Workers who were laid off from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and their supporters, speak at the Georgia Capitol on Friday. (Rebecca Grapevine / Healthbeat)

Workers who were laid off from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and their supporters, speak at the Georgia Capitol on Friday.

Credit: Rebecca Grapevine / Healthbeat

Employees across the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began receiving dismissal notices this morning.

Lawmakers in the state House and Senate gave final passage yesterday to a legislative measure that aims to boost school safety.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has handed Georgia another victory in its long-running "water wars" with Florida and Alabama.

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