This year’s Pulitzer Prizes have been announced and the winners in the Biography category are both books with Georgia ties. And in the music category, the winning composer has links to Atlanta.
The Atlanta City Council voted on two pieces of legislation that could put up to $15 million towards completing parts of the city’s BeltLine trail before the World Cup in the summer of 2026.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is both increasing spending and cutting taxes as state tax revenues decline, saying he is looking to the state's billions in surplus to allow him to remain on that course. The Republican governor on Tuesday signed a $36.1 billion budget for the year beginning July 1 that will boost pay for public school teachers and state employees, while spending more on education, health care and mental health.
Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney Stacey Jackson has died, authorities said. Jackson was 50 years old and had been battling illness, causing him to take extended medical leave from his office. Appointed by Gov. Brian Kemp, he was sworn in as district attorney in May 2022.
On the Tuesday, May 7 edition of Georgia Today: Gov. Brian Kemp signs a $36 billion state budget; Atlanta has settled a lawsuit with the family of a church deacon who died in a struggle with a city police officer; and some of this year's Pulitzer Prize winners have Georgia ties.
UGA faculty members signed a petition asking UGA President Jere Morehead and other top administrators to dismiss the immediate suspensions of students who were arrested last Monday in a campus protest.
The Atlanta City Council voted Monday to approve a $3.8 million settlement with the family of Johnny Hollman, a church deacon who died after being tased by a police officer during a struggle at the scene of a traffic accident.
They say the chicken crossed the road to get to the other side, but folks in Houston County are asking about why a different bird is wandering about. Wandering the streets is a peacock, leaving onlookers surprised, social media delighted — and animal control on the hunt.
A Georgia State Supreme Court candidate has filed a federal lawsuit claiming a state agency is unconstitutionally trying to block him from talking about abortion. John Barrow sued Monday ahead of a deadline to reply to a complaint that he is violating state judicial ethics rules.
After AP's Pulitzer Prize-finalist investigation, a family of Atlanta kids struggling to enroll in school returned to class last month. Thousands of students had gone missing from American classrooms during the pandemic and online learning. Many struggled to return, for reasons ranging from onerous enrollment paperwork to the everyday obstacles of poverty.
The chairman of a Georgia Senate committee says he will subpoena Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis if she refuses to appear before the panel that is investigating accusations of misconduct against the prosecutor pursuing felony charges against former President Donald Trump and his allies.