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A U.S. senator from Georgia lambasted the federal penitentiary in Atlanta as “extremely dangerous and insecure,” saying that prison records show staff “acted with impunity and even lacked regard for human life.”

A group of pro-abortion doctors and advocates has filed a lawsuit in Fulton County Superior Court to block Georgia’s fetal heartbeat bill banning most abortions after six weeks.

Georgia has joined a multistate settlement agreement that recovered $34.2 million for more than 46,000 service members and veterans nationwide, officials said.

Georgia governments and development authorities offered Hyundai Motor Group more than $1.8 billion in incentives.

Georgia has awarded a $1.85 million EDGE grant to the Augusta Economic Development Authority to support an electrodeposited copper manufacturer planning a new Richmond County facility.

Georgia ranked among the states with the highest number of workers quitting their jobs, even as state officials tout the lowest unemployment rate on record.