It’s one of the most baffling truisms of the modern political era. The neediest Americans empower the people most likely to ...

Hurricane damage puts further strain on rural areas in Georgia Towns like Bartow, Ga., already were suffering before Helene lashed them with 75-mph winds. Now farmers face another effort to rebuild.

State leaders announced grant awards to several rural communities across Georgia that have identified development sites that need a few improvements to attract businesses.

A Colorado man experiencing a mental health crisis called 911 when his car stalled on a lonely rural road in 2022. He wasn’t breaking any laws. He wasn’t threatening others. But when he refused to ...

Federal funding cuts slash $334 million from Georgia programs, severely impacting Black communities' access to healthcare, ...

In Georgia, the Morehouse School of Medicine is training rural community doulas who will help pregnant women in the southwest part of the state, where maternal mortality rates are high.

“To equip Georgia’s young students with the right tools for success and prepare them as our next generation of leaders, we must empower families with the ability to choose the best educational ...

Growing the economy in rural Georgia reflects a priority of Gov. Brian Kemp since he first ran for governor back in 2018, Kemp told Capitol Beat.

But the new wrinkle in Harris’s campaign strategy is that she is not just relying on the Atlanta metropolitan area and its suburbs, but the rural areas. Harris’s tour throughout South Georgia ...

A Georgia medical school has begun training and deploying doulas in rural areas of the state, with the goal of decreasing the risk of childbirth complications, especially for Black women.

BARTOW, Ga. — Helene’s fury brought winds upward of 75 mph to this rural agricultural area, felling oak trees, pecan orchards and tracts of pine whose roots had been loosened by a deluge of ...