A new national campaign is rallying restaurants to support immigrant workers fearing detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Atlanta’s Michelin-starred Lazy Betty is one of more than 100 to sign on.
You may soon see air taxis flying above you as you're traveling on Georgia interstates. Beginning July 1, a new law gives the Georgia Department of Transportation authority to regulate electric vertical takeoff and landing or EVTOL aircraft.
Lawmakers Host Donna Lowry joins GPB Morning Edition host Pamela Kirkland for a weekly recap of all the top stories form Georgia’s legislative session with Lawmakers Huddle.
A new Georgia law gives the state’s Department of Transportation the power to regulate electric air taxis, positioning Georgia as a national leader in air mobility and autonomous transportation. In this episode of Lawmakers Huddle, Chairman Todd Jones explains how eVTOL aircraft, vertiports, and drone deliveries are quickly turning the Jetsons’ vision into Georgia’s reality.
On the June 27 edition: Supreme Court rules on executive orders on birthright citizenship; deadline near for families to apply for Georgia's Promise Scholarship; and how the Okefenokee land deal was made.
On Winged Victory, songwriter Willi Carlisle weaves between the absurd and the sentimental. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Carlisle about the 11 tracks of originals and covers.
On Thursday, the government delivered closing arguments in the sex trafficking trial of Combs. The rapper and executive is accused of coercing multiple women into sexual encounters with male escorts.
You may soon see air taxis flying above you as you're traveling on Georgia interstates. Beginning July 1, a new law gives the Georgia Department of Transportation authority to regulate electric vertical takeoff and landing or EVTOL aircraft.
Lavonnia Moore said she was fired after the community helped her assemble a book display at the Pierce County Public Library. Southeast Georgia librarian fired after creating book display featuring transgender character.
A new Atlanta mural dedicated to two Georgia mothers who died from pregnancy-related complications is a focal point as advocates and lawmakers reflect on the third anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision.
A new Atlanta mural dedicated to two Georgia mothers who died from pregnancy-related complications is a focal point as advocates and lawmakers reflect on the third anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson decision.
The Georgia Department of Public Health has confirmed its sixth measles case of 2025. The individual is an unvaccinated family member of a previous case.
On Winged Victory, songwriter Willi Carlisle weaves between the absurd and the sentimental. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Carlisle about the 11 tracks of originals and covers.
NPR's Scott Simon remembers the astonishing career of former White House press secretary and long-time public broadcasting journalist Bill Moyers, who died this week at the age of 91.
For 85 years, Fran Tarkenton’s impactful life has been changing the world around him. The University of Georgia legend helped jump-start the Bulldog football program; in the NFL, 47,000 passing yards, 18 seasons, nine Pro Bowls; network entertainment programs and, of course, his mega-successful entrepreneurial exploits post-football. The Tarkenton life never slows down, and retirement is never a thought.
There are so many unknown stories not of the dimension and scope of Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby, Bill Russell or Texas Western basketball. Here is a small story ushering in change to 1963 Atlanta.
Some of the favorite tales of Atlanta’s past, come to life through the spoken word: Author Edgar Rice Burroughs never made it to Georgia, but the man closely associated with his Tarzan certainly did, as Olympian Johnny Weissmuller’s footsteps can still be found in East Atlanta.
Marchers gambled with potential police intervention and fines to participate in the annual Budapest Pride, which was outlawed by a law passed by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's right-wing governing party.
Within two hours of a Supreme Court ruling that limits the ability of federal courts to impose universal injunctions, lawyers for immigrant rights groups filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of their clients.
There were 71,000 deportations in the first half of June alone, according to U.N. estimates. These Afghan refugees are returning to a country in the throes of a humanitarian crisis.
