Senate Bill 362 bars businesses that open shop in Georgia from receiving state incentives if they recognize labor unions, unless workers vote to unionize with a secret ballot.
In 2020, organizations including the Georgia Council on Aging advocated on behalf of residents, families, and caregivers to successfully pass a bill that strengthened staffing requirements and increased maximum fines for violations. But a bill proposed this session would have lowered those minimum staffing requirements.
The Carter Center hosted its inaugural Mental Health Parity Day by the Georgia State Capitol. Mental health stakeholders, legislators, and leadership from several state agencies gathered to discuss how to advance implementation of the bipartisan Mental Health Parity Act passed in April 2022.
A man believed to be one of the opponents of a planned police and firefighter training facility in Atlanta has been arrested on charges of torching eight police motorcycles last summer. The attack was one of about two dozen acts of arson that officials have linked to protests against a facility that opponents call "Cop City."
On the Thursday, Feb. 8 edition of Georgia Today: Two Georgia brothers have been arrested in connection with the January 6th attack of the U.S. Capitol; leaders in the state House and Senate want to make changes to Georgia's film tax credit; and first lady Jill Biden visits Atlanta to talk Women's Health.
The superstar posed with a peach on the cover of his new album, Coming Home, and in a new ad campaign for the SKIMS underwear brand as he prepares to perform Sunday night at Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium. The Jonesboro High School Marching Band is also featured in an Apple promo for the part-time Atlanta resident's Super Bowl appearance.
Today, the Chattahoochee River between the city of Atlanta and West Point Lake — a 70-mile stretch with forested riverbanks, rocky shoals, rural communities, and cultural sites — is no longer regularly polluted with the city’s waste. Once considered off-limits for recreation due to chronic sewage overflows and polluted storm runoff, this previously blighted section is on the cusp of becoming a major destination for outdoor experiences.
When Georgia's first African American congressman became the first Black man to speak on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, his argument presaged the Trump v. Anderson case by more than 150 years.
The mayor was eager to promote a 21% drop in homicides and a new community with 40 units for unhoused people and fielded questions about the Atlanta police training facility and restaurant permitting.
Cepane Sarty, 38, of Marietta, and Seth Sarty, 45, of Rockmart, are charged with the felony offense of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers during the attack, which disrupted a joint session of Congress to count the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election.
Top Georgia lawmakers say moviemakers should be required to do more than just show a peach at the end of the credits to get the top benefit from Georgia's lucrative film tax credit. Legislative leaders said they want companies to meet four of nine goals to receive the top 30% credit on Georgia income taxes.
Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Boggs gave his State of the Judiciary Address on Wednesday. Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns, along with Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones and other Republican legislators also spoke at a press conference about upcoming changes they’re going to make to tax exemptions affecting teachers, technology, and the film industry.
