Georgia

    By Rich Smith, The Motley Fool

    | 4:25PM 3/27/2012
    As bizarre as it sounds, 21% of American adults agreed with the statement: "Winning the lottery represents the most practical way [for me] to accumulate several hundred thousand dollars." Those 21% couldn't be more wrong.

    By Dari FitzGerald, The Motley Fool

    | 3:16PM 3/06/2012
    There are more than 400 delegates up for grabs across 10 states in the Super Tuesday GOP presidential primaries. While the votes are being tallied, we offer this outline of the business and money policy positions of frontrunners Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum:

    By Eamon Murphy

    | 12:30PM 12/28/2011
    It might not be the right method for everyone seeking a home loan, but it worked for one Georgia couple: A music video that went viral got Bank of America to close on Ken and Meredith Williams' long-delayed mortgage.

    By Alice Hines

    | 10:35AM 11/10/2011
    At a time when the music industry is Auto-Tuning its own eulogy and Hollywood has all but given up on DVDs, 1.5 million people lined up at midnight events to score copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, proving that even in an era when more of us want our entertainment for free, some things are still considered worth their price.

    By Alice Hines

    | 3:00PM 9/21/2011
    The world's fourth Elvis-themed restaurant is scheduled to open in a mall in Georgia this year. But not in the Peach State in the heart of the Dixie -- the Elvis American Diner is in the Republic of Georgia. Seems that in the former Soviet Union, the King and 1950s Americana are considered pretty nifty.

    By Douglas McIntyre

    | 12:00PM 9/01/2011
    As you hit the road for your final road trip of the summer, consider driving to one of the 10 states with the lowest prices on gas. Turns out, those sunny states also offer bountiful vacation options for the budget-conscious family.

    By Douglas McIntyre

    | 11:00AM 5/03/2011
    Lotteries are big businesses in most states, and they can provide windfalls for both the winning ticket-holders and state coffers. But which states give the most back to ticket-holders and through government services?

    By Andrea Hermitt

    | 11:30AM 2/24/2011
    Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal's proposed changes to the HOPE scholarship would significantly alter the pledge that Georgia made to students back in 1992. Georgia schoolchildren have been promised free college tuition and other aid for achieving and maintaining a 3.0 GPA. These promises have proven...

    By Garrett Spangler

    | 1:00PM 1/27/2011
    Georgia's Department of Revenue is dealing with the fallout of a mistake that's proving costly for some taxpayers. Several reports out of Atlanta suggest that many people who filed early 2010 tax returns in Georgia saw their direct-deposit refunds vanish days after they showed up in their...

    By Andrea Hermitt

    | 9:00AM 1/13/2011
    The New York Times recently published a story that has Georgia's current and aspiring college students concerned. It said that Georgia's HOPE Scholarship is in serious danger. This means that the hopes of many high school and college students are on the verge of being dashed. Until now, the...