Monday on Political Rewind: Georgia teachers are now eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Officials hope the move will ensure schools across the state are able to keep their doors open for in-person classes. Also, legislators face an important deadline at the state Capitol. Crossover Day at the General Assembly means any legislation unable to pass out of either legislative chamber today is potentially dead until next year.
Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold Melton said he’s planning to lift a year-long restriction Tuesday to allow jury trials to resume that have been on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this morning's headlines, A study supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows only three Georgia counties are not experiencing some level of doctor shortage - Coweta, Rockdale, and Oconee. Now, $5.2 Million are being invested to train more doctors for rural areas.
A new health-monitoring app that could help communities fight contagious diseases will begin beta testing in Savannah this month. It’s accessed via smartphones and wearable fitness devices.
The fight over election law is not new to Georgia lawmakers, but prevailing views have changed. Republicans passed no-excuse absentee voting in 2005, over objections from Democrats concerned about the lack of ID required to vote by mail and stricter regulations to vote in person.
In mud puddles located on a sprawling military post in Coastal Georgia where tanks rumble and soldiers train for war, the last of a threatened species clings to life.
Gov. Brian Kemp’s $27.2 billion fiscal 2022 state budget cleared the Georgia House of Representatives Friday after lawmakers earmarked $58 million to boost mental health services.
Growing up playing sports in Dublin, Bradford Haynes could hardly imagine the life he now leads. At a moment’s notice, he could be kissing his wife and daughters goodbye in Macon and heading to a movie set in a far-off land. Yet, he never set out to be an actor.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said on Friday a mass vaccination site for COVID-19 is coming to Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The site has capacity to give 6,000 vaccine shots each day.
Some Georgia college students who are protected by the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program could soon pay tuition more in line with their classmates if legislation passed by the House Higher Education Committee on Thursday makes it into law.
A new ad from the voting rights group founded by NBA superstar LeBron James speaks out against Republican-led efforts to roll back voting rights in states across the country, including Georgia.
Friday on Political Rewind: The coronavirus pandemic has put into sharp focus the painful inequities in our society, and studies show the economic and professional progress women have made is in peril. The pay gap between men and women has widened, and working mothers struggle more than ever to balance family and home responsibilities with their jobs.
Los Angeles Lakers star Lebron James, one of the organizers of the More Than A Vote organization that aims to stop Black voter suppression and which played a major role in the outcome of the 2020 elections by encouraging voter turnout, will narrate an ad that will be aired for the first time during Sunday’s All-Star Game in Atlanta — in which he vows that the efforts will continue.
