Among this evening's headlines, Governor Kemp delivered the news millions of Georgians have been waiting to hear. “This Thursday, March 25, all Georgians over the age of 16 will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccination."
Literary icon and Georgia native Flannery O'Connor is the subject of PBS American Masters. GPB's News Leah Fleming spoke with co-directors Elizabeth Coffman and Mark Bosco about the process of finding fascinating details about O'Connor's life.
As the nation reelsfrom last week’s shooting spree that killed eight in the Atlanta area, a gun rights bill is poised for passage in the Georgia General Assembly. House Bill 218 got through most of the legislative process before the shootings March 16 at three metro Atlanta massage businesses.
In the final days of the 2021 legislative session, Georgia lawmakers are poised to make big changes to voting rules and procedures, though they don't yet agree on how. The latest versions of SB 202 and HB 531 share some similar language, but the combined 140 pages must be pared down before anything goes to the governor.
The measure increases the state’s standard deduction, creating a modest tax break. For an individual, the tax relief will be about $46; married couples will see about $63 savings. The change will cost the state about $140 million.
Tuesday on Political Rewind: Gov. Brian Kemp is expected to announce an expansion of vaccine eligibility to all adults in Georgia. The move could come as soon as the first weeks of April. Also: Shooting violence in Boulder, Co., yesterday is the latest example of an epidemic of gun violence in this country.
The state Senate has now backed a measure that would block cities and counties from trying to ban natural gas hookups as part of any local plan to reduce their carbon emissions.
Pittsburgh is one of Atlanta’s oldest neighborhoods, but in recent times it's started to change. GPB's Leah Fleming has more on how the fight for the identity of an Atlanta neighborhood has residents taking sides.
The House Special Committee on Election Integrity advanced a nearly 100-page voting bill that would expand early voting access, limit drop boxes, shorten runoffs and make other changes to state law.
The men charged with killing Ahmaud Arbery near Brunswick last year are set to appear in court again May 12 and 13. The hearings will tackle a long list of pretrial motions.
A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Zoom is a new feature of our lives — and, now, of our rituals surrounding death. GPB’s Virginia Prescott lost her mother to the disease in 2020 and shared the awkward, but surprisingly gratifying experience of memorializing a life on Zoom for NPR’s Here & Now.
