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  • FILE – This June 20, 2019, file photo shows an existing home is offered for sale in Rutledge, Ga. Georgia lawmakers are proposing measures in 2024 to stem higher property tax bills driven by a sharp rise in property values. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)Finance

    Soaring Georgia home values have raised real estate taxes by 41% since 2018. Now lawmakers are trying to cap the rise

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • Spelman CollegeSuccess

    Billionaire couple gifts $100 million to Spelman College, largest donation in HBCU history

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • Brian KempEnvironment

    Electric vehicles are ‘resetting a bit’ after Biden ‘tried to push the market too quick,’ Georgia’s Brian Kemp says

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a Georgia Chamber Congressional Luncheon at The Classic Center on Aug. 8, 2023, in Athens, Ga. Some Republican legislative leaders say they want to examine broader health care coverage through Georgia's Medicaid program in 2024, while Kemp has supported a narrower expansion. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)Health

    Georgia sees a glimmer of hope for broader health coverage—but there’s a good chance of a fizzle

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • UNITED STATES – DECEMBER 7: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is seen outside the U.S. Capitol after last votes of the week on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)Politics

    Lawmakers are fed up with ‘swatting’ calls reporting fake shootings and are pushing for tougher penalties

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • Switch at a railroad trackFinance

    Georgia case over railroad that wants to use eminent domain to get track land could change property law across the U.S.

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • Georgia Governor Brian KempPolitics

    Georgia’s GOP governor is extending the state’s fuel tax suspension to relieve the ‘disastrous effects of Bidenomics’

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • US Vice President Kamala Harris tours a Qcells solar panel manufacturing plant in Dalton, GeorgiaEnvironment

    Huge new solar panel factory opens in Georgia but a flood of low-priced Asian imports could make it hard to compete

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • Brian KempPolitics

    Georgia’s Brian Kemp, sitting on a $10 billion surplus, keeps finding ways to suspend the state gas tax

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • Marc Tracy NoblemanSuccess

    A Georgia school district told a Batman scholar to censor any mention of ‘gay’ in his presentation and he quit: ‘It didn’t sit right with me’

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Chung Eui-sun, left, executive chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, and Jose Munoz, president and COO of Hyundai, celebrate with a champagne toast during the official groundbreaking for the Hyundai Meta Plant on Oct. 25, 2022 in Ellabell, Ga. Georgia and local governments are now projected to give Hyundai $2.1 billion of incentives after the company announced in August 2023 that it would increase investment in the plant by $2.1 billion. (Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News via AP, File)Finance

    Hyundai’s plan to invest $2 billion more in Georgia EV and battery plant could get it another $290 million in government aid

    By Jeff Amy, Russ Bynum, and others
  • FILE – The Hyundai company logo hangs over a long row of cars at a car dealership in Centennial, Colo., Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. Hyundai and LG Energy Solution are spending an additional $2 billion and hiring an extra 400 workers to make batteries at the automaker’s sprawling U.S. electrical vehicle plant that’s under construction in Georgia according to an announcement Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)Tech

    Hyundai and LG will invest $2 billion more in Georgia EV batteries plant

    By Russ Bynum, Jeff Amy, and others
  • Atomic plant Vogtle, is a 2-unit nuclear power plant located in Burke County, near Waynesboro, GeorgiaFinance

    Second nuclear reactor fueled in Georgia despite delays and billions over budget

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Chung Eui-sun, center left, executive chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, shakes hands with Georgia Gob. Brian Kemp as dignitaries join in for the official groundbreaking ing for the Hyundai Meta Plant, Oct. 25, 2022, in Ellabell, Ga. Hyundai and LG Energy Systems say they will build a $4.3 billion electric battery plant in Georgia. The factory would be on the site of the new electric vehicle assembly plant that Hyundai Motor Group is building near Savannah. The companies will split the investment, starting production as early as late 2025. (Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News via AP, File)Tech

    Hyundai and LG will build a new $4.3 billion EV battery plant in Georgia

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Georgia Power Co. CEO Chris Womack rests on a company truck as he talks with members of his team at Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant on Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Despite years of delays and billions in overruns, Womack, now CEO of parent Southern Co., says the two new reactors at the site are “absolutely” a success because they will provide reliable power and cheap fuel to the utility’s 2.7 million customers for decades. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)Finance

    America’s nuclear power revival arrives—7 years late and $17 billion over budget

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press