ATLANTA — For the third time this year, Gov. Brian Kemp has ordered a suspension of Georgia’s fuel tax, as prices at the pump keep rising with no sign of relief. The 30-day suspension order, which Kemp signed Monday, goes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday and runs through Oct. 29.

ATLANTA — Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced that his office is debuting a new “I Voted” sticker available to Georgia voters during the 2026 General Election. Renowned Georgia artist Steve Penley of Penley Art Co. created the exclusive design.

MACON, Ga. (AP) — Two groups of people shot at each other during a birthday party at a Georgia city park, resulting in gunshot wounds to 12 teens, a sheriff said Sunday.

ATLANTA (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that two giant pandas from China will arrive at Zoo Atlanta in the coming days, bolstering a loan program that at one time had lapsed as part of tensions between Beijing and Washington.

ATLANTA — It might not be a lucky number, but Georgia’s political leaders are celebrating the state’s ranking as the top location for corporate expansions for the 13th year in a row. The designation was based on a survey of 50 corporate site selection consultants nationwide.

ATLANTA — After federal prosecutors charged three noncitizens with voting illegally in Georgia, the man who oversees voting in the state pointed to an audit he ordered four years ago.

The execution of a man who killed two real estate agents in Georgia was halted by a judge’s late-night decision, at least for now, while an execution in Texas of a man convicted of a rural triple murder was still expected to take place Wednesday.

ATLANTA — Communities across Georgia that were hit hard by Hurricane Helene will begin learning in November whether they will get a share of federal relief funding earmarked for water projects.

ATLANTA — The Georgia Constitution gives the state broad authority to exercise police power, but the state Supreme Court clarified the extent of that authority when it comes to private property rights.

ATLANTA — Amie Anderson’s first instinct was rage. Her daughter, a nurse, had just told her how a young mother had walked into the hospital and surrendered her infant. Under Georgia law, hospitals are among the safe places where a mother can leave her newborn.

ATLANTA — The economic boom continued in Georgia last year, with a second record-topping year of business investment and job growth.

Walking the fields is part of farming. The methodical process of scouting for anything unusual can help identify diseases, insects, and other management issues before they become a big problem.

ATLANTA — Thousands of Georgians are expected to travel this Labor Day weekend as summer comes to an unofficial close. The Georgia Department of Public Safety reminds motorists that Georgia State Patrol Troopers and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officers will conduct high-visibility patrols on interstates and secondary roads, focusing on impaired driving, speeding, seatbelt violations, distracted driving, and other unsafe driving behaviors.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia prison officials plan to execute a man next month who was convicted of fatally shooting two real estate agents in Atlanta’s suburbs more than two decades ago.

ATLANTA — An agreement to resolve a federal lawsuit brought by Georgia and other states and U.S. jurisdictions would require Meta to impose new limits on teen accounts on its social media platforms while also giving parents the option for more control.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army announced Wednesday that it plans to add nuclear microreactors at five military bases from New York to Texas as a reliable source of energy independent of the commercial electric grid.

ATLANTA — Growing public concern about license plate reader systems has led a key state senator to consider legislation to limit abuses by police. After nearly weekly news reports of law enforcement officers accused of misusing license plate reader data for personal purposes, such as spying on friends and family, Sen. John Albers, R-Roswell, said on Tuesday that he was joining a new task force to explore whether legislation is needed.

ATLANTA — Data centers are a financial boon to communities, according to the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, which is pushing back on concerns about their impact on the environment, on utility bills and on their neighbors.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Residents of Georgia’s 13th Congressional District outside of Atlanta will get a new representative to Congress after a special election runoff Tuesday to replace the late Democratic U.S. Rep. David Scott, who died April 22.

ATLANTA — Georgia’s longtime Republican state school superintendent is touting his experience to fend off his Democratic challenger, who calls herself a change agent. Lydia Powell, an assistant high school principal in Henry County, wants to unseat Richard Woods, saying test scores indicate that schools need new leadership.

ATLANTA — Police at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport have ended a controversial drug interdiction program that involved stopping travelers on jet bridges, taking their tickets and searching their luggage, according to the organization that sued on behalf of two entertainers subjected to the encounters.

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday suspended all seven members of the Dublin school board over financial mismanagement. State law authorizes the governor to remove school boards that put their district’s accreditation at risk.

ATLANTA — A Florida man will spend 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty in connection with a Ponzi scheme that bilked more than 2,000 investors out of about $380 million.

ATLANTA — Rick Jackson, the Republican running to be Georgia’s next governor, raised more money in the past two months than his Democratic opponent, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, has collected since starting her campaign more than a year ago.

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (AP) — A shooting at a Georgia high school Wednesday left one student wounded, and a teenage suspect who fled was later taken into custody, police said.