People were laid off from the Department of Public Health last week after the federal government terminated health grants to states.

Republican state Senator Brian Strickland has filed papers to run for Georgia Attorney General in 2026, the first to announce a bid.

Supporters of a proposed bill aiming to protect religious freedom are making a final push to get it across the finish line before Friday.

On the Wednesday April 2nd edition of Georgia Today: Georgia's Dept. of Public Health faces federal funding cuts; A scientific study says a large portion of coastal Georgia is at risk of flooding in the next century; And a Georgia high school senior is one of the top scholarship earners in the history of the state. 

Georgia Senate Bill 79 or the Fentanyl Reduction and Eradication Act, takes Austin's Law to the next step, establishing mandatory minimum sentences for drug crime.

New research quantifies the threat posed by catastrophic flooding along Georgia's Atlantic coast, driven in part by rising sea levels.

Billed as the “biggest outdoor Asian food festival in the US,” Panda Fest heads to Atlanta for the first time, April 4-6, bringing with it hundreds of food stalls lining Atlantic Station’s Pinnacle Lot in Midtown. 

A federal judge has dismissed a long-running lawsuit challenging the security of Georgia’s electronic voting machines even though the judge maintained substantial concerns about the system. 

Paid family leave programs not only reduce infant maltreatment but also reduce the need for spending on child protective services, according to new Georgia Tech research.

Federal funding cuts have hit Georgia’s Department of Public Health; A new scientific analysis finds just over one thousand square miles in coastal Georgia is at risk of severe flooding by the middle of the century.

On the April 1 edition: Georgia lawmakers pass a bill aimed at school safety; layoffs at the CDC; and a new bill establishes mandatory minimum sentences for fentanyl distribution. Some worry that won't help.

CDC employees began receiving dismissal notices this morning; the General Assembly passed school safety measures yesterday; Georgia wins new victory in "water wars" with Florida and Alabama.

On Monday at the Capitol, both chambers took up dozens of bills on the first day of the last week of the session.

A a simple goal in 2020 of feeding perhaps 10 families for two weeks at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic now services up to 750 families per week.

Georgia is the only state with the death penalty that requires defendants to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they are intellectually disabled to be spared execution. That could soon change.

A bill that sets up new security protocols that are intended to prevent another school shooting in Georgia is now in the governor’s hands.

Slater Nalley first caught American Idol fans’ attention when he auditioned with a song he wrote about his teacher’s late son. Now, he’s hoping to let America get to know him a little bit better.