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Applause reverberated on the Georgia House of Representatives floor Thursday afternoon as the Ashley Wilson Act, intended to treat traumatized first responders, passed unanimously with a vote of 174-0. The legislation, named in honor of its main advocate, Gwinnett police sergeant Ashley Wilson, will provide supplemental health insurance to first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress […] The post Georgia Legislature approves coverage to help first responders cope with job-related...

An Atlanta-property owner was sued by a squatter who took over his property during the pandemic, years after he let people stay for free if they maintained the land.

There are roughly 1,000 homeless people living in Cobb County, many of them receiving shelter and resources from nonprofits based in Marietta. Citing an influx of calls from citizens reporting

Paul Callins discovered squatters had unlawfully entered and changed the locks on his recently refurbished home, listed for rent online, while he was away.

Take a deep breath — this week is going to be a doozy. With Crossover Day looming just nine days away, committees shifted into high gear on Tuesday as legislators scrape and claw to get...

Georgia state Rep. Devan Seabaugh, a Republican co-sponsoring a bill to incriminate squatters in the Peach State, spoke to Fox News Digital about the squatting crisis plaguing Atlanta.

The proposed bill expands criminal trespassing to include persons who enter property without the consent of the owner for any period of time, and hopes to cut court proceeding times.

MARIETTA — The Marietta Board of Education voted to more than double its pay at Tuesday nights meeting.

Squatters in Atlanta, Georgia, have taken over more than 1,200 vacant rental homes, according to an estimate from the National Rental Home Council, Bloomberg recently reported. The trade group found that squatting appears to be much more prevalent in Atlanta than in other metro area cities in the Un...

The Georgia Squatter Reform Act would make it clear that squatting is a crime to be handled by police.