As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 continues its spread across the state, one Georgia county has surpassed a grim pandemic milestone. Governor Brian Kemp will push for some new legislation that would loosen requirements to carry a handgun in public, according to The Associated Press. Kemp is expected to appear at a gun shop in Smyrna to announce his support for legislation that would do away with a license to carry a handgun in public, either openly or concealed.

Ahead of the anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Democrats cited a flurry of restrictive voting measures passed in the wake of the 2020 election as evidence for immediate congressional reform.

Tuesday on Political Rewind: The new year brings the same covid frustrations for people in Georgia and across the country. Dr. Carlos del Rio returned to the show to share insights and advice on coping with the latest wave of the coronavirus. Journalists Ellen Eldridge and Tamar Hallerman also weigh in on the impact of the virus as we enter the start of another year with the pandemic.

Atlanta has a new mayor after Andre Dickens was sworn in as the city’s next leader on Monday. 

As kids return to school across the South, one major city is making them get vaccinated first.

The state last week reported daily totals of new COVID cases that shattered previous records, with the very contagious Omicron variant spreading fast. And those state numbers didn’t count the people who tested positive for the virus at home but who didn’t report their infections.

A group of 24 Republican state attorneys general, led by Louisiana’s Jeff Landry and including Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio and Tennessee, challenged the mandate last month.

It's inauguration day for Atlanta's 61st Mayor Andre Dickens. Twitter has banned U-S Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) personal account. And, the spike in coronavirus cases due to the Omicron variant in Georgia continues to threaten the state's healthcare system.

The signature January events that usually mark the start of a new Georgia legislative session are set to return in 2022 with a mixture of in-person and virtual options.

On this special episode of Georgia Today, we're revisiting one of our favorite episodes of 2021. This is the story of a grassroots fight in Middle Georgia for clean drinking water. GPB reporter Grant Blankenship and photojournalist Evey Wilson, an assistant professor at the Mercer University's Center for Collaborative Journalism, followed the effort for the recent documentary Saving Juliette.

Georgia's new boundary lines for state House, state Senate and U.S. House districts still favor Republicans in a diversifying tossup state.

With so-called "critical race theory" dominating the discussion before the 2022 General Assembly session begins, some worry more pressing problems like school funding could get short shrift.

This conversation on Political Rewind originally aired Sept. 2. We talked to pianist Joe Alterman about the power of music.

Tax breaks for many Georgians, new requirements for physicians to be trained about avoiding sexual assault, and pay raises for some judges are among new legal provisions taking effect Saturday in Georgia.

As we seek to embrace 2022 and everything the new year has to offer, here’s a look back at this year’s big stories around the Peach State