Workers across industries unionized and not unionized gathered at the Georgia state Capitol to demand better treatment, better pay, and more respect from their employers.
On the May 2 edition: Democrats rally in Republican stronghold; 2 incarcerated women sue over Georgia's cash bail law; and sea turtle nesting season is underway.
Lawmakers Host Donna Lowry joins GPB Morning Edition host Pamela Kirkland for a weekly recap of all the top stories form Georgia’s legislative session with Lawmakers Huddle.
On the May 2 edition: Democrats rally in Republican stronghold; 2 incarcerated women sue over Georgia's cash bail law; and sea turtle nesting season is underway.
The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.
Small Business Administrator and former Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler was in Georgia Monday to celebrate President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office.
Transgender students born male can no longer participate on female teams in Georgia’s schools and colleges now that Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a ban passed by the General Assembly.
The push for higher-density development comes as nearly half of Savannah renters find themselves "cost-burdened," spending more than 30% of their income on housing.
Police say they arrested two people involved. The target was a free Lady Gaga concert in Rio de Janeiro, which drew more than 2 million people to Copacabana Beach on Saturday night.
Susan Holmes was known as “a special leader, full of energy and optimism." Jeff Hullinger remembers the first female mayor of Monticello and Georgia state representative who made a difference in her community and our state.
GPB’s Jeff Hullinger takes an early morning walk with the Federal Bank of Atlanta President, Raphael Bostic in search of birds and the fascinating journey that led him to Atlanta.
“In his four terms, my father played for FDR 24 times, they had a warm friendship," recalled Mr. Jackson Jr. The night before FDR collapsed from a cerebral hemorrhage, he spent the evening listening to Graham Jackson Sr. practice on his accordion — an instrument purchased in New York City by Winthrop Rockefeller, philanthropist and future Arkansas Governor.
The Tennessee Legislature aimed to challenge a 1982 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that established a right to education for all students. Republican lawmakers still hope to overturn that.
Congress created the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation to unite the expertise of two different agencies that work on electric vehicle charging. Now it seems to have turned into a ghost ship.
The case is from Oklahoma, which like 45 other states, has laws that say charter schools must be public schools funded by the state, closely supervised by the state, and be non-sectarian.
Congress created the grants in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The goal was to help schools hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers.
