"I don’t want it if it's not authentic," Ludacris said. "If it's not organic, then I don't want any parts of it. That's just who I am. And I want to feel like I earned it. And I'm [going to] be honest with y'all — today I feel like I earned it!" (And Ludacris declared that before his Fast X made $320 million worldwide; securing the second-biggest global opening weekend of the year.)

The Atlantic hurricane season has not officially started but the National Hurricane Center has already identified the first subtropical cyclone of 2023 — and it formed months ago.

A state court in Cobb County is set to hear arguments tomorrow in a redistricting case that could reverberate across the state.

Officials gathered in Roswell with US Senator Jon Ossoff to announce legislation to help public servants live where they work.

Russia's foreign ministry has named four Georgia politicians among 500 Americans banned from visiting the country.

MCG could enroll 40 more students per year once the campus is open.

An independent autopsy released by lawyers for the family of a man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in a Georgia jail's psychiatric wing says that he "died due to severe neglect." Lashawn Thompson died in September, three months after he was booked into the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta.

In response to a new round of U.S. sanctions, Russia announced Friday that it was banning 500 Americans from entering the country, including former President Barack Obama and comedian Stephen Colbert.

Monday on Political Rewind: Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms gotfeatured on a list of 500 Americans barred from Russia. During a tour of Israel, Gov. Brian Kemp met with Israeli Prime Minister Minister Netanyahu, who asked about a state bill codifying antisemitism. 

Researchers with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta found a new skin patch with tiny amounts of peanut protein helped kids under age 4 better tolerate peanut exposure. 

On the Monday, May 22 edition of Georgia Today: Striking Dalton bus drivers reach a deal, but buses are still not running; there's new hope for children with peanut allergies; and Savannah is getting a new four-year medical school.

After a week of walking the picket line, the union for Dalton Public Schools bus drivers accepted a contract Friday afternoon with the private company that operates transportation for the school district.

According to the National Association of Black Hotel Owners, Operator and Developers, there are just nine Black-owned hotels in metro Atlanta. The Atlanta Voice explored a number of Black-owned hotels in order to further highlight the existences in the city’s hospitality space.

A pediatrician with Children’s Hospital of Atlanta says there is hope on the horizon for young children suffering from peanut allergies.

Georgia's carbon emissions are declining at a strong pace, even as the state's economy and population grow.

The Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University plans to open a new four-year campus in Savannah.

Georgia's emissions of greenhouses gases are declining at a strong pace even as the state's economy and population grow.

Georgia is getting a new four-year medical school campus as the Medical College of Georgia plans to expand to Savannah.

A divided US Senate has approved the nomination of civil rights attorney Nancy Abudu to serve on a US federal appeals court.

On the Friday May 19 edition of Georgia Today: A new study on Georgia air quality; a journalist arrested for filming near the site of a planned police training center in Atlanta is suing the city; and what does the national debt ceiling crisis mean for us here in Georgia?  

These stories and more are coming up on this edition of Georgia Today.

Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Commissioner Kevin Tanner spoke at the 27th annual Carter Center Mental Health Forum on May 18. He says lack of access to behavioral health care has to do with staffing shortages and they are looking for ways to retain and recruit workers, including higher pay.