Georgia’s eighth grade students scored a few points better on NAEP science tests administered in 2011 . . .
A settlement with WellCare over charges of Medicaid fraud will bring Georgia $33 million as its share of the multi-state agreement . . .
The jobs picture in Georgia continues to improve as the unemployment rate declines to its lowest level in nearly three years . . .
Arizona’s controversial immigration law, which was a model for a similar law passed in Georgia this year, will be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court . . .
How do you add up all the costs of state immigration laws? Here’s one tally . . .
The state’s jobless rate increased to 10.3 percent in September, the 50th month in a row in which Georgia’s unemployment rate was higher than the national rate . . .
Georgia submits its legislative and congressional redistricting plans for Voting Rights Act pre-clearance . . .
The Department of Justice challenges redistricting plans adopted in Texas because they diminish the voting strength of the state’s Latino population; could a similar challenge be in store for Georgia’s plans? . . .
Georgia’s jobless rate hit 10.2 percent in August, according to the Labor Department, and has exceeded the national unemployment rate for 49 months in a row . . .
Federal and state regulators have now shuttered 13 banks in Georgia this year, the highest total of any state . . .