In 2020, organizations including the Georgia Council on Aging advocated on behalf of residents, families, and caregivers to successfully pass a bill that strengthened staffing requirements and increased maximum fines for violations. But a bill proposed this session would have lowered those minimum staffing requirements.
When Georgia's first African American congressman became the first Black man to speak on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, his argument presaged the Trump v. Anderson case by more than 150 years.
Georgia ranks 49 in overall prevalence with 37.3% of children considered either overweight or obese. The Georgia prevalence of overweight and obese children has risen since 2003.
Gov. Brian Kemp announced last week the state is suing the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, alleging the agency isn’t giving the governor enough time to test out his partial Medicaid expansion program.
Algae levels in West Point Lake, on the Chattahoochee River downstream of Atlanta, are at their highest in more than a decade.
The White House says Black business ownership is growing at its fastest pace in 30-years.
Vending machines carrying opioid-overdose reversal drugs are the center of a bill moving through the Georgia House that aims to make more drugs available to combat deaths from overdose.
Atlanta will host eight-matches of the FIFA World Cup in 2026, including a semi-final match.
Vending machines carrying opioid-overdose reversal drugs are the center of a bill moving through the Georgia House that aims to make more drugs available to combat deaths from overdose.
More and younger people are struggling with obesity and diabetes, especially in rural parts of the South.