1+ hour, 50+ min ago   (613+ words) Two public meetings on Monday about the Glynn County lighting ordinance pitted residents" safety concerns against advocates who seek more protections for nesting sea turtles on the area"s barrier islands. As the update to the antiquated zoning ordinances nears…...

4+ hour, 45+ min ago   (349+ words) ATLANTA " The Georgia Senate voted along party lines Tuesday to ban cities from requiring gun owners to lock up their guns in cars, the first bill approved in this year's legislative session. The bill is a response to a Savannah…...

6+ hour, 30+ min ago   (460+ words) A Camden County public agency is seeking a new developer for the roughly 700-acre Gilman Paper site in St. Marys, after Atlanta-based developer Jim Jacoby squandered a final chance to pay millions of dollars of debt to the county." Under…...

14+ hour, 21+ min ago   (555+ words) ATLANTA " Lawmakers, lobbyists and protesters swarmed to the Georgia Capitol on Monday, the first day of the annual legislative session in a crucial election year. State senators and representatives " several of whom are running for higher office " pitched ambitious agendas…...

16+ hour, 14+ min ago   (646+ words) Georgia's General Assembly convened yesterday, with the annual 40 days of hearings, debate and voting not expected to begin gaining pace until next week. Meanwhile, much of the attention in this, a midterm election year, is on (you guessed it) tax…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1246+ words) It's an ugly losing streak Georgia's Democrats are keen to end. It has been 27 years since a Democrat was sworn in as the state's governor. A Republican also has held the lieutenant governor's office and secretary of state's office for…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (941+ words) At lunchtime on Wednesday, Connie Johnson drove to the McIntosh County Board of Elections office in Darien where the longtime local resident cast her "yes" vote in the ongoing referendum to repeal a 2023 Sapelo Island zoning amendment. "I voted because…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (420+ words) The seven Democratic candidates vying to become governor addressed Coastal Georgia voters Thursday in the first major policy forum of the election year, with each aiming to distinguish themselves amid a crowded race for the state's top job. Georgia Democrats…...

5+ day, 8+ min ago   (132+ words) Georgia DNR game wardens and their National Park Service partners are investigating a fatal hunting incident that occurred during a managed hunt on Cumberland Island today, Georgia Department of Natural Resources spokesman Mark McKinnon told The Current GA. An injury…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (252+ words) ATLANTA " When lawmakers return to the Georgia Capitol next week, they will likely be eyeing cutbacks to tax credits and exemptions to pay for a priority of Senate leader Burt Jones. The Republican lieutenant governor, who is campaigning for the…...