2015: A deadly year on Georgia roads

ATLANTA — The State Board of Pardons and Paroles is weighing clemency for a condemned inmate whose attorneys are now claiming he is mentally retarded. Warren Lee Hill Jr. is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Hill had a clemency hearing before the Georgia Department of Paroles and pardons on Friday; the board did not rule. Hill was sentenced to death for the 1991 slaying of a fellow inmate in

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Georgia, wants the U.S. Department of Education to explain how it plans to implement its “fresh start” plan for borrowers in default on their student loans.

Elections officials in Georgia’s 159 counties have completed a statewide audit of the 2024 presidential election, confirming the outcome.