Polls are open today as Georgians decide key US House and state legislative races in the Republican and Democratic primaries.

The Georgia Secretary of State’s office said turnout has been higher than expected, causing its My Voter Page to crash.

And in Macon-Bibb County, an unknown number of voters may have cast primary ballots in the wrong state House district.

On the Tuesday, May 21 edition of Georgia Today: Voters in Georgia are headed to the polls on this primary day; a former Georgia congressman has been elected president of the National Rifle Association; and new affordable housing options are in the works in Macon.

The Georgia Ports Authority says a surge of auto imports rerouted from Baltimore led to its busiest month ever for car and truck shipments. The Georgia agency's chief executive said Tuesday that the Port of Brunswick saw more than 80,000 automobiles and heavy machinery units move across its docks in April.

Macon's Central City Apartments will offer below-market rate rents to service workers and safe space for medical recovery for the unhoused.

Expelled from their property by the military amid World War II, Black families in the Harris Neck Land Trust are asking President Biden for an executive order to “correct a moral wrong.”

Twelfth grade student Grayson Jones has been named the winner of the 11th annual Poet Laureate’s Prize. The prize is awarded for an original poem written by a Georgia high school student.

President William Ruto and first lady Rachel Ruto of the Republic of Kenya met with leaders at the Carter Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta Monday before convening with other city officials and heading to Washington, D.C., where the East African leader is scheduled for talks with President Joe Biden.

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A new apartment complex in Macon will provide affordable housing for downtown workers and a safe place for the homeless to recover from medical care.

A Georgia bill signed this year guarantees privacy for Georgia health care workers who use employer provided mental health programs.

President Joe Biden delivered the commencement address at Morehouse College in Atlanta yesterday without any major incident.

Today marks two years since Hyundai announced plans to build a $5 billion vehicle manufacturing facility just west of Savannah.

After six weeks of construction, Metro Atlanta's public transit agency MARTA has re-opened its rail station at the city's airport.

Georgia residents have experienced some of the worst mail delays, after the Postal Service consolidated four facilities into one which has been plagued with problems. 

The Medical Association of Georgia says help is on the way for physicians in Georgia who are still dealing with the strains of workplace challenges in the wake of the pandemic.

Macon-Bibb County’s elections supervisor is warning voters to do a little homework before heading to the polls to make sure they receive the correct ballot and vote for the right candidates.

A media personality who co-founded a conservative political action committee has been appointed to a seat on the Georgia State Election Board. Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns, a Republican, on Friday announced the appointment of Janelle King to the board, effective immediately.

After six weeks of renovation, the MARTA station at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport reopened to the public on Monday, May 20.