On the Tuesday, Nov. 7 edition of Georgia Today: It's Election Day and voters across Georgia are headed to the polls; an American-born Israeli police officer killed in Jerusalem is being honored by friends in the Atlanta area; and we'll share the story of how a bit of graffiti became a endearing symbol in a Northeast Georgia town.
The most popular brands of e-cigarettes among underage smokers are illegal disposables, specifically Elf Bar/EB Designs (56.7%) and Esco Bars (21.6%), according to this year's National Youth Tobacco Survey.
Hundreds of children likely have been sex trafficked while in Georgia’s foster care system, according to the latest testimony in an ongoing U-S Senate investigation.
Last week a judge struck down a plan by the Fulton County Sheriff’s office to send inmates to other states to relieve overcrowding in the Fulton County Jail. But advocates for the recently incarcerated say they have better solutions.
Nearly five dozen people indicted on racketeering charges related to protests against a planned police and firefighter training facility appeared in court as their supporters rallied outside the courthouse in Atlanta.
On the Monday, Nov. 6 edition of Georgia Today: The federal government sends relief to farmers in Northwest Georgia struggling with drought; Georgia is getting money from the CDC to tackle racial and ethnic disparities in health care; and Micky Dolenz of the Monkees pays tribute to Athens music legends R.E.M.
Last week a judge struck down a plan by the Fulton County Sheriff’s office to send inmates to other states to relieve overcrowding in the Fulton County Jail. But advocates for the recently incarcerated say they have better solutions.
Shields spoke last week at an Atlanta Women’s Foundation luncheon and fundraiser about the importance of empowering women, supporting their education and mental health.
Four million dollars from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will help agencies in Georgia tackle racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes in Atlanta, coastal and central Georgia cities.
The number of teenagers using tobacco products is going down and the Food and Drug Administration is calling it a win. Most of the declines are among e-cigarette users.
Environmentalists are preparing to push back against a request to state regulators from Georgia Power for a massive, mostly fossil fuel powered increase in electricity generation.
Authorities said the second of four men who escaped from a central Georgia jail last month has been captured. The Bibb County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that a team of local, state and federal law enforcement officers arrested 25-year-old Marc Kerry Anderson just before 3 p.m. Friday at an apartment complex in Atlanta.
After handing Micky Dolenz a key to the city, Athens Mayor Kelly Girtz helped manage the crowd Friday afternoon as hundreds of Monkees fans gathered outside historic Wuxtry Records in downtown Athens to have their copies of Micky Dolenz Sings R.E.M. signed by Dolenz himself.
Georgia state School Superintendent Richard Woods is calling on Gov. Brian Kemp and lawmakers to give teachers a $3,000 raise next year. Woods also wants lawmakers to rewrite the state's funding formula to provide more money for pupil transportation.