As Georgia continues to see a sharp rise in COVID infections, Gov. Brian Kemp and the state’s top public health official will hold a press conference this afternoon to talk about their response.
Dougherty County has resumed its weekly COVID-19 updates following a grim spike in hospitalizations for the coronavirus.
The National Weather Service is issuing a flash flood watch as Tropical Storm Fred nears Georgia and makes landfall tonight.
Georgia students are beginning their second year of school during the pandemic as coronavirus cases skyrocket, driven by the highly contagious delta variant. With children under 12 not yet eligible for the vaccine, some school districts are already seeing battles over how best to keep kids safe for in-person learning. Gov. Brian Kemp says he has no plans to impose statewide mask or vaccination mandates. Steve Fennessy gets into all this and more with Atlanta-based Wall Street Journal reporter Cam McWhirter.
It feels like we can't avoid a conversation on race during this moment in America. So, after the conversation, what do we do? GPB's Leah Fleming talks with Gene Demby, host of NPR podcast Code Switch, coming to GPB Sunday mornings.
The Phoebe Putney Hospital system in Albany is facing a grim return to staggering numbers of COVID-19 infections in its intensive care units in Albany, Americus and Sylvester.
On Friday, the hospital announced it had broken a new record passing its peak numbers since the winter surge in January and also passing where they were in April 1, 2020, when it was one of the worst hotspots in the world.
GPB Sports' Jon Nelson is spending this week crisscrossing the state talking to coaches and players. He joined GPB’s Rickey Bevington from the town of Roberta in Crawford County, talking about the upcoming season, GPB Sports coverage of it, and a personal honor.
When Georgia lawmakers convene this fall to draw new legislative boundaries, they will bring a political eye to the process, colored by partisanship and a distinct self-interest in the outcome.
The Senate Study Committee on Age of Mandatory Education, in its first meeting on Thursday, asked the Georgia Department of Education for more data on what measures would effectively reduce the state’s high school dropout rate, and how much raising the dropout age would cost.
A pushback on social and emotional learning in the schools is starting to surface as some parents believe this concept relates to tenets of the highly politicized critical race theory.
On today's show, new data from the U.S. Census Bureau reveal a dramatic decline of population in rural Georgia. The news suggest a major shift in political power in the state is underway and will play a major role when legislators begin their redistricting session in the coming months.
Former Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox has been chosen as the sole finalist to become president of Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville.
The ongoing surge in Covid-19 cases brought on by the Delta variant is already making waves in Georgia schools.
That includes the Glascock County School System, where leaders shut down in-person learning, within days of starting school.
And as part of a probe by House and Senate Democrats into Trump’s actions after the November election, senators met privately yesterday with a former U.S. attorney in Atlanta.
Georgia’s health insurance exchange is offering more and lower-priced insurance plans. That means more help for those affected by the coronavirus pandemic. But the deadline to enroll is almost here. GPB’s Ellen Eldridge reports.
