Low- and middle-income Americans may continue to receive tax subsidies to buy health insurance, even in Georgia and other states that did not create their own insurance exchanges, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
In a 6-3 decision, the justices upheld a provision in the Affordable Care Act that had been challenged by conservatives, giving a major victory to President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats.
The lawsuit focused on four words in the controversial law limiting the subsidies…
Environmental advocates are lining up to fight a proposed amendment to a state water regulation they say could increase pollution in the Chattahoochee River.
But the head of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) said he simply wants to get rid of an “asterisk” in the agency’s water-quality rules that has caused confusion for decades.
The EPD will hold a public hearing at 1 p.m. Friday on a proposal to drop any references in its water regulations to a minimum-flow target of 750…
Booming U.S. stock markets have propelled a number of Georgia stocks to lofty gains during the first half of 2015.
Among Georgia's 50 largest public companies (ranked by revenues), 19 have enjoyed share price gains of at least 10 percent since Jan. 2, and seven have soared 25 percent or more.
(Check out the full chart below.)
The top performer is EarthLink Holdings Corp. (Nasdaq: ELNK), a provider of managed network, internet security and cloud services. The company's shares spent the first few…
Major League Soccer’s Atlanta expansion team will be named Atlanta United FC, according to Sports Illustrated.
“It will be introduced officially on July 7, along with a logo that’s thought to feature a prominent ‘A’ and the club’s red, yellow/gold and black colors,” SI reported. “The Twitter hashtag associated with the unveiling event is #bringyourAgame, likely a reference to the logo, while the tagline is, “One Night. One Team. One Celebration To Remember,” which may be a subtle…
