On the Friday, June 28 edition of Georgia Today: We'll learn more about what Georgians wanted from last night's presidential debate; Savannah city council members vote to demolish a 10,000-seat arena; and we'll tell you about several art exhibitions on view in Atlanta this week.
A nonprofit organization dedicated to land conservation has acquired two parcels of land in Middle Georgia that will support efforts to establish the Ocmulgee Mounds as Georgia’s first national park.
On Thursday, June 27, hundreds of protesters gathered at night in Midtown Atlanta ahead of the presidential debate between Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican candidate former President Donald Trump.
Tim Weah and other members of the U.S. national team were targeted with racist abuse on social media after the Americans were beaten 2-1 by Panama in the Copa America. The U.S. Soccer Federation issued a statement saying it was "deeply disturbed with the racist comments made online."
For the week ending June 28, 2024, Warnock and Ossoff focused on launching an inquiry to help prevent the deaths of incarcerated people in federal, state, and local facilities, providing infrastructure upgrades to several military facilities in Georgia, introducing legislation to double the Pell Grant maximum award to students, and supporting row crop farmers in Georgia.
Democrats at Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion faced a crowd of dozens of reporters from around the world shouting questions about President Joe Biden’s debate performance and whether he should remain the party’s candidate.
A raspy President Joe Biden has repeatedly sought to confront Donald Trump in their first debate ahead of the November election, as his Republican rival countered Biden's criticism by leaning into falsehoods about the economy, illegal immigration and his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
On the Thursday, June 27 edition of Georgia Today: The presidential debate will be held in Midtown Atlanta tonight; an effort is underway to make brain scans work equally well for Black and white kids; and the port of Brunswick continues to takes on more traffic after the Baltimore bridge collapse.
From a nuclear submarine base in Camden County to a maritime shipping warehouse in Savannah, sea level rise is threatening essential infrastructure up and down the Georgia coast.
On Wednesday, June 26, 2024, the Senate Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence met for its first meeting. Created from Senate Resolution 476, the study committee will dedicate seven to eight meetings to look at AI, its current and future in Georgia, and the concerns surrounding it in society.
