A Georgia House subcommittee heard testimony on a bill aimed at punishing gun owners who negligently allow firearms to fall into the hands of unsupervised children.
Descendants of enslaved African community have been on Sapelo Island for 13 generations. But just 30 Geechee descendants of the original 44 enslaved families remain — and the General Assembly quietly passed a bill on March 2 to modify the rules of the Sapelo Island Heritage Authority without the input of those residents.
“Racial oppression and poverty work against the common good and our society as a whole. If we don’t fix these problems, we will leave a weakened state and nation for the next generations. Inaction now will exacerbate the social and economic challenges that are being driven by the widening racial wealth gap.”
— Nancy Flake Johnson, President of the Urban League of Greater Atlanta.
The Georgia Alzheimer's Disease & Related Dementias Task Force has since 2014 sought ways to improve dementia research, awareness, training, and supportive care.
The Georgia House Thursday approved a measure that would ban transgender minors from receiving some gender-affirming care.
Two Georgia teams are playing in the NCAA basketball tournament Friday: the University of Georgia women’s team and Kennesaw State University men’s team.
Savannah's popular St. Patrick's Day parade is Friday morning, when thousands of revelers will line the streets and squares of downtown.
Savannah's St. Patrick's Day parade — one of the busiest in the country — returns Friday at 10:30 a.m., when thousands of revelers will line the streets and squares of downtown for the event, which first began in 1824. But some are already staking out spots, and persevering through the cold that comes with it.
On the Thursday, March 16 edition of GeorgiaToday: It's the Atlanta spa shootings' anniversary; an Atlanta landmark returns to its roots; and two Georgia teams are playing in the NCAA tournament.
Georgia defensive tackle Jalen Carter has pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and racing related to a crash that killed Bulldogs offensive lineman Devin Willock and a recruiting staff member. Carter has been sentenced to 12 months' probation and a $1,000 fine.
The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services approved of House Bill 383, the Safer Hospitals Act, in its meeting yesterday. The bill calls for stronger protections to ensure the safety of emergency health care workers and health care workers in a hospital.
Former Georgia Poet Laureate David Bottoms has died at the age of 73. His former student and current poetry professor at Mercer University James Davis May shares his memories of him.
