Georgia

The Georgia Senate is considering a bill that would ban cellphones in elementary and middle schools. Lawmakers say restrictions for high schools may follow once today's younger students are used to going without phones.

Gov. Brian Kemp signed a budget including $5.7 million for upgrades and House Bill 423 would help transition to Next-Generation 911 standards after the state's outdated 911 systems have struggled to handle call volume.

Drivers in Georgia would be able to leave home without their wallet, so long as they bring their phone, if legislation that seeks to require police to accept a digital version of drivers’ licenses becomes law.

Utilizing artificial intelligence in policing programs contributed to a decrease in homicides in 2024 compared to previous years in Macon-Bibb County, according to local officials.

The crosswalk, near a middle school, is a pilot between the city and a maker of intelligent signal and traffic management technology. Its traffic detector with artificial intelligence detects people and cars nearby.

Georgia state lawmakers are advancing multiple bills with the potential to further regulate drone operations across the state, citing ongoing concerns over public safety and national security.

Hydrogen-powered semitrucks are now navigating roads along Georgia’s coast, ferrying supplies and goods from the state’s ports to inland auto factories and construction sites.

President Trump has promised to roll back aspirational carbon emission regulations aiming to incentivize domestic EV production as well as detailed policy changes he wants to push through Congress.

Gov. Brian Kemp has issued a state of emergency ahead of severe winter weather expected to arrive overnight into Friday in metropolitan Atlanta. Agencies are mindful of 2014’s epic snowfall.

With the National Weather Service predicting two to four inches of snow or sleet for the Atlanta area Friday, state and local agencies are preparing, having been educated by the infamous January 2014 storm.

State CIO Shawnzia Thomas discussed the state’s achievements in AI and modernization during 2024, and developing initiatives like its upcoming AI Innovation Lab and ethical AI standards playbook.

The audit, the first of its kind, demonstrated a nearly identical match to the count done on election night, using tech to read the text on all 5.3 million Georgia ballots. Nearly all inconsistencies were caused by unclear marks on absentee ballots that required human review.

The U.S. Department of Energy on Tuesday announced it expects to award electric vehicle startup Rivian a nearly $6 billion loan to start construction of its long-promised factory in Georgia.

By midyear, data center construction had increased 76 percent in the Atlanta market compared to the same time last year, the most among any of its peers, data from real estate services firm CBRE showed.

Georgia has recruited a pair of multibillion-dollar electric vehicle plants, dozens of parts suppliers to support those factories and several facilities across the battery supply chain.

Cobb County is rolling out a site aimed at educating voters ahead of a transit tax referendum, during which residents will vote on the 30-year, 1 percent sales tax to fund public transit projects.

The federal government is alleging that Georgia Tech and its research arm didn’t follow enforcement of cybersecurity rules stated within U.S. Department of Defense contracts.

The exercise is an effort by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to reassure voters that voting computers can be trusted, along with upcoming testing to ensure they’re faithfully recording votes.