A former attorney for Donald Trump has taken a plea deal with prosecutors in Georgia's 2020 election interference case.

The state of Georgia will pay for gender-affirming health care for public employees covered by a state health insurance plan.

The attorney representing the family of Leonard Cure, shot by a Georgia deputy, says he's troubled by videos of the incident.

The jury selection process begins Friday in Fulton County in the trials of Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell. 

Georgia craft brewers have launched a petition urging state lawmakers to support changes to the state's beer distribution laws.

The Georgia Department of Corrections has chosen a site for a new, state of the art prison aimed at remedying persistent safety issues.

Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump has joined the legal team for the family of a man killed by a Camden County deputy.

Georgia craft brewers have launched a petition urging state lawmakers to support changes to the state's beer distribution laws.

The Georgia Department of Corrections has chosen a site for a state of the art prison aimed at addressing recurring safety issues.

All nine Georgia Republican U.S. House members voted for Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan during his first failed bid for House Speaker yesterday. 

A Black man from metro Atlanta, released after being wrongfully sentenced to 16 years in prison in Florida was shot and killed Monday by a sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop in Camden County.

Georgia has opened the wait list for its Housing Choice Voucher Program for the first time in two-years.

A Georgia sheriff's deputy shot and killed a Black man released after being wrongfully sentenced in Florida to 16 years in prison.

The Department of Community Affairs is taking applications for its Housing Choice Voucher Program for the first time in two years.

Residents of a low-income senior housing community in Atlanta are pushing back against plans for a new management company.

Jury selection is slated to begin later this week for the first trial in the 2020 election interference racketeering case.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said yesterday it is removing 21 species from the Endangered Species Act due to extinction. 

A controversial decision to rezone a historic Gullah Geechee settlement in coastal Georgia is being challenged in state court.

Law enforcement authorities in Macon's Bibb County are searching for four men who escaped from the county jail this morning.

A controversial decision to rezone a historic Gullah-Geechee settlement on Georgia's coast is being challenged in state court.

The average salary of a first-year public school teacher in Georgia is up $24,000, to a little more than $44,000, this school year.

Early voting begins today in many Georgia communities holding municipal elections on November 7th.

Georgia is one of 30 states that was flagged by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services late last month for its improper handling of automatic renewals.

Middle Georgia Congressman Austin Scott has announced a bid, against Jim Jordan of Ohio, to become Speaker of the US House.

Georgia Ports Authority has big plans to keep up with growth at the Port of Savannah, including another harbor deepening project.

Georgia Muslim civil rights advocates are condemning escalating violence and threats against civilians in Israel and Palestine.

The Georgia Ports Authority held its annual State of the Port event Thursday in Savannah, drawing hundreds of business leaders to hear more about how the group plans to handle more traffic in the coming years.

Officials from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference are offering to mediate discussions with leaders from Israel and Palestine as the war in Israel continues.

A federal judge has ruled against civil rights groups who sought to temporarily block a Georgia law passed after the 2020 election.

Georgia could struggle with a proposed federal rule that would require nursing homes to have a minimum number of staff members.

Officials from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference are offering to mediate talks with leaders from Israel and Palestine.

The number of witnesses prosecutors plan to call in this month's 2020 election interference RICO case has grown to nearly 200. 

A proposed federal rule would require nursing homes to have a minimum number of staff, including a registered nurse on site 24 hours a day. 

The Camden County Health Department is offering breast and cervical cancer screenings and no-cost mammograms Friday.

Georgians are coming together to show support for Israel after militants attacked the Jewish state over the weekend.

Georgia’s highest court has reversed a lower court ruling that dismissed indictments against six former jail officers.

The Fulton County prosecutors are seeking testimony from two more high profile witnesses in the election interference trial.

After 26 years in Georgia prisons, a convicted murderer who became the face of 1990s tough-on-crime policies is now living outside prison walls. GPB's Orlando Montoya recently spoke with the man who once was the 13-year-old boy behind a notorious case.

Over two-thousand people gathered near Atlanta Tuesday night to show support for Israel and the Jewish community.

The Fulton county DA’s office is seeking testimony from two more high profile witnesses in the upcoming election interference trial later this month. 

Since the Covid-19 public health emergency ended in May, tracking individual cases has been less consistent. But wastewater tracking still provides important community level data.