On the Friday Feb. 10 edition of Georgia Today: Lawmakers want body cam requirements for police, unjamming medical marijuana rules, and Savannah's new giant cranes
Workers who assist people with disabilities would receive about a $5-per-hour salary increase if decision-makers heed the recommendations packed into an ongoing wage review. But service providers say such an increase would fall short of what is needed.
The city of Atlanta will receive more than $3 million as part of a recent congressional spending bill. The money will go towards a plan that would connect Midtown's east and west sides.
A Georgia prison warden has been arrested on charges stemming from a state investigation of corruption inside the penitentiary he supervised. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says Brian Dennis Adams was charged Wednesday with bribery, conspiracy to violate Georgia's anti-racketeering law, making false statements and violating his oath of office.
Georgia is moving toward increasing the weight limit for large trucks to 90,000 pounds. The House Transportation Committee voted 18-11 for the bill on Thursday, sending it to the full House for more debate.
A new podcast spotlights the stories of survivors of violence at Mt. Meigs, a school in Montgomery, Ala., billed as an institution for reform for troubled Black children.
On the Thursday Feb. 9th edition of Georgia Today: A Georgia prison warden has been arrested, VP Harris speaks in Atlanta, and there's a financial boost for a planned Midtown ATL park.
House Bill 325 would require all law enforcement officers to wear body cameras while on the job. It would also classify tampering with a body camera as a misdemeanor.
Georgia patient Chris Griffin says the Syn-One test biopsy results brought him peace of mind, and helped him make lifestyle changes and treat his Parkinson’s disease early.
Newly released Atlanta police body camera video shows officers clearing tents from the site of a planned public safety training center and then reacting after they heard the barrage of gunfire that left an environmental activist dead and a state trooper injured.