Georgia Democrats announced new legislation designed to increase funding for the state’s schools.

The annual “Healthy Georgia” report from Augusta University’s School of Public Health suggests that Georgia is NOT so healthy.  

North Georgia is expected to get a lot of rain over the next few days.

A Georgia state House member won't face a new election despite a tight race. A judge ruled Monday that there wasn't enough evidence to prove voters who received the wrong ballots swayed the election's outcome.

On the Monday, Feb. 10 edition of Georgia Today: Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces legislation to abolish USAID; Sen. Jon Ossoff warns of a possible national security risk regarding YOUR data; And a new report highlights the way where you live in Georgia could determines your health.

According to a new poll from Gallup and Emory University, people prioritize health care, safe food and water, and the reduction of chronic diseases like high blood pressure and heart disease.

The Georgia Public Service Commission will hold three public hearings on Georgia Power's 2025 Integrated Resource Plan.

Georgia’s January net tax collections rose by 0.1 percent over January of last year.

The top three trusted sources for public health information are health care providers, doctors and nurses, and scientific research, according to a new poll from Gallup and Emory University.

Surviving Black Hawk Down, a three-part Netflix series, tells stories of soldiers and civilians who survived the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia.

Georgia Power, a national data center association, and clean energy groups are divided over the need for legislation that would prevent state-regulated utilities from raising electricity rates to cover the costs of energy-guzzling data centers.

A clean energy company is abandoning a plan to build a giant electric battery factory in Atlanta's suburbs after it shifted to buy a solar panel plant in Texas. Freyr Battery told officials in Newnan on Thursday that it wouldn't build a $2.6 billion plant that was supposed to hire more than 700 people.

This week, the Georgia General Assembly passed its first bills of the session, including an amended budget to fund hurricane relief, prison upgrades, and school safety measures. Meanwhile, the Senate advanced a controversial ban on transgender athletes, and Democrats pushed to put abortion rights on the ballot.

The United States Agency for International Development remains in turmoil as federal government agencies are targeted, with suppliers and recipients awash in confusion. Georgia farmers and peanut product manufacturers could be affected.

On the Friday, Feb. 7 edition of Georgia Today: A furlough of some federal workers going into effect today could affect Georgia's peanut industry; and the state senate passes a bill banning transgender girls from school sports.

A Georgia company funded largely by the US Agency for International Development is closely watching the agency's dismantling.

The state Senate yesterday passed a bill that would ban transgender girls from participating in school sports designated for women.

The Trump administration is using a federal prison in Atlanta to detain people arrested in its immigration crackdown, the AP reports.

On Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, the federal 11th Circuit Court of Appeals heard the case of Anna Lange, a sergeant with the Houston County Sheriff’s Office in Middle Georgia.

As the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement nationally, Sheriff’s offices in Georgia are slowly doing the same as mandated by a state law passed last year. 

The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has confirmed two additional measles cases in unvaccinated metro Atlanta residents. These two cases are family members of the case confirmed earlier this year in January.