The midterm election has sharpened focus on Georgia women as both Democrats and Republicans work to mobilize the group that makes up more than half of the state’s electorate.
Hundreds of Native Americans returned to their historic capital in Macon, Georgia, this weekend for the 30th annual Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration. Nearly 200 years after the last Creek Indians were forcibly removed to Oklahoma to make way for slave labor in the Deep South, citizens of the Muscogee Creek Nation are celebrating their survival. They're also supporting an initiative to put the National Park Service in charge of protecting the heart of the Creek Confederacy.
Mascots and characters often evoke childlike joy. But some Black children at Sesame Place experienced the pain of racism when coming face-to-face with their favorite Sesame Street characters. How do you deal with the unconscious bias of a human inside a costume that represents love and acceptance?
You've arrived at the online edition of the Aug. 30 Georgia Todaynewsletter, a twice-weekly publication featuring original stories from GPB News reporters and the latest headlines from around the state.
The Federal Highway Administration has approved Georgia’s plan for rolling out a network of electric vehicle charging stations, the state Department of Transportation announced Tuesday.
A ten-month investigation by the Senate’s bipartisan Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations found the U.S. Department of Justice undercounted nearly 1,000 prison deaths in a single year.
Women make up more than half of the electorate in the Peach State, but while Democrats boast a majority-female statewide ticket, Republicans lag far behind.
Union Carbide’s decision to back out of a land deal for a Camden County spaceport has sparked more lawsuits ahead of next month’s Georgia Supreme Court hearing of a challenge to a public vote that has scuttled the project for now.
The manager for the rapper Ludacris faces a murder charge in Atlanta in connection with a June shooting. Police reports show that Chaka Zulu, whose legal name is Ahmed Obafemi, turned himself in to face charges Tuesday.
Georgians will have some opportunities to voice their opinions to the Georgia Public Service Commission about Georgia Power's plans to raise electricity rates by 12%.
An Albany Superior Court judge has given the go-ahead for Phoebe Health to demolish a nearly century-old former school building.
Stone Mountain Park, originally created as a Confederate memorial, now features a historic covered bridge named in honor of the 19th-century Black man who built it.
More than 1,600 book titles across 32 states — including Georgia — were banned from public schools during the 2021-2022 school year, with the bulk of the ban requests coming from a handful of right-wing groups pushing for censorship of books that feature LGBTQ+ characters and characters of color, a new report issued Monday said.
A court filing says a Republican Party official in Georgia told a computer forensics team to copy components of the voting system at a rural elections office two months after the 2020 election and spent nearly all day there, contradicting her deposition testimony.