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This story was originally published by Canary Media. Big companies have spent years pushing Georgia to let them find and pay for new clean energy to add to the grid, in the hopes that they could then get data centers and other power-hungry facilities online faster. Now, that concept is tantalizingly close to becoming a reality, […]

ATLANTA — A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committee voted to eliminate a recommendation that all newborn babies receive a vaccine against hepatitis B, ending a policy that has been in place since 1991 to protect Americans against an incurable liver disease that can lead to cirrhosis, cancer and liver failure. The current three-dose […]

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones’ $10 million loan to his gubernatorial campaign didn’t violate the law, the Georgia State Ethics Commission ruled on Thursday, effectively putting an end to a legal fight from rival Republican gubernatorial candidate Attorney General Chris Carr. Jones made the loan through a financial structure called a leadership committee, which was created […]

When the Georgia Supreme Court handed Pete Skandalakis a steaming pile of horse manure, he did what any reasonable person would do in such a situation: He disposed of it as quickly and efficiently as possible, recommending that all remaining state criminal charges against President Trump be dropped. He was right to do so. The […]

A key advisory panel that oversees nationwide vaccine recommendations may vote to restrict access to hepatitis B immunizations for newborns and reconsider recommendations for a wide variety of other childhood vaccines when it is scheduled to meet this week at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The committee, known as the Advisory […]

The head of the Georgia Lottery painted a rosy picture of the lottery’s contribution to education at a Georgia House committee hearing Wednesday, but lawmakers pressed Georgia Lottery Corporation CEO Gretchen Corbin about spending and long-term revenue trends amid a slowdown in lottery sales. The Georgia House Regulated Industries Committee hearing served as a financial […]

This story was updated at 11:50 p.m. on Dec. 2. Democratic candidate Muhammad Akbar Ali won a runoff election for a Gwinnett County state House seat, according to unofficial results from the Secretary of State’s website Tuesday night, defeating fellow Democrat Marqus Cole.  At 21, Ali is set to become the youngest state legislator currently […]

Since 2023, part of a controversial Georgia election law banning food and water from being distributed to voters waiting in line has been on hold, as a lawsuit against the measure worked its way through the federal court system. But the ban on “line warming,” as the practice is sometimes called, may be allowed to […]

Georgia is one of the only states that does not provide needs-based financial aid for would-be students who struggle to pay for college. But some state lawmakers are making the case that Georgia should change that, though there are disagreements over how best to pay for such a program. A state Senate study committee released […]

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis received some difficult but not entirely unsurprising news over the Thanksgiving holiday: her sweeping election subversion case against President Donald Trump and several allies was officially dismissed, ending one of the most bizarre legal chapters in Georgia history. Willis, an elected Democrat, quickly emerged as one of the president’s […]

Some Georgia lawmakers want to use state resources to keep drones from dropping off contraband like drugs and cell phones at detention facilities. Matthew Wolfe, director of the Office of Professional Standards within the Georgia Department of Corrections, said a months-long investigation that led to the arrest of 150 suspects drove down drone activity last […]

A massive data center project backed by Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and his family could be coming to Butts County, but many of the project’s details are still unknown. Jones, a Republican, is running to be Georgia’s next governor. The Highway 16 Interstate Health Development near Interstate 75 owned by Jones’ father is set to […]

What’s more bipartisan than a good meal? Amid a number of contentious partisan debates, it can sometimes feel rare to find issues that lawmakers from across the aisle can agree on. But under the Georgia state Capitol’s gold dome — as in life — food often serves as a uniting force. Lawmakers chewed on a […]

It’s a bad time to be a turkey in Georgia, even if you don’t live on a poultry farm. The number of turkey poults – what turkey experts call baby turkeys – is on the decline across nearly all of Georgia, according to numbers from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, with most of the […]

A Fulton County judge has dismissed the case against President Donald Trump and a group of alleged co-conspirators accused of attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. Judge Scott McAfee’s dismissal marks the end of the last criminal case facing Trump related to that year’s election. Peter J. Skandalakis, executive director of the […]

The holiday season is officially upon us. Georgia’s state Capitol in Atlanta underwent its annual winter transformation last week, with some workers hanging wreaths around the building’s numerous lampposts, and others attending to the monumental task of installing the Capitol Christmas tree. The tree will eventually be decked out with over 35,000 lights, and ceremonially […]

A nearly decade-old tax credit program has directed hundreds of millions of dollars to struggling rural hospitals in Georgia over the years, helping to stabilize their finances. But critics of the program, including those who advocate for full Medicaid expansion, say the program continues to fall short of giving Georgia’s hospitals the support they need […]

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s abrupt announcement that she plans to resign from office early next year is likely to send ripples through Georgia’s political landscape. Greene, formerly among President Donald Trump’s staunchest allies, announced her plans in a video message Friday, citing frustrations with the political system and the president. In recent months, Greene and […]

Each year, about 700 young adults age out of foster care in Georgia and lose access to the supports available to them while they were part of the state’s system.  In recent years, state lawmakers have created and expanded a tax credit program designed to help ease the transition. Now, a Senate study committee is […]

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from Georgia, a Rome Republican, announced her plans to resign from Congress Friday evening in an unexpected video message. Greene, who was first elected in Georgia’s 14th congressional district in 2020, said in a lengthy and pointed video statement posted on social media that her last day in Congress will […]

Proposals for data centers will be subject to state review under new rules the Georgia Department of Community Affairs adopted Thursday at its quarterly board meeting in Savannah. The board unanimously expanded what constitutes a “development of regional impact” to explicitly include data centers. The addition of a category called “technological facilities” was needed because […]

The lines that separate truth from falsehood, reality from fantasy, have become so smeared in recent years that democracy itself becomes difficult. Edgar Allan Poe, and later the Temptations, gave us the motto for our times: “Believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear.” But which half to believe? We’re now […]

Two candidates vying to replace former state Sen. Jason Esteves to represent a metro Atlanta Senate seat are headed to a runoff election next month after neither candidate managed to secure more than 50% of the vote in a six-way special election held Tuesday.  Esteves, an Atlanta Democrat, resigned from the state Senate in September […]

The stalled Georgia case against President Donald Trump and more than a dozen allies accused of  trying to invalidate the results of the 2020 election was given new life last week. Or was it? Peter Skandalakis, who was tasked with assigning the case to a different prosecutor following Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ dismissal […]

Proponents of a bill designed to speed up the construction permitting process say the changes are needed to address a lack of affordable housing.  But local officials and environmental groups warn the proposal would add a “shot clock” that could compromise public safety and lead to increased water pollution from construction runoff. The bill, sponsored […]

What’s going on with Marjorie? That’s the question President Donald Trump had reportedly been asking senior Republicans about Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene last month as she publicly disagreed with him over policies like Affordable Care Act subsidies and the genocide in Gaza, as she put it. More and more people are asking about the state […]

Ahead of the momentous 2020 presidential election, Georgia’s state leaders faced a choice. The state’s voting system prior to that year consisted of 27,000 electronic voting machines that had been in use since 2002, which were reaching the end of their life and needed to be replaced.  The voting machines, officially called direct-recording electronic voting […]

The Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump appears to live on after the head of a nonpartisan state agency appointed himself the new prosecutor in the case. Peter J. Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, will take over the case from embattled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, Skandalakis […]

Stacey Abrams’ New Georgia Project is a thing of the past, but it may still be a major topic of conversation when lawmakers gather next year for the annual legislative session The voter engagement project founded by Stacey Abrams in 2013 announced in October that it was dissolving after the Georgia Ethics Commission concluded the […]

The Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission approved a new dispensing license Wednesday, bringing the statewide total to 19, following a major patient enrollment threshold that triggered expansion under state law. The commission’s executive director, Andrew Turnage, said the program surpassed the 25,000 active patients mark some time ago, which allowed the commission to approve […]

A Democratic challenger focused on health care and housing and a local Republican business owner have officially qualified to compete in a special election to fill a vacant House seat in northeast Georgia. Republican Mack “Dutch” Guest IV and Democrat Eric Gisler are on the ballot for the House District 121 special election on Tuesday, […]

Georgia Republicans who came under legal scrutiny after allegedly playing a role in trying to overturn President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss are celebrating after the president issued a sweeping preemptive pardon – though the presidential decree will have no direct effect on the languishing state racketeering case out of Fulton County. In a proclamation, […]

This story was originally published by KFF Health News. National Domestic Violence Hotline: People who have experienced domestic abuse can get confidential help at thehotline.org or by calling 800-799-7233.  The immigrant from India believed her husband when he said that if she wasn’t gone by the time he got to their Georgia home in 10 […]

Six candidates have stepped forward to fill a Cherokee County legislative seat that was left empty after the death of the district’s state representative last month. Rep. Mandi Ballinger, a Canton Republican, died in October after a long battle with cancer. Five Republicans and one Democrat  have qualified to replace her in the state House. […]

Maybe what happened in Tuesday’s election was an anomaly. You could certainly make that case, as many Georgia Republicans have tried to do. It was, after all, an odd-year election, with relatively low turnout, for two low-profile statewide races. So even if the resulting margins were spectacular – Democrats won two seats on the five-member […]

Decisive Democratic victories in Georgia and across the country on Tuesday have given the Democratic Party momentum ahead of the 2026 midterms, while Republicans are left grappling with how to quickly recenter voters’ affordability concerns.  Democrats Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard delivered an upset Tuesday by gaining over 60% of the statewide vote each, unseating […]

Two Democratic candidates seeking to replace outgoing state Rep. Shelly Hutchinson are headed to a December runoff after neither managed to clinch over half of the vote in a three-way race that overlapped with other statewide and municipal elections.  Hutchinson, a Snellville Democrat who has held the seat since 2019, stepped down from the state […]

Democrats Peter Hubbard and Alicia Johnson have delivered an upset in Georgia’s off-year special election Tuesday, defeating two Republican incumbents on the state’s Public Service Commission. The double victory marks the first time the Democratic Party has won a statewide constitutional office in Georgia since 2006 and reshapes the political landscape ahead of the pivotal […]

Voters at a south Atlanta polling place cited local issues like infrastructure and City Council accountability as top concerns Tuesday. Two statewide races for the Georgia Public Service Commission were often an afterthought.  Yet, voters like the ones streaming in and out of the Thomasville Recreation Center on Tuesday are poised to help Georgia Democrats […]

Update: Both Republican incumbent commissioners were not able to run up the score on friendlier turf like Cherokee County, where they won nearly 60% of the vote, to overcome the Democratic challengers’ lead.  It’s election day in Georgia for two Public Service Commission seats, and voters are making their voices heard over who should sit […]

The results of an unusual off-year special election for two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission are being closely watched as a key indicator of voter sentiment heading into the critical 2026 midterm election. Whereas Republicans say they are running on a track record of producing reliable energy, Democratic leaders have framed the PSC […]

About 20 people gathered outside MUST Ministries’ Canton office Monday morning, some waiting in parked cars to avoid the lingering chill, others bundled up and chatting in English or Spanish. When the doors opened at 10 a.m., the people walked into a waiting room and lined up in front of a receptionist’s desk. One young […]

Campaigning for two contested seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission has intensified during the early voting period, turning a relatively quiet election cycle into a partisan fight over utility rates and energy policy. Two Republican incumbents, Tim Echols and Fitz Johnson, are being challenged by Democratic nominees Peter Hubbard and Alicia Johnson in an […]

A critical federal food assistance program that benefits roughly 1.4 million Georgians is on track to run out of funding this weekend, as the federal government shutdown approaches a full month. Yet while governors in both red and blue states have taken steps to ease the burden on people who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition […]

The Georgia Board of Natural Resources has rejected a petition aimed at protecting diamondback terrapins from crab nets, but state wildlife experts will perform a statewide terrapin survey and study methods for protecting the unique turtle. Terrapins live in brackish tidal creeks along the Atlantic coast as far north as Cape Cod in Massachusetts and […]

Ashley White, who was the only art teacher at Hillcrest Elementary School in Dublin, said the district violated the law when the director of human resources abruptly asked White to resign on Oct. 6, citing an inability to fulfill the district’s employment contracts.

The Georgia Board of Natural Resources has voted in favor of a plan to increase parking pass rates at state parks, and the Department of Natural Resources could be considering further cost hikes. The new changes, which include surge pricing for campsites, cabins and yurts as well as golf courses, could go into effect next […]

It continues to be a busy year for off-cycle state legislative races in Georgia. An Athens-area Georgia lawmaker announced Tuesday that he is stepping down from the seat he has held since 2018, creating a new vacancy in the state House. State Rep. Marcus Wiedower, a Watkinsville Republican, said he is stepping down to focus […]

With Brian Kemp leaving the governor’s office after next year’s election, Georgia Democrats have an opportunity to make history.  All they need now is a candidate. The alleged frontrunner for the 2026 nomination is Keisha Lance Bottoms. According to a poll of Democratic primary voters commissioned by her own campaign last month, Bottoms “pulls more […]

The political fallout from the ongoing federal government shutdown continued Monday in Georgia, as Democrats pushed to protect America’s largest food assistance program while Republicans deflected blame onto Democrats in Washington. Georgia SNAP seeks at least $60 million after federal budget cuts The latest clash stemming from the federal shutdown centers on the Supplemental Nutrition […]

The next time you want to take in some of Georgia’s natural beauty at one of its state parks, it could cost you a little more. Or at least it will if the Board of Natural Resources signs off Tuesday on a proposal to raise fees. Under the plan under consideration, the cost to park […]

As many as 1.4 million Georgians who rely on federal food assistance could face the abrupt loss of benefits starting Nov. 1 if the government shutdown has not ended. The Georgia Department of Human Services announced Friday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture informed the state that there is “insufficient funding” to cover November payments […]

Georgia’s SNAP administrators say they would need more than $60 million from state coffers to maintain their level of staffing after next year’s federal cuts to the program that more than one in 10 Georgians use for groceries. The news from the agency that oversees the food stamp program comes after Republican Gov. Brian Kemp […]

A coalition of environmental organizations delivered more than 24,000 petition signatures and nearly 300 pieces of artwork from children to Gov. Brian Kemp’s office Thursday, urging him to permanently protect the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. The groups, which included Environment Georgia, Garden Club of Georgia, Georgia Interfaith Power and Light and others, called on the […]

When Georgia’s State Election Board considered a proposal to recommend that state lawmakers ban no-excuse absentee voting early last year, the Republican-dominated body shot it down, with then-newly appointed Chair John Fervier casting the deciding vote. But in a Wednesday meeting in Atlanta, a trio of Trump-aligned board members successfully approved a similar proposal in […]

Patty Durand, a former Democratic candidate for the Georgia Public Service Commission and a clean energy advocate, was arrested Tuesday for the alleged theft of a Georgia Power document containing trade secrets during a commission meeting earlier that day. Georgia Capitol Police arrested Durand, who is a frequent critic of the PSC, on Tuesday before […]

Georgia election officials credit an embattled voter accuracy organization with helping them identify over 180,000 voters who have moved out of state just this year. But the state could be poised to end its participation in the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC, ahead of the 2026 election after the once-obscure organization became the target […]

The American South has the highest HIV rates in the country, accounting for more than half of new HIV diagnoses nationwide in 2023. This is despite growing availability of a highly effective HIV prevention medication that has made it possible to live a long, healthy life with this once fatal disease. This medication – called […]

Thousands of people gathered Saturday in Atlanta as part of the No Kings rallies taking place nationwide, where speakers sounded the alarm against the potential for authoritarian rule under the Trump administration. Speakers, which included prominent Georgia political figures and leaders of civil rights and advocacy organizations, described the current climate as a move away […]

Planned Parenthood Southeast’s board of directors announced this week that it would be hiring a law firm to investigate allegations of mismanagement that reproductive health advocates say threatens to undermine the organization’s mission and has alienated donors and partner organizations. The statement followed the circulation of a “save Planned Parenthood Southeast” petition that advocates say […]

Georgia is set to host what will likely be the most expensive U.S. Senate race in the country next year. But Republicans are still searching for a clear frontrunner to take on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, who continues to raise huge sums of cash as he prepares to defend his seat. U.S. Reps. Mike Collins […]

A woman who says she developed a medical condition after using a common hair product can continue legal action against the manufacturers after a decision from the Georgia Supreme Court released Wednesday. 

Public health experts in Georgia are speaking out against furloughs at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention they say have left hundreds of employees at the agency unemployed as the federal government shutdown enters its third week. Federal employees began receiving reduction-in-force notices, the technical name for layoffs, on Friday. Initially, about 1,300 […]

Grab your ID and get ready to head to the polls: Tuesday marks the first day of early voting for the 2025 statewide and municipal election in Georgia. This year’s Nov. 4 general election is set to include candidates for two seats on the state’s five-member Public Service Commission, the body that regulates utilities like […]

Former Democratic state representative turned Trump supporter Vernon Jones has launched a bid for Georgia’s secretary of state. Jones is the fourth Republican candidate to declare a run to be the state’s top election official, joining state Rep. Tim Fleming; Kelvin King, a former candidate for U.S. Senate; and former state elections official Gabriel Sterling. […]

Colleagues of state Rep. Mandi Ballinger say they’ll remember her as a woman with a heart for Georgia’s children, a mind for parsing intricate laws and the guts to stand up for what she believed in. Ballinger, a Canton Republican, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer, according to an announcement from House Speaker […]

A unique off-year election for two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission, a body responsible for regulating utilities in the state, has Republicans vocally concerned, especially considering concurrent municipal elections that they worry could favor Democratic mobilization. Early voting starts Tuesday for the Nov. 4 election, which will decide the fate of two incumbent […]

A proposed south Georgia chicken plant that could be the state’s largest poultry operation is on hold after a Coffee County judge found it would likely harm locals’ health and property values and damage the nearby Satilla River. The proposal called for 60 chicken houses, each holding more than 25,000 birds, which are projected to […]

Voting rights advocates in Meriwether County have filed a lawsuit challenging the districts drawn for local county commission seats, which they say illegally dilute the voting power of Black residents under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court Thursday, alleges that district maps enacted in 2022 have contributed […]

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Georgia has cut its greenhouse gas emissions per person nearly in half in the last 20 years, mostly by replacing coal power plants with natural gas and solar. But the state still has a long way to go […]

As the government shutdown drags into its second week, Georgia’s congressional delegation is locked in a partisan struggle over who is to blame, with one of the state’s most high-profile Republicans, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, seemingly charting her own political path by challenging both parties on the issue of rising health care costs. Greene, a […]

It has taken some time, but the American public is finally beginning to understand what Republicans in Washington are doing to our nation’s health care system, including the Affordable Care Act that now covers an estimated 24 million people. “When the tax credits expire this year my own adult children’s insurance premiums for 2026 are […]

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is boasting a major fundraising haul as he heads into 2026 and the election that will determine whether he gets six more years in office.

This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters” Georgians should now be able to get the updated Covid vaccines at pharmacies without a prescription after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved the latest federal guidelines. The same goes for access at county health departments, the state […]

How much does it cost to run for the U.S. Senate in Georgia? Millions of dollars are already pouring into the coffers of Republicans hoping to claim the office – and of Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, who is fighting to hold onto it. In dueling Monday morning press releases, Republican Congressman Mike Collins and former […]

On top of everything else that’s going on, now Georgia is being invaded by giant spiders. If you live in north Georgia, there’s a good chance you’ve come face to cephalothorax with the Joro spider in the last few years. The behemoth black and yellow arachnids hitched a ride to Georgia from East Asia around […]

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who brought charges against President Donald Trump, will testify before a Senate committee next month after resisting requests to make an appearance, according to the committee chairman. “She’s going to be treated fairly like any other witness here, but counsel will be present,” said Athens Republican Sen. Bill Cowsert, […]

Former President Jimmy Carter’s 77-year marriage with former first lady Rosalynn Carter was a defining feature of his life, spanning Carter’s career from a south Georgia peanut farmer to state senator, governor and president, as well as his post-presidency humanitarian work. But, those who knew him say, there was another relationship that was just as […]

Four Democrats, a Republican and an independent have all thrown their hats into the ring to represent a metro Atlanta district in the state Senate. Senate District 35, which includes parts of Cobb and Fulton counties, was vacated after former Sen. Jason Esteves, an Atlanta Democrat, stepped down to focus on his run for governor. […]

The recent shooting at the CDC was shocking. It feels like it was a lifetime ago. Every day seems like a new crisis: vaccines, Tylenol, turning off environmental monitoring, curtailing food stamps and then not reporting on hunger. All of this is shocking, but not unexpected. It’s the natural outcome of all of us retreating […]

Sen. Greg Dolezal of Cumming has become the latest member of the Georgia Senate to launch a bid for lieutenant governor, joining several other Republican candidates in a race that includes some of the most powerful figures in the chamber. Dolezal, a businessman, was first elected to the state Senate in 2018 and represents a […]

It’s been just over a year since Hurricane Helene ripped across the Southeast, killing 250 people and causing billions of dollars in damage to homes and businesses. In Georgia, the storm claimed 37 lives while its devastating winds and floodwaters led to at least $5.5 billion in damage to the state’s farmers and foresters, according […]

Georgia voters have less than one week left to change or update their voter registration ahead of this fall’s statewide and municipal elections. Peach State residents can register to vote ahead of the Oct. 6 registration deadline by going online to the secretary of state’s website or by mailing a voter registration application to the […]

A state agency responsible for administering Medicaid in Georgia has failed to adopt or follow through on most of the recommendations made in an earlier audit that were meant to help more children, including those with disabilities, obtain dental care, according to a recent report.  Despite a 2021 state audit that highlighted falling dental care […]

This story was updated at 5 p.m. on Sept. 29. At least one more Democrat is jumping into the race to be Georgia’s next governor. State Rep. Ruwa Romman, a public policy consultant, once made history as the first Muslim woman to serve in the Georgia House of Representatives and the first Palestinian American to […]

Private schools in 102 Georgia cities received $5.4 million in state voucher funds this fall, as parents took advantage of the state’s newly expanded program aimed at helping students from low-performing public school get private education. Private schools in McDonough, Covington and Conyers received as much money as schools in in more populous places like […]

What’s the best way to celebrate World Contraception Day? For some reproductive health advocates, the answer is clear: By breaking out a whimsical, 20-foot-tall inflatable statue of an IUD, affectionately known as Freeda Womb. The art installation, which belongs to the nonpartisan organization Americans for Contraception, was also part of a 2024 tour aimed at […]

Georgia has received approval from the Trump administration to extend its Pathways to Coverage program, a partial Medicaid expansion with work requirement components, at least through the end of 2026. An approval letter from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that was sent this week to Georgia leaders noted that the temporary extension […]

Georgia residents seeking the COVID-19 vaccine may still need a prescription — for now. That’s due, in large part, to shifting federal guidelines that have narrowed the pool of people who are eligible for this year’s COVID-19 vaccine. In August, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new round of COVID-19 vaccines, but limited […]

She blew it. Fani Willis blew it. Give her credit for this much: The Fulton County district attorney did have the guts, the courage and the ambition to attempt to bring Donald Trump to justice for his role in trying to overthrow the 2020 election here in Georgia. For all we know, Willis might also […]

Lawyers for Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara and his family are asking a federal court to stop U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from deporting him while he is in their custody. Guevara’s lawyers, who include those from the American Civil Liberties Union, asked the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Georgia on Monday for […]

A GOP lawmaker will continue to represent a conservative state Senate district in a north Atlanta exurb after a Democratic candidate’s first-place finish last month surprised Republicans and left Democrats hopeful that a flip was possible.  Jason Dickerson, a Cherokee County resident who is the president of a private investment firm, had 61.5% of the […]

This story was done in collaboration with The Current GA and is part of an ongoing series examining Georgia’s school voucher program.  Georgia’s new program to subsidize private education has helped more than 8,000 children move from public schools with low test score averages to educational organizations predominantly affiliated with Christian churches, data from the […]

Penny Brown Reynolds, a Biden administration appointee and former Fulton County state judge who also settled family disputes on TV, has announced her candidacy for secretary of state. She is one of the first Democratic candidates to enter the race, joining voting rights advocate Adrian Consonery Jr. The secretary of state is responsible for overseeing […]

MILTON – The national Democratic Party’s top official campaigned in Georgia this weekend with Democrat Debra Shigley in hopes of helping her flip a conservative state Senate district in the north Atlanta suburbs. Ken Martin, who chairs the Democratic National Committee, called Shigley’s surprising first-place finish in last month’s seven-way race “a huge overperformance for […]

This story was updated at 10:45 a.m. on Sept. 22. ATLANTA —  A key vaccine advisory panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has indefinitely postponed a controversial change to guidelines on administering hepatitis B vaccines to newborn babies, and altered long-standing recommendations around COVID-19 vaccine access for children and adults, though a […]

An immigration judge ordered Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara to be deported on Friday despite a pending First Amendment case in federal court, setting off a frenzied attempt by his attorneys to stop the deportation from happening.  Guevara was arrested earlier this summer while covering an anti-ICE protest in DeKalb County. His arrest has alarmed free […]

ATLANTA — The top vaccine advisory committee at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Friday to change long-standing recommendations around COVID-19 vaccine access for children and adults, though a proposal to require prescriptions for all individuals seeking the shot narrowly failed.   If approved by CDC leaders, the recommendations will also place a new […]

Have you ever wondered what college students are studying these days? Under a University System of Georgia policy rolling out this semester, finding out could soon be easier. The policy, approved in May, calls for publicly posting all class syllabuses, including a course description, grading policy and reading list, onto university websites. Starting this fall, […]

ATLANTA — A key vaccine advisory panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to change its recommendations around certain childhood immunizations Thursday, despite the CDC’s own data showing that the vaccines are safe and effective. The panel, known as the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, is charged with setting national guidelines around […]