In 1988, Georgia banned the executions of intellectually disabled people and now is the only state that has a more substantial burden than “by clear and convincing evidence.”
Thursday on Political Rewind: Los Angeles in the early 1970s was a glittering confluence of creative genius, which transformed American society as we know it. Journalist and cultural historian Ronald Brownstein documents this lively history in his new book, Rock Me on the Water: 1974 — The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television, and Politics.
We speak with Brownstein about how 1974 would change the face of popular culture forever — and create works far ahead of the political status quo of the time.
Wednesday on Political Rewind: President Joe Biden marked the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa massacre in Oklahoma yesterday. What is being done to address those horrendous parts of our history — here in Georgia and across the country?
The advisory board for the state’s public health agency plans to resume its regular public meetings this fall after not holding any since before the COVID-19 pandemic first reached Georgia early last year.
In the past year, the personal became extremely political. Perhaps poetry can say what politics can’t. GPB's Leah Fleming talks with three Georgia poets, including the state's poet laureate, to discuss the power of poetry during a pivotal time in American history.
A small business advocacy group is suing Major League Baseball over its decision to pull the All-Star Game out of Cobb County. What they're demanding.
And new numbers show Georgians put more money in their pockets over the past ten years, but it might not be enough to keep up with the rate of inflation.
Kaiser Permanente is recognizing the efforts of two Atlanta nonprofits working to end racial injustice and poverty. Grants will help support the existing work of Gateway Center and Families First to mitigate trauma in young people and their families, and help the city's homeless population.
In a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in New York, Job Creators Network is seeking either an immediate return of the game to Truist Park in Cobb County or the payment of $100 million in damages to local and Georgia-based small businesses.
The Georgia Supreme Court Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling that Mercedes-Benz Stadium in downtown Atlanta is exempt from property taxes. A group of Fulton County taxpayers sued the Fulton Board of Tax Assessors in 2017, the year the new home of the Atlanta Falcons opened.
Tuesday on Political Rewind: Many of Georgia’s COVID-19 restrictions are now lifted. An executive order from Gov. Brian Kemp relaxed public health rules in many spaces including restaurants, bars, and child care facilities yesterday. And while the order attempts to discourage public schools from enforcing their own mask mandates, it falls short of a ban on local mask rules.
The Fulton County Sheriff's office is investigating why an alarm went off over the weekend at a warehouse that stores election equipment, the latest bizarre twist in an ongoing lawsuit seeking to prove thrice-counted absentee ballots were marred by fraud.
The CDC extended the eviction moratorium through June 30, and once it ends Georgia courts are planning to accelerate the pace of cases moving through the system.
In this morning's headlines, Georgians put more money in their pockets over the past ten years, but it might not be enough to keep up with the rate of inflation.
Governor Brian Kemp has signed an executive order forbidding schools from requiring mask wearing by employees or students.
