Willie James Pye was put to death by lethal injection in the state’s first execution in over four years last week. But despite the case’s significance and national attention over Pye, the public’s view of the execution itself was restricted under state protocol blocking critical parts of the process. 

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump argued in a court filing that the charges against him in the Georgia election interference case seek to criminalize political speech and advocacy conduct that is protected by the First Amendment. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee plans to hear arguments on that filing and on two pretrial motions filed by former Georgia Republican Party chair David Shafer during a hearing set for Thursday.

Today is the last day of Georgia's two-year legislative session.

The state Senate has given final passage to a bill that would ban what it calls quote "foreign adversaries" from buying certain pieces of property.

Georgia Power and state regulators have reached a tentative agreement on Georgia Power’s request to update its integrated resource plan, or IRP, and ramp up energy production in the face of new demand from things like data centers and electric vehicle manufacture.

Georgia Senate Republicans passed a bill Tuesday that requires transgender kids to use the school bathroom that is consistent with their sex at birth, not their gender identity. The mother of a trans child spoke with GPB's Peter Biello about how the bill, if signed into law, would change her child's life.

Baseball season openers in New York and Philadelphia have been postponed a day until Friday because of rainy forecasts in both cities.

Georgia's Republican state senators are making another attempt to impose a conservative stamp on the state's public schools.

Georgia Power and state regulators have reached a deal on the company's request to ramp up energy production with fossil fuels.

Communities across Georgia soon will decide how to spend their share of millions of dollars from a massive opioid settlement

Georgia Power and state energy regulators have agreed on a plan to increase the Atlanta-based utility’s electrical generating capacity including the construction of three new gas combustion turbines at Plant Yates near Newnan.

Both of Georgia's seaports could see an influx of cargo traffic, amid the Port of Baltimore's indefinite closure.

Enrollment in the federal marketplace continues to grow nationally.

The Georgia Senate has passed a controversial bill that would place restrictions on LGBTQ students.

The City of Roswell is making a bid for two professional soccer teams.

A week after his execution, the Georgia Department of Corrections has released the final recorded statement of Willie Pye.

Ahead of Sine Die, many lawmakers in the state House of Representatives and Senate are trying to get their bills passed. Sometimes they do this with add-ons that aren't related to the original intent of the bill. 

Savannah’s recycling efforts have taken a step backward with the suspension of a popular glass recycling program. For about 15 months, residents have been bringing glass bottles and jars to drop-off sites around the city. That program abruptly shut down last week.

Transgender Georgians and supporters gathered in downtown Atlanta Tuesday to mark the second annual transgender liberation day at the state Capitol, hours before the state Senate passed legislation on party lines banning transgender children from playing sports and using restrooms aligning with their gender identity as well as several other conservative priorities.

Three white men are asking a U.S. appeals court to throw out their hate crime convictions in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. The 25-year-old Black man was chased by men in pickup trucks and fatally shot in the streets of a coastal Georgia subdivision in 2020.

A controversial bill that would eliminate the required state license for those who want to style hair and apply makeup narrowly passed the House on Tuesday.