On the eve of the legislative session, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle convened at Feeding Georgia’s annual Wild Hog Supper.
A state judge has rejected a lawsuit to disqualify Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones from holding office because of his participation as an elector for Donald Trump in 2020.
The slaying of a South Korean woman during an initiation process for a group that called itself Soldiers of Christ has shocked the large Korean American community in metro Atlanta. Community leaders say Korean Americans need to be more vigilant to protect against religious cults and the possible exploitation of new arrivals from South Korea.
Arthur Smith has been fired by the Atlanta Falcons after completing his third straight losing season. The 41-year-old son of FedEx founder Fred Smith went 7-10 in each of his three seasons.
An education voucher bill lost in Georgia's state House in 2023 because 16 Republicans voted against it. Supporters have spent months lobbying to reverse enough votes to win the proposal's passage. But as Georgia lawmakers return Monday, some GOP naysayers haven't budged.
On the Friday, Jan. 5 edition of Georgia Today: State education leaders and lawmakers gather to discuss priorities ahead of the next session; Atlanta's mayor celebrates a reduction in crime; and with flu and COVID-19 infections on the rise, we'll tell you more about what to expect and how to keep yourself safe.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter says the world urgently needs to study and adopt her father's philosophy of nonviolence to avoid self-destruction. The Rev. Bernice King used an address Thursday to announce events for the upcoming holiday in honor of her father to warn that humanity was at a critical juncture.
The incorporated city near Atlanta's Perimeter highway stretches south from I-285 to I-85, between Chamblee to the east and North Buckhead to the west. It is a popular area for upscale senior housing.
Only six of Georgia’s 159 counties have enough mental healthcare professionals.
Democrats in the Georgia House held a hearing yesterday to discuss maternal mortality in the state ahead of the legislative session set to begin next week.
Atlanta officials are saying repairs could take 10 weeks to complete after a fire damaged the city’s Cheshire Bridge in December.
On the Thursday, Jan. 4 edition of Georgia Today: A sheriff’s deputy in Metro Atlanta's Coweta County was killed in the line of duty this morning; Georgia lawmakers met today to discuss pregnancy-related deaths; and a new study shows only six Georgia counties have enough mental health care professionals.
Families who say their children suffered from being institutionalized for prolonged periods are suing three Georgia agencies that provide mental health services. The federal lawsuit was filed Wednesday on behalf of families of four children with mental disorders that attorneys say worsened as the youths were institutionalized repeatedly and for long periods.