Leaders across DeKalb County are responding to arrests made Sunday, Jan. 26 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Chamblee, Brookhaven, Doraville, and Lilburn.
With last week's snowstorm, both chambers have to play catch up, pushing many of the canceled appropriations meetings from last week into this week. That meant there was little for both chambers to do. The Capitol remembered the victims of the Holocaust on Monday for International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Jury selection is set to conclude in the trial of a former Georgia prosecutor charged with criminal misconduct in her response to the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
Federal law enforcement officials made several immigration-related arrests in Georgia over the weekend. Lawmakers in Georgia are reacting to those arrests and considering related legislation.
A Georgia judge is expected to seat a jury Tuesday in the trial of former prosecutor Jackie Johnson who has been charged with violating her oath of office and interfering with the police investigation of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
A bar in Savannah has been nominated for a James Beard Award.
On the Monday, Jan. 27 edition of Georgia Today: Immigrant advocacy groups in Georgia help their communities prepare for federal immigration sweeps; a student-led group offers help with ending mindless doom-scrolling; and 12 Georgia restaurants are nominated for the prestigious James Beard Awards.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents made several arrests in Georgia yesterday; immigrant rights and advocacy groups work together to prepare immigrant communities for possible deportations; and about 50 Savannah-area businesses donate items for auction to help victims of the Los Angeles wildfires.
The state Department of Natural Resources said it is at this point not concerned about chronic wasting disease, which is fatal and affects deer and other cervids, outside of Lanier and Berrien where it was detected last week. But there is some new guidance.
While the Georgia Department of Public Health recorded the first influenza deaths of the winter this month, many data indicate that flu and other respiratory illnesses are continuing to decline.
A hidden gem well outside downtown is up for Outstanding Bar among 20 national semifinalists in the prestigious awards contest, sometimes referred to as "the Oscars of the food world."
The moratorium will last as long as it takes for the Atlanta Continuum of Care to review and update sweep practices and share the results with the public.
Nearly half of American teenagers say they are online "constantly." That's despite concerns about the effects of social media and smartphones on their mental health. A new youth-led group is trying to change that.
Your DeKalb Farmers Market is unlike anywhere else in metro Atlanta. The chaotic hum of the market is somehow embraced into order and organization. Multiple languages printed on identification cards reflect flags representing various countries hanging above the meat and seafood counters and rows of produce stands. Immaculate pastries are stationed behind glass, while long lines snake from the rotisserie chicken stand on Wednesdays. Shelves come stacked with ingredients that provide a glimpse of home for so many Atlantans.
Advocates on both sides of the fight over access to reproductive rights are gearing up for an expected debate this year over whether and how lawmakers should create new protections for access to in-vitro fertilization.
