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On the Thursday, Dec. 21 edition of Georgia Today: Days after a judge ordered him to pay millions to Georgia election workers, Rudy Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy; Georgia's unemployment rate stays low at 3.4%; and minor league baseball is one step closer to returning to Columbus.
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.
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.
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.
On the Friday, Dec. 15 edition of Georgia Today: Voting rights groups score a win in their challenge to Cobb County's school board district maps; Atlanta journalists rally in support of reporters killed in Gaza; and we'll tell you which Atlanta events had the highest attendance this year according to StubHub.
On the Thursday, Dec. 14 edition of Georgia Today: A federal appeals court hears arguments on the Atlanta police training center referendum; West Georgia congressman Drew Ferguson says he plans to retire; and Perry High School celebrates its first state championship.
On the Wednesday, Dec. 13 edition of Georgia Today: An analysis finds activists seeking to block an Atlanta police training facility may have met the requirements for a referendum; Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport gets a multi-million dollar security upgrade; and Jon Nelson recaps Day 2 of the Georgia high school football championships.
On the Tuesday, Dec. 12 edition of Georgia Today: A Georgia election worker testifies that she feared for her life as the defamation trial against Rudy Giuliani continues; an Atlanta rabbi delivered the opening prayer in the U.S. Senate today; a Georgia professor looks at how the “conglomerate era” of publishing changed the American novel.
On the Monday, Dec. 11 edition of Georgia Today: The trial begins to determine how much Rudy Giuliani will have to pay two Georgia election workers he falsely accused of fraud; Sen. Jon Ossoff announces federal funding to help protect Tybee Island from flooding; and Atlanta's Mercedes Benz Stadium will host the Georgia high school football championships for the first time in five years.
On the Friday Dec. 8 edition of Georgia Today: Fulton County's new jail could cost Georgia taxpayers $2 billion; bad news for fans of Atlanta's annual Peach Drop ceremony; and a journalist who writes about race finds his most important story through a discovery about his own family.
On the Thursday, Dec. 7 edition of Georgia Today: The Georgia Legislature gives final approval to new court-mandated voting maps; Georgia health agencies want to make preventative medication for HIV more accessible; and we'll let you know where the U.S. Soccer Federation headquarters will be located.
On the Wednesday, Dec. 6 edition of Georgia Today: The family of a man killed by a Camden County Sheriff's deputy files a wrongful death lawsuit; residents around Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium have a chance for free rent for a year; and did the city of Columbus miss opportunities to collect a total of $45 million?
On the Tuesday, Dec. 5 edition of Georgia Today: Georgia legislators move one step closer to approving new congressional maps; two Georgia coal-fired power plants are ranked among the deadliest in the nation; and a new podcast takes a fresh look at the murder conviction of an Atlanta imam.
On the Monday, Dec. 4 edition of Georgia Today: Republicans push forward their new congressional maps; public hearings begin on Georgia Power's price hike, which is meant to fund the state's nuclear reactors; and a Georgia resident is shortlisted for Time Magazine's 2023 Person of the Year.
This week on Georgia in Play: Rosalynn Carter, former first lady, was laid to rest in Plains this week. She was a well-beloved Georgian known for her deep commitment to humanitarian work. Plus, the state legislature is in a special session in order to redraw Georgia's voting maps after a federal judge ruled they discriminated against Black voters. Then, as the weather gets colder, single people are trying to find someone to get through "cuffing season" with. And City Café host John Lemley joins the panel to present holiday concerts to watch out for.