MTA introduced two electric buses in 2020 and is on track to have almost 20 e-buses by next year.

The rising cost of Atlanta housing is making it hard for long-term residents to stay in their neighborhoods, but a new land trust offers solutions to address the shortage of affordable housing.



 

Thursday on Political Rewind: Host Bill Nigut continues our series of conversations with Georgia’s thought leaders. He interviews former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin, Atlanta’s first female mayor and the first Black woman to head a major Southern city.

The National Park Service warns that “recent storms and continued sea-level rise have exacerbated the physical decline of some important park facilities.”

The proposal would help Georgia’s blueberry and citrus growers.

Congressional leaders have unveiled a new stamp that commemorates former Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon who died in 2020 after serving more than three decades in Congress. The ceremony took place Wednesday at the Capitol.

The Georgia Supreme Court has set out a legal framework for deciding when a resident of an extended stay motel should be afforded the full rights of a renter. 

The city of Atlanta approved a referendum petition Wednesday from opponents of Atlanta's proposed police training center also known as "Cop City."

The National Park Service is asking for public input on how to help Savannah's Fort Pulaski National Monument adjust to rising sea levels.

Anxiety is rising ahead of a new law going into effect on July first to prevent transgender minors from starting hormone therapy.

The National Park Service is asking for public input on how to help Fort Pulaski National Monument adjust to rising sea levels.

The Georgia Supreme Court has set out a legal framework for deciding when extended stay motel owners become landlords.

On the Wednesday, July 21 edition of Georgia Today: The Atlanta City Council approves an historic budget for the new fiscal year; there's good news for Atlanta renters; and the National Park Service is seeking help from the public to solve rising sea level issues for Savannah's Fort Pulaski national monument. 

Macon residents can nominate their neighborhood street to be a part of Play Streets Macon, a new initiative that opens neighborhood streets for community activities and closes them to traffic.

In 2022, Georgia passed the Mental Health Parity Act. It authorizes studies of how the state could and should pay for more of this critical mental care.

Wednesday on Political Rewind: Opponents of Atlanta's police training center filed a lawsuit against the city clerk after their referendum petition was denied twice, delaying a time-sensitive process. The Atlanta Advisory Board endorsed the referendum. And we discuss the latest on the Supreme Court's docket.

The outgoing head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said her reasons for stepping down were complicated, driven in part by a desire to take a break from the frenetic pace of the job during a pandemic.

The rising cost of Atlanta housing is making it hard for long term residents to stay in their neighborhoods.

The state election board is ending its investigation into alleged violations by election workers in Atlanta's Fulton County.

Georgia is becoming the first state in the nation to distribute medical cannabis through independent pharmacies.  

A new documentary tells the story of a group of mothers whose children challenged their views on what it means to be gay or trans.