The state of Georgia might get out of the golf business -- shifting several courses to private ownership. It's also considering closing as many as six parks and seven historic sites, part of a broad effort by the Department of Natural Resources to shed expenses and comply with budget cuts ordered by Gov. Sonny Perdue.

Cuts in Medicaid payments could trigger layoffs at Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics as the state tries to fill a budget hole.

MARTINEZ, Ga. - Americans must make it a priority to vote in this year's national elections, Gov. Sonny Perdue told local Republicans during a Wednesday fundraiser for U.S. Rep. Paul Broun.

State Department of Natural Resources officials voted Wednesday to close down parks and historic sites this year and next, scrap new positions and outsource state-run lodges and golf courses to brace for a stinging round of budget cuts.

Just more than half of the state's 4-year-olds attend Georgia Pre-K, and groups like the Southern Education Foundation (SEF) want that number to increase.

Faced with state budget cuts to close a $1.6 billion funding gap, Georgia parks officials voted Wednesday to close a number of state parks and historic sites this year and next, scrap new positions and outsource state-run lodges and golf courses.

Georgia's ailing public defense system is bracing for more budget cuts.

Medicaid and PeachCare will be on the table as the state board of community health meets to discuss how to cuts its budget.

Georgia's average score on the SAT college admissions exam fell for the second consecutive year, according to results released Tuesday morning.

The cheers coming from the diverse and impassioned delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Denver this week reminded Frank Williams of where he was 45 years ago today.

The state jobless rate is a number, but joblessness itself has many faces. It is not just that an estimated 304,536 Georgians were looking for work last month, but that they are on such different trajectories.

Leave it to a 6-year-old to provide perspective at a state budget session where parks and historic sites are under the ax. "I'll give them all my money," Claire told her father Tom Mills.

Social service advocates on Wednesday praised Gov. Sonny Perdue's plan to restructure the state's health and human services superagencies, if only because they say the services couldn't get much worse.

Most motorists see nothing good about high-priced fuel and traffic congestion. But for some Georgia and Tennessee officials, the commuters' headaches could be driving forces for change to improve transportation, cut travel time and break America's dependence on oil.