. (AP Photo, File)Tech

    Federal judge blocks Georgia law requiring age verification for social media, saying it infringes on free speech

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A ninth grader places his cellphone into a phone holder as he enters class at Delta High School, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in Delta, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, file)Health

    25 American states have laws that ban or regulate cellphones in schools. More are coming

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The Georgia State Capitol is seen from Liberty Plaza in downtown Atlanta, April 6, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)Health

    A brain-dead Georgia woman has been kept alive since February in order to carry a fetus to birth

    By Jeff Amy, Sudin Thanawala, and others
  • A speed camera tracks cars driving on a Georgia streetPolitics

    Georgia has made $112 million from speed cameras in school zones, but over 100 lawmakers want to pull the plug: ‘These camera companies are engaged in deceit and trickery’

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press