Hate crimes trial: jurors see graphic images of Ahmaud Arbery’s wounds; Home prices up 23.5% from a year ago, with investors fueling the surg; Georgia Senate approves bill banning state from working with China; England, longtime Georgia House budget leader, won’t seek reelection
Feb 18, 2022•3 min
Ahmaud Arbery case: Racist posts introduced at hate crimes trial; Buckhead cityhood supporters vow to continue fight, but future is uncertain; Local hospitals begin enforcing medical worker vaccine mandates; Georgia acts to protect chicken industry after bird flu outbreaks
Feb 17, 2022•3 min
Rivian’s planned Georgia EV plant sparks local environmental scrutiny; Georgia regents name Sonny Perdue finalist to lead University System; Police ID man accused of setting fire at Atlanta Federal Reserve building; Republicans block Senate vote on Biden nominees to the Fed, including Ga. native
Feb 16, 2022•3 min
Judge wrestles with voting rights and ‘chaos’ in Georgia redistricting; Georgia’s proposed Rivian plant becomes GOP lightning rod; Georgia official calls for security at more than 2,000 polling places this year; Kemp urges Georgia lawmakers to address mask mandates in schools
Feb 15, 2022•4 min
Opening statements in the Ahmaud Arbery case start Monday; Teachers rally against bills that limit classroom discussions on race; State GOP leaders scuttle Buckhead secession push in 2022
Feb 14, 2022•3 min
Ahmaud Arbery case: 57 potential jurors qualified through 4 days; Powerful GOP leader delivers blow to Buckhead cityhood; Georgia lawmaker targets work focused on anti-racism, social justice; New study shows how COVID-19 can cause stillbirths
Feb 11, 2022•4 min
Kemp to urge legislation to leave school mask decisions to parents; Patient injuries and infections lead to penalties for 21 Ga. hospitals; Judge might delay Georgia primary if he throws out new districts; Georgia’s Lisa Cook: Fed nominee in harsh spotlight, cusp of history
Feb 10, 2022•3 min
What you need to know about antiviral COVID pills still in short supply; Supreme Court redistricting ruling could stop challenges to Georgia maps; Atlanta school board doubles down on opposition to Buckhead City plan; Atlanta revives grant program to aid small businesses hit by COVID-19
Feb 09, 2022•4 min
Judge asked to overturn Georgia redistricting based on race; Vernon Jones abandons bid for governor to run for US House seat; Former Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joining CNN as political commentator; Georgian Nolan Harold Kidd pleads to Jan. 6 charge
Feb 08, 2022•2 min
Racial gap for COVID vaccinations narrowing in Georgia; Life-size doll found when ‘body’ reported on hiking trail; Bill backed by Georgia Republicans seeks internet filters for schools; Warnock touts first year in office at his first town hall meeting
Feb 07, 2022•3 min
Sharp growth in Georgia voters alters landscape for 2022 elections; Amid pandemic, critics knock state funding for public health; Deal could give boost to affordable housing in Atlanta; Bill would let Georgia drivers hold their phones at stoplights
Feb 04, 2022•4 min
FBI investigating bomb threats to HBCUs as hate crimes; Georgia voucher legislation would pay $6,000 toward K-12 tuition; Federal money will help repair Georgia bridges; Atlanta’s Hammonds House Museum in turmoil
Feb 03, 2022•3 min
Georgia COVID deaths rising as U.S. deaths from omicron surpass delta; Business leaders to lawmakers: Oppose ‘Buckhead City’ or leave us out of it; Lawrenceville police chief resigns after sexual harassment investigation; Emory gets $100 million gift for its school of public health
Feb 02, 2022•3 min
Judge rejects plea agreement in hate crimes case over Arbery murder; Fulton DA seeks FBI’s aid as Trump probe advance; Fulton DA seeks FBI’s aid as Trump probe advances; Georgia Power plans to phase out all coal plants by 2035; Fundraising law that aids Kemp’s reelection gets temporary reprieve; Effort to unionize Starbucks takes root in Atlanta
Feb 01, 2022•3 min
Fannin County deputy killed in car crash; Stetson Bennett returns home for championship celebration; Kemp’s latest shuffling of regents could clear way for Sonny Perdue to become chief; Inside a Georgia hospital’s ICU, medical staff wages war against omicron
Jan 31, 2022•3 min
Judge is asked to release report on alleged Georgia voting vulnerability; Atlanta police make 2nd arrest in death of 6-month-old; Lt. governor pushing for fix to Georgia’s criminal database gaps; Atlanta’s foreign-born Black population soars, new study shows
Jan 28, 2022•3 min
‘A game-changer’: Atlanta police hope new camera network will help solve, reduce crime; Man killed in 3rd shooting this week at Atlanta nightclubs; Secret report finds flaw in Georgia voting system, but state in the dark; Senate GOP joins fight to limit how race is discussed in Georgia schools
Jan 27, 2022•3 min
Atlanta police arrest suspect accused of killing 6-month-old boy; Georgia lawmakers try to identify critical race theory in schools; COVID cases in metro Atlanta schools remain high, even as omicron slows; Georgia Ports broke cargo records in 2021
Jan 26, 2022•3 min
Fulton judges greenlight special grand jury for Trump probe; Georgia’s giant probation population undercuts focus on most dangerous; In reelection year, Georgia governors take on role of ol’ Saint Nick; Old tech and omicron hampered Georgia’s COVID-19 website; Oxendine ethics case over? Not so fast, says Georgia ethics commission
Jan 25, 2022•3 min
Fulton deputy shoots, kills man who broke into his home; Georgia sues Biden administration over health waiver; Man charged with threatening to kill Georgia election officials; Judge denies coastal residents’ attempt to block purchase of spaceport site
Jan 24, 2022•4 min
Georgia’s year of strong job growth ends with big December gain; Georgia hospitals plead for public to help lower COVID-19 spread; Fulton DA requests special grand jury for Trump probe; Georgia’s year of strong job growth ends with big December gain; Perdue calls for new election police unit in Georgia
Jan 21, 2022•2 min
Atlanta Mayor Dickens names the rest of his transition team; Georgia buys new voter registration system after long lines in 2020; Despite raises, turnover remains high at Georgia prisons, juvenile centers; Norwood-backed Buckhead safety task force approved by Council
Jan 20, 2022•3 min
Lawyer argues Justin Ross Harris wrongly convicted in hot-car case; 3 of 4 suspects arrested in 15-year-old’s shooting death at Douglasville party; Georgia tax collections up 18% for first half of fiscal 2022
Jan 19, 2022•2 min
One killed in southwest Atlanta house fire; Oxygen introduces latest true crime series ‘The Real Murders of Atlanta’; Propane truck ignites, causes 60 tanks to explode in Cobb County; Voting rights take center stage at annual MLK memorial service
Jan 18, 2022•2 min
Winter storm hits metro Atlanta, North Georgia; MARTA CEO Jeffrey Parker has died; 100,000-plus turn out to celebrate Georgia’s national championship; Georgia employers are back on their own after court’s vaccine ruling
Jan 17, 2022•4 min
Amendment to ban noncitizen voting clears Georgia Senate committee; Mercedes-Benz Stadium to host mega-site, can test 2K for COVID-19 a day; Kemp delivers agenda-setting State of the State address; Duncan deals a blow to Buckhead cityhood push; Georgian among 11 charged with sedition in new Jan. 6 indictment
Jan 14, 2022•3 min
Georgia hospitals warn of ripple effects from COVID surge; Georgia universities report spike in COVID-19 cases; Metro Atlanta inflation hits 40-year high as price hikes continue; Atlanta could break its no-snow streak this weekend
Jan 13, 2022•3 min
Biden seeks changes to Senate rules to protect voting rights; Metro Atlanta employers bet on return to office space; Complimentary tickets now available for Georgia championship celebration; Man beaten by Gwinnett officers reaches $400,000 settlement
Jan 12, 2022•3 min
EPA: Metal plant’s hazardous waste releases pose ‘imminent’ danger; Atlanta landmarks to serve as backdrop as Biden, Harris discuss voting legislation; Atlanta Mayor Dickens unveils his administration’s Cabinet; Georgia governor’s proposals aim to crack down on gang crime; Georgia COVID-19 dashboard updated after five-day absence
Jan 11, 2022•3 min
Alabama stands in Georgia’s path to glory; Most metro Atlanta school districts to resume in-person classes; Father, son sentenced to life without parole in Arbery murder; Georgia quietly becomes a top gun-making state
Jan 10, 2022•4 min