On the Monday, Sept. 23 edition of Georgia Today: Apalachee High School students return to class, three weeks after the shooting that claimed four lives; a Black voting rights group leads registration drives at three Georgia HBCUs; and some of Georgia's coastal communities get grants to help build more housing.

Students in Winder returned to Apalachee High School this morning, nearly three weeks after a gunman killed four people there.

The Department of Public Health expects a 46% rise over the next decade in the number of Georgians diagnosed with dementia.

With just weeks before the election, a voting rights group is turning to historically Black colleges and universities to register voters.

Oct. 7 is the last day Georgians can register to vote in the presidential election.

A Columbus attorney will be part of the team taking on corporate giant 3M over “forever chemical” contamination in Georgia.

Rent prices seem to be higher than ever right now. And with the need for AC during hot summers or heat in the frigid winter, your wallet may be feeling extra empty after bills are due. But what if you don’t have AC or heat in your rental? Is that illegal? Here’s what landlords lawfully have to provide tenants:

Just over a month before Election Day, presidential candidates continue to court Georgia voters. 

 

Among coastal industries, paper mills are thirstiest, exceeding Hyundai’s usage by 10 times or more.

The State Election Board passed arguably the most contentious of 11-new rules that it had been considering at a closely-watched meeting Friday.

Just over a month before Election Day presidential candidates continue to court Georgia voters.

Georgia has surpassed 100,000 electric vehicle registrations.

The mother of a Georgia teenager charged with fatally shooting four people at his high school has been indicted in connection with an alleged domestic incident last year. The indictment charging 43-year-old Marcee Gray in Ben Hill County appears unrelated to the Sept. 4 shootings at Apalachee High School.

For the week ending Sept. 20, the senators focused on urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to support Georgia farmers after Tropical Storm Debby, building more grocery stores in underserved areas in the state, pushing Republican lawmakers to pass IVF legislation, and addressing how gun violence affects Black youth.

Georgia’s unemployment rate rose in August for the fourth month in a row, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday.

Gen Z and millennial voters make up nearly half of the eligible voting population in this year’s election. In Georgia, the race is on to get them registered before early voting begins this month.

On the Friday, Sept. 20 edition of Georgia Today: The Georgia Election Board passes a rule requiring a hand count of ballots; Vice President Kamala Harris rallies voters in Atlanta; and hundreds of students across the state walk out to demonstrate for gun safety.

The State Election Board passed arguably the most contentious of 11 new rules that it had been considering at a meeting today.

Hundreds of students at schools across the state walked out of class today in solidarity with students at Apalachee High School.

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign turned to personal stories, including two with Georgia ties, at a rally with Oprah Winfrey.

Housing leaders from Dekalb County the Us department of Housing and Urban Development held a ribbon-cutting in Doraville for a 100-unit affordable senior housing complex.