For the week ending June 28, 2024, Warnock and Ossoff focused on launching an inquiry to help prevent the deaths of incarcerated people in federal, state, and local facilities, providing infrastructure upgrades to several military facilities in Georgia, introducing legislation to double the Pell Grant maximum award to students, and supporting row crop farmers in Georgia.
Democrats at Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion faced a crowd of dozens of reporters from around the world shouting questions about President Joe Biden’s debate performance and whether he should remain the party’s candidate.
A raspy President Joe Biden has repeatedly sought to confront Donald Trump in their first debate ahead of the November election, as his Republican rival countered Biden's criticism by leaning into falsehoods about the economy, illegal immigration and his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
On Wednesday, June 26, 2024, the Senate Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence met for its first meeting. Created from Senate Resolution 476, the study committee will dedicate seven to eight meetings to look at AI, its current and future in Georgia, and the concerns surrounding it in society.
It is a testament to "Soccer City, USA” that just over 59,000 people made it to Mercedes-Benz Stadium to watch the US Men’s National Team take on Panama in Matchday two of the Copa America Thursday. The fans of the red, white, and blue came to a dinner-hour kick and fought traffic plans, rolling road blocks, and detours to see what was a seminal moment in the tenure of head coach Gregg Berhalter and the host country of the tournament.
On the Friday, June 28 edition of Georgia Today: We'll learn more about what Georgians wanted from last night's presidential debate; Savannah city council members vote to demolish a 10,000-seat arena; and we'll tell you about several art exhibitions on view in Atlanta this week.