Georgia voters are heading to the polls today as early voting begins for this year's mid-term elections.

Candidates faced off in several debates over the weekend, with a gubernatorial debate tonight.

Macon-Bibb County is hiring more part-time Sheriff's deputies to address a shortage of law enforcement officers.

Georgia's three candidates for U.S. Senate squared off in debates over the weekend, though never at the same time.

The two candidates in Georgia's only remotely competitive U.S. House race met in a debate Sunday.



The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute is asking the state legislature to create funds for people impacted by long-term effects of COVID-19.

US Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker square off in their first and likely only debate tonight.

The Carter Center has agreed to provide non-partisan observers to monitor the elections in Atlanta's Fulton County.

The city council in Metro Atlanta's South Fulton is partnering with police on the city’s annual gun buyback.

Georgia voters are looking ahead to tonight's debate in Savannah between Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker.

Savannah police cleared one of the city's most visible homeless encampments Thursday.

The Georgia Department of Transportation said Thursday a westbound lane on Interstate 285 between Ashford Dunwoody Road and Roswell Road is expected to close on Saturday, October 22.

An ACLU report says the Fulton County jail is overcrowded in large part because people aren't being indicted in a timely manner.

Georgia voters are looking ahead to tomorrow night's debate in Savannah between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker.

The National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta will break ground tomorrow on a $48 million expansion.

The center aims to turn itself from an Atlanta tourist attraction into a national cultural institution.

For the first time, Atlanta has been named the best city in the U.S. by Money magazine this year. The publication says it focused on the qualities of a city that help make everyone feel like they belong. GPB's Peter Biello discussed the list with Money magazine writer and editor Kristen Bahler.

Some Georgia public college and university professors say new tenure rules have them re-thinking staying on as faculty members.

Airbnb is further cracking down on potential parties ahead of Halloween this year. 

The Atlanta Braves won game two of the NLDS Series against the Philadelphia Phillies 3-0. 

One of Georgia High School Association's fastest growing sports kicks off tonight.

 

A new poll of likely Georgia voters finds Governor Brian Kemp and US Senator Raphael Warnock leading.

Georgia health officials say in-state providers already have ordered variant-specific Covid-19 boosters for children.

Friends of Charles Sherrod are remembering him as a bold leader who kickstarted the civil rights movement in Albany.

Two U.S. Senators came to Carrollton yesterday to campaign for Republican Herschel Walker and rally the party's base amidst several controversies.

The American Lung Association says more Americans are getting pertussis, or whooping cough, in part because only 30 percent of adults got their T-DAP shot in the past 10 years.

A federal lawsuit alleges racial profiling and illegal searches by police at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

Sea turtles are making a comeback in Georgia, as the number of nests this year recently topped 4,000 -- an all-time high.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin tomorrow in a federal civil rights trial against the suspended sheriff of Clayton County.

Election boards in Cobb County and Chatham County are the latest to reject voter eligibility challenges.

Impact, a new online professional network aimed at connecting film industry workers to employers, has launched in Atlanta. 

The Department of Defense has approved new names for nine military bases, including two in Georgia.

Tuesday is the voter registration deadline for the midterm election.

Fulton County DA Fani Willis wants to hear testimony from former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former national security advisor Michael Flynn.

Jill Biden plans to visit Georgia this week.

Tuesday is the voter registration deadline for the midterm election.

The Georgia prosecutor investigating whether former-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 election filed paperwork seeking to compel testimony from a new batch of Trump allies. 

The 2022 Atlanta gay pride festival promises to be one of the largest ever.