A Georgia native and finalist on this season of GPB’s The Great American Recipe is using her platform to educate on the issue of food insecurity and summer hunger. In the Atlanta Community Food Bank's Learning Kitchen, Leanna Pierre taught viewers how to recreate two of her favorite recipes and asked them to get involved in improving their communities.
Lawyers for the family of a man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in a Georgia jail's psychiatric wing say they've reached a settlement with the county. Lashawn Thompson died in September, three months after he was booked into the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta.
This week, Sens. Ossoff and Warnock focused on maternal health research; uninsured patients affording insulin; specialty crop farmers; expanded health care for service members; water projects along the Chattahoochee River; and national security.
On the Friday, Aug. 4 edition of Georgia Today: Preparations are under way in downtown Atlanta in anticipation of potential indictments related to the 2020 election and former President Trump; an EPA ruling in Alabama on coal ash may have broad implications here in Georgia; and a conversation with the journalists behind our series investigating when it's too hot to work.
Information from a December 2020 meeting of the Georgia Senate was mentioned in Tuesday’s federal indictment of former President Donald Trump. A Georgia State Senator attended that gathering and spoke to GPB.
The largest part of Georgia’s 2024 state budget funds health care and education, but analysts with the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute says lawmakers are leaving billions in the bank instead of helping Georgians.
A Columbus vinyl enthusiast will open the city’s only record store Saturday.
The GBPI says Georgia's overall state reserves, going into fiscal year 2024, are expected to be above $16 billion — and that's money needed to stabilize the state’s broken systems and strengthen communities.
On the Thursday, Aug. 3 edition of Georgia Today: A task force recommends ways to proceed on Atlanta's controversial public safety training center; a project in Macon aims to fill gaps in African American family heritage; and how hot is TOO hot to work outdoors? Our series on working in the heat continues.
Georgia U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff has successfully led bipartisan efforts to improve national security and the quality of life for Georgia service members, military families, and veterans. The success comes from his work with the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act, which Ossoff helped pass last week in Congress.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp appears ready to loosen the purse strings a little after having built a budget surplus that could top $10 billion. The money has been accumulating for three years.
Four Georgia District Attorneys are challenging the law that allows a newly appointed state commission to remove them from office.
During the legislative break, both the Georgia House and Senate are looking at reforming long-contested laws that could change the way hospitals open in Georgia.
Many African Americans are missing crucial parts of their family history because of gaps in their genealogy created by enslavement.
