On the Monday, Oct. 30 edition of Georgia Today: Family members of Israelis taken hostage by Hamas rally at the Georgia state Capitol for their release; new federal grants will help turn teacher's assistants into full-time teachers; and a talk with a debut novelist from Georgia who shares the story of the return of a long-lost love.
Millions in federal spending will go to training teaching assistants to become full time teachers in rural Georgia schools.
Georgia State University is holding a campus-wide townhall Monday in response to a shooting near the university's Atlanta campus over the weekend.
A new study sheds positive light on the public’s perception of physician assistants. It also finds that adding more of them to the healthcare workforce benefit patients.
Four people were shot Sunday near Georgia State University's Atlanta campus. Two of the victims are students at the university. Authorities say three of the victims are in stable condition, and one is in critical condition.
On the Friday October 27th edition of Georgia Today: Georgia becomes the first state in the nation to allow pharmacies to offer low thc cannabis oil; Georgia works to ensure Black citizens have equal access to the states growing electric vehicle infrastructures; And a conversation with Marvelous 3 frontman and Georgia music mainstay Butch Walker.
The Georgia-born songwriter and producer of hits by Pink, Taylor Swift and Fall Out Boy is reuniting with Marvelous 3 bandmates for a new album, IV, and sold-out run of shows Oct. 27 through Oct. 29 at Atlanta's Tabernacle.
A legal battle over the petition process seeking to put the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center to a public vote continues to move forward. So does construction of the $90 million complex.
The sessions are open to all couples that have Fulton County marriage licenses, and will allow them to invite up to six guests to witness their wedding.
Work dried up in Atlanta's booming film industry last winter and has been at a near-standstill ever since the industry's writers went on strike in May and actors joined them in July. Writers reached a deal late last month, but with the actors strike still ongoing, many Atlanta-based performers and behind-the-scenes crew members members are grappling for financial survival.
Metropolitan Atlanta is home to the second highest number of soundstages in the U.S., including the massive Tyler Perry Studios and Trilith Studios. But many productions have chosen to shoot in and around the city itself, often as stand-ins for other locations.
Gov. Brian Kemp has called a special legislative session for November 29th to redraw Georgia's political maps after after a federal judge found several state legislative and Congressional boundaries violate the Voting Rights Act.
Robins Air Force Base is adding two new units that will hire more than three-hundred employees.
On the Thursday October 26th edition of Georgia Today: A Federal Judge rules that the state's voting maps need to be redrawn because they violate the Voting rights act; Georgia’s lieutenant governor says he wants to pay teachers to carry guns in schools; and The City of Atlanta and the owner of a crumbling housing complex are fighting over the property’s future.
The City of Atlanta and the owners of Forest Cove apartments are battling in court over the fate of the now-vacant subsidized housing complex. GPB's Peter Biello speaks with the property owner's attorney.
A lawsuit that plaintiffs say could deter mass voter challenges around the country ahead of the 2024 election is headed to trial in Georgia. A group associated with Democrat Stacey Abrams accuses Texas-based True the Vote of trying to intimidate voters ahead of a 2021 Senate runoff election in Georgia.