Many hospitals in Georgia are so full they’re turning away patients. One Atlanta doctor who specializes in infection prevention says COVID-19 is once again "out of control" in the state.
As Georgia continues to see a sharp rise in COVID infections, Gov. Brian Kemp and the state’s top public health official will hold a press conference this afternoon to talk about their response.
Dougherty County has resumed its weekly COVID-19 updates following a grim spike in hospitalizations for the coronavirus.
The National Weather Service is issuing a flash flood watch as Tropical Storm Fred nears Georgia and makes landfall tonight.
It feels like we can't avoid a conversation on race during this moment in America. So, after the conversation, what do we do? GPB's Leah Fleming talks with Gene Demby, host of NPR podcast Code Switch, coming to GPB Sunday mornings.
The ongoing surge in Covid-19 cases brought on by the Delta variant is already making waves in Georgia schools.
That includes the Glascock County School System, where leaders shut down in-person learning, within days of starting school.
And as part of a probe by House and Senate Democrats into Trump’s actions after the November election, senators met privately yesterday with a former U.S. attorney in Atlanta.
The ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases brought on by the Delta variant is already making waves in Georgia schools.
Tropical Storm Fred is expected to bring winds and persistent rain to the entire state of Georgia as early as Sunday afternoon, but the southeast portion of the state will feel the greatest impact.
There are some measures in the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that Georgia's congressional delegation can agree on.
Two high school basketball coaches in Georgia have been charged with murder and child cruelty for forcing a 16-year-old girl to practice in the heat that ultimately killed her.
Governor Brian Kemp says mask mandates don't work and he's rejecting the CDC's recommendations that masks be required as kids go back to school in Georgia.
However, Kemp is not standing in the way of school districts making their own decisions on masks and vaccines.
Organizers at one Georgia university hope a new summer program on aging research will inspire the next generation of doctors who specialize in treatment of the elderly.
Georgia's two Democratic Senators have filed a bill that guarantees the right to vote in federal elections.
More than 185,000 voters in Georgia could soon be removed from the voter rolls because they have not cast a ballot or been in contact with election officials within the past five years.
The threat of eviction for Georgia renters is being pushed back for another 60 days.
Savannah’s mayor is calling it a “big blessing” that masks will be required when kids go back to school there today.
Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant says a collaboration with federal, state and local partners -- called the summer plan -- is pushing the number of violent incidents down.
Phoebe Putney Hospital, once a COVID hotspot, is seeing a surge in infections.
Hospitals in Gainesville, Augusta, and Savannah are also treating dozens of new patients at numbers they hadn't seen since the start of 2021, before the vaccine was widely available.
An Atlanta area judge has enacted a county-wide moratorium keeping landlords from removing tenants struggling to pay their rent because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Georgia officials are pushing back on a number of federal lawsuits challenging SB 202, the state’s new 98-page election law.
A recycling company is promising one of the largest investments in Augusta's history.
