On the Wednesday, Dec. 20 edition of Georgia Today: Administrative mistakes have left left many Georgia children without health coverage; Georgia prisons have their most violent year since before the pandemic; and Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank addresses the team's disappointing season.
Challengers are telling a federal judge that Georgia Republican state lawmakers' new voting districts don't cure illegal vote dilution and should be rejected. But the state of Georgia told the judge Wednesday that new congressional and state legislative maps comply with a court order to draw new Black-majority districts, even if the plaintiffs don't like Republicans' partisan choices.
Georgia is over halfway through Medicaid unwinding, where public health agencies check the eligibility of everyone with Medicaid coverage. But administrative errors have left many children, still eligible for Medicaid without coverage.
Georgia Power customers monthly bills are going to increase again.
Among the gifts children can dream for during the holidays, few loom as large as a new bike. For kids at one Macon school Tuesday, the dream came true!
A federal appeals court has ruled that Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows cannot move charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia to federal court. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected Meadows' request, affirming a lower court ruling from September.
Regulators have unanimously approved an additional 6% rate increase to pay for remaining costs at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle. The rate increase approved Tuesday is projected to add $8.95 a month to a typical residential customer's current monthly bill of $157.
For people living with addiction, it’s been proven that access to evidence-based treatment and support can help keep them alive and stable. But care can be hard to come by and is only possible by combating the stigma around addiction, which is pervasive among providers, the public, and people with addiction themselves.
On the Tuesday, Dec. 19 edition of Georgia Today: Georgia Power customers will soon take on more of the costs for Plant Vogtle. We'll look look at the difficulty of getting past stigma on the way to addiction treatment. And this holiday season, a Macon elementary school is giving kids a unique incentive not to skip school.
Thousands of kids went missing from schools during the pandemic. For some who have tried to return, school paperwork has proved a daunting obstacle. In Atlanta, one family's four kids have been home since March 2020, ultimately unenrolled for poor attendance.
A judge is being asked to disqualify Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones from holding office because of Jones' participation as an elector for Donald Trump in 2020. The judge says he we will rule later after hearing arguments on the case Monday.
A federal appeals court has ruled that former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows cannot move his election interference case in Georgia to federal court.
A new non-profit company will take over operations of a string of Georgia newspapers, and create a new standalone news outlet in Macon-Bibb County, in the name of sustaining the older papers and averting “news deserts.”
Georgia’s largest Ford dealership is partnering with an electric infrastructure energy company to build several new electric vehicle chargers and solar panels.
On the Monday, Dec. 18 edition of Georgia Today: Gov. Brian Kemp announces a big investment in safety funding for Georgia schools; several nutrition programs across the state are in danger of serious shortfalls as Congress spars over funding; and a Savannah native lands the top spot on Rolling Stone's list of best country albums of the year.
Georgia Congressman Hank Johnson is asking Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from a pending immunity case against Former President Donald Trump.
Governor Brian Kemp announced today an additional $45,000 in school safety funding for every public school in Georgia.
Delta is extending its suspension of flights between the U.S. and Tel Aviv because of the war between Israel and Hamas.