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Georgia Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler, third from right, stands in line with her husband, Jeff Sprecher, second from right, to participate in early voting at Chastain Park Gymnasium in Atlanta, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020.

Huge turnout in Georgia US Senate runoff approaches presidential levels

December 18, 2020 at 5:06 p.m.

Almost as many Georgians have voted in the U.S. Senate runoffs as at the same point before the presidential election, a huge turnout that reflects the high stakes of the...

With a handful of Georgia county elections directors behind him, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announces the start of a hand recount of the November 3 presidential election during a briefing outside of the Georgia State Capitol building in downtown Atlanta on Wednesday, November 11, 2020.

Recount teams assemble for manual review of Georgia election results

November 13, 2020 at 3:50 p.m.

The first statewide manual recount of paper ballots in Georgia history begins Friday, a major effort to validate the accuracy of an election that showed Joe Biden with a 14,000-vote...

With the potential for a significant hemp growing industry, farmers in Georgia are waiting for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to approve the state's proposed hemp plan.

Hemp farming in Georgia on hold until state funding approved

January 16, 2020 at 12:03 p.m.

Hemp farming can't start in Georgia unless the state government spends hundreds of thousands of dollars to oversee the crop. Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black said Tuesday that he will...

For Georgia patients, medical marijuana is legal but not for sale

December 27, 2019 at 2:59 p.m.

When Cindy Dawson was recovering from excruciating cancer treatment, prescription drugs such as morphine and fentanyl did little to ease severe pain, leaving her curled in bed. Only cannabis oil...

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