Republicans in a Georgia Senate committee have advanced a bill that would force the city of Atlanta to let the Fulton County ...

Republicans on a Georgia Senate committee have proposed a solution to the overcrowding problem at the Fulton County Jail, but not everyone in metro Atlanta supports their idea.

Republican state lawmakers are considering a bill that would force the city to let the county takeover more space at its jail at minimal cost.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has said, however, that he won’t transfer the Atlanta City Detention Center. “I cannot legislatively force the sale of the jail,” said Sen. John Albers ...