The state has one of the nation’s largest military populations. And while most families can make ends meet without assistance, a new UGA survey shows about 13% are receiving help with food. Researchers say the next thing they want to look at is how much of an undercount that number could be. 

Federal officials warned Fulton County elections officials today that a letter possibly containing fentanyl is in transit to their office.

Georgia's film industry is expecting a flood of production as both of Hollywood's strike are now over. But it might not be immediate.

The Georgia Department of Labor is launching a new job training program aimed at helping people released from prison find jobs.

The 12-week initiative will begin at one prison in Atlanta.

Friends of members of the homeless community in Macon who died in the last year remembered them at a memorial this week.

Protesters gathered outside U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff's Atlanta office Wednesday as war continues between Israel and Hamas.

The secretary of State's office says Tuesday's municipal elections went smoothly thanks to Georgia's new voter registration system.   

Georgia voters headed to the polls yesterday, largely re-elected incumbent mayors and approving special sales tax questions.

The Secretary of State's office says yesterday's municipal elections went smoothly thanks to a new voter registration system.

In Savannah, Mayor Van Johnson cruised to a second term, easily defeating an election challenge from a fellow council member.

Preventable diseases like maternal death, infant deaths and HIV rates are killing a disproportionate amount of Black Georgians. Public health leaders are working to reduce disparities and improve health outcomes in Black and brown communities across the state. 

The landslide win raises hopes for a constructive city council. With all precincts reporting and all votes counted, Johnson won 77.3% of the 21,696 votes cast.

Savannah Mayor Van Johnson won reelection to a second term last night, defeating Alderwoman Kesha Gibson-Carter by a wide 57-point margin. 

Public health leaders are working to reduce disparities and improve health outcomes in Black and Brown communities across the state.

Georgia’s state taxes on gas and diesel have again been suspended.

Polls are open across Georgia today for municipal elections. Voters in many cities, including Savannah, will be choosing mayors.

Friends of a Georgia-raised Israeli police officer killed in Jerusalem Monday are honoring her as a hard-working student-athlete.

Public health leaders are working to reduce disparities and improve health in Black and Brown communities across the state.

People in Cornelia, Ga., love a mysterious message that professes love. But they have no idea where it came from.

The most popular brands of e-cigarettes among underage smokers are illegal disposables, specifically Elf Bar/EB Designs (56.7%) and Esco Bars (21.6%), according to this year's National Youth Tobacco Survey.

Today is municipal election day in Georgia.

Hundreds of children likely have been sex trafficked while in Georgia’s foster care system, according to the latest testimony in an ongoing U-S Senate investigation.

Last week a judge struck down a plan by the Fulton County Sheriff’s office to send inmates to other states to relieve overcrowding in the Fulton County Jail. But advocates for the recently incarcerated say they have better solutions.

Hundreds of children likely have been sex trafficked while in Georgia’s foster care system, according to U.S. Senate testimony.

Federal agriculture officials have issued a disaster declaration for four Northwest Georgia counties after eight weeks of drought.

Non-profits are offering solutions to overcrowding after a state judge last week threw out a plan to send detainees to other states.

Shields spoke last week at an Atlanta Women’s Foundation luncheon and fundraiser about the importance of empowering women, supporting their education and mental health.

Four million dollars from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will help agencies in Georgia tackle racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes in Atlanta, coastal and central Georgia cities.

The number of teenagers using tobacco products is going down and the Food and Drug Administration is calling it a win. Most of the declines are among e-cigarette users. 

Environmentalists are preparing to push back against a request to state regulators from Georgia Power for a massive, mostly fossil fuel powered increase in electricity generation.