Money for programs approved by the Region 1 Advisory Council affect communities north of the metro Atlanta area.

The three white men convicted of murder and hate crimes in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year old Black man, are asking an appeals court Wednesday to throw out their hate crimes conviction. 

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

The Georgia Senate passed their version of the fiscal year 2025 budget.

The Association of County Commissioners of Georgia is hosting elections for regional advisory councils this month. Those selected will recommend how best to spend their communities’ share of opioid settlement money.

In a flurry of activity before Sine Die on Thursday, the Senate took up the business of passing bills, with 82 pieces of legislation on their rules calendar.  

Georgia lawmakers are agreeing on pay raises for public school teachers and state employees, although they still have differences to work out in the upcoming budget. State senators on Tuesday voted 53-1 to pass the budget for the year beginning July 1.

On the Tuesday, March 26 edition of Georgia Today: Opioid settlement dollars are headed to Georgia; some lawmakers are calling for an expansion of the Port of Savannah; more professional soccer could be coming to metro Atlanta. 

The Georgia Ports Authority is reacting to a bridge collapse in Baltimore, pointing out major differences with a bridge in Savannah.

The state Senate has passed a $36 billion fiscal year 2025 state budget that includes state employee and teacher pay raises.

More Georgians are signing up for health insurance in the federal marketplace, in part because they were kicked off of Medicaid.

Georgia officials asking the federal government to study another deepening of Savannah's harbor have picked up a key endorsement in Congress. Republican U.S. Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri threw his support behind the study Monday while visiting the Port of Savannah.

Centennial Yards, a massive $5 billion mixed-use development rising across from Mercedes-Benz Stadium and State Farm Arena, has announced its next phase.

Conservationists and environmental groups are sounding the alarm over a measure that they say will unravel the protections for fishing and hunting in Georgia that were fast-tracked last session.

The Atlanta Veteran’s Affairs office has a new name honoring a late U.S. senator and veteran from Georgia. The Senator Johnny Isakson Department of Veterans Affairs Atlanta Regional Office in Decatur, Ga., was renamed Monday after a two-year process led by U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.). 

The Atlanta Veteran’s Affairs office has a new name honoring the late Georgia senator and veteran.

Georgia U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is demanding answers from the U.S. Postal Service about reported delays at a new processing and distribution center in Palmetto, southwest of Atlanta.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens announced new transportation projects in his State of the City address Monday.

On the Monday, March 25 edition of Georgia Today: Atlanta plans to build new MARTA stations; Sen. Jon Ossoff wants answers to the USPS delays; Emory and Georgia Tech are teaming up to help prevent heat-related injuries 

US Senator Jon Ossoff is demanding answers from the US Postal Service about delays at a new Georgia processing center.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens says the city will partner with Metro Atlanta's transit authority MARTA to build four new rail stations.

A new report from the Alzheimer’s Association says 70% of caregivers are stressed by arranging care for someone with dementia.

No sign tells you you’ve arrived at a Superfund site, but Rachael Thompson, the executive director of Glynn Environmental Coalition knows the four Brunswick-area ones well and regularly takes curious local citizens on tours of them. 

The Atlanta Braves have signed veteran right-hander Jesse Chavez to a minor league contract, providing the opportunity for the reliever's fifth stint with the team.