Metro Atlanta post strong job growth; Georgia Senate backs off limits on film tax credit; Permit OK’d for Confederate Memorial Day event at Stone Mountain Park; Fulton County Schools faces surge in student disciplinary issues
Apr 01, 2022•4 min
Georgia Legislature approves new process for banning books in schools; A year later, Kemp touts success of state’s Crime Suppression Unit; A proposed state Senate bill would ‘crush’ the film and TV industry in Georgia; Georgia farmers paying price for Ukraine invasion; Bill to improve mental health care services in Georgia wins final approval
Mar 31, 2022•4 min
Supply chain woes prompt yet more expansion for Georgia ports; Kemp signs bill letting parents opt kids out of school mask mandates; Fulton officials create Repeat Offender Tracking Unit; FDA authorizes more adults to get 2nd COVID-19 vaccine booster;
Mar 30, 2022•4 min
Mayor Bottoms credit card use restrained compared to previous mayor; Atlanta struggles to maintain transparency promise with Open Checkbook; Contract still in works for new Stone Mountain Park management partner; SK boosts hiring plans for Georgia battery plant
Mar 29, 2022•4 min
Atlanta police have blunt message for criminals; Trump brings his anti-Kemp campaign to Georgia; Cobb 911 operator answers 20,000 calls, shatters county record; Bickers’ trial exposed flaws in city of Atlanta contracting
Mar 28, 2022•4 min
Permit-less carry of handguns heads to Senate floor; Georgia adds 24,700 jobs in second strongest February ever; As COVID-19 testing dwindles, scientists look at sewage for answers; Group hopes to use Constitution’s ban on ‘insurrectionists’ to disqualify Greene
Mar 25, 2022•4 min
Jury finds Mitzi Bickers guilty in Atlanta corruption case; Kemp signs bill giving income tax refund from Georgia surplus; No evidence former DA hindered police after Arbery killing; Suspected Gwinnett Greyhound gunman ID’d, charged with aggravated assault
Mar 24, 2022•4 min
I-85 SWAT standoff with armed man in Greyhound bus ends; Jury returns Wednesday as Bickers awaits fate; Georgia bill would loosen restrictions on teen drivers; How the Georgia Senate almost voted on cannabis product without realizing it
Mar 23, 2022•4 min
Abrams files lawsuit to use fundraising law meant to aid Kemp; Closing arguments Tuesday in City Hall bribery trial; Matt Ryan traded to the Colts;‘Friends’ host party at late NFL player’s house
Mar 22, 2022•4 min
Rising inflation increases pressure on Georgia Democrats; Downtown rally calls on U.S., NATO to establish no-fly zone over Ukraine; Abrams wants to use Kemp-backed law to raise unlimited dollars, too; East Point police will post weekly crime stats in quest to be more transparent
Mar 21, 2022•4 min
DeKalb cops honored for distinguished service in community policing; Georgia Senate gives final passage to gas tax suspension; Tick-borne virus transmitted in Georgia; Metro Atlanta job market stronger than usual in January
Mar 18, 2022•3 min
Investigation blames human error for issues in Fulton election audit; Former UGA football player charged with murder in shooting; Metro Atlanta gas prices have stopped their meteoric rise...for now; Another Georgian nabbed in January 6th investigation
Mar 17, 2022•3 min
Arrests made in 72% of this year’s killings in Atlanta; New study finds pollen in Atlanta could get much worse; Police to pay ‘Cartersville 70′ members $900K to settle federal lawsuit; Legislative pay and pension measures, medical marijuana bills win passage on Crossover Day
Mar 16, 2022•4 min
Georgia couple arrested in January 6th Capitol riot; Braves’ Marcell Ozuna apologizes to teammates, fans for domestic violence incident; Jeremy Williams, Greenville football coach with ALS, dies at age 50; Georgia Capitol braces for voting marathon on Crossover Day
Mar 15, 2022•4 min
Georgia tabs Florida’s Mike White as new basketball coach; Sam Massell, former Atlanta mayor, dies at 94; Arrest made in case of man found shot dead in Inman Park near Beltline; Buford students tackle cybersecurity
Mar 14, 2022•3 min
Georgia House panel backs state gas tax suspension; Atlanta’s inflation tops 10%, higher than national average; Lawmakers vote for Georgia to join growing condemnation of Russia; U.S. House passes $1.5 trillion spending package, millions in Georgia earmarks
Mar 11, 2022•4 min
Georgia leaders rally behind new drive to suspend gas taxes; House, Senate reach deal on midyear budget with pay raises, bonuses, tax refund; Georgia Senate rejects bill that would let drivers touch their phones at stoplights; SPLC report claims extremists now in political mainstream
Mar 10, 2022•3 min
Metro Atlanta gas prices hit all-time high as U.S. bans Russia oil; Coca-Cola suspends business in Russia, joining corporate exodus; In second bid for governor, Stacey Abrams echoes her 2018 message; ‘A defining issue’: Georgia House approves measure overhauling mental health care
Mar 09, 2022•3 min
Accreditation agency reverses most criticism of Cobb County Schools; Georgia Senate drops effort to control race discussions in colleges; Former Reed operative accused in Atlanta City Hall scandal heads to trial; Veteran CBS46 anchor Karyn Greer joining WSB-TV as evening anchor
Mar 08, 2022•4 min
Candidates set to qualify for Georgia’s primary and general elections; Teen killed, at least 9 others shot in Atlanta weekend gun violence; Cobb school board calls meeting to discuss Cognia, accreditation; Bomb squad recovers unexploded Civil War shell at Kennesaw Mountain
Mar 07, 2022•4 min
Senate panel passes bills setting up horse racing in Georgia; MARTA takes step to find new CEO; Georgia Senate backs midyear budget with raises, bonuses for teachers, workers; ‘Happy this is happening’: Last metro Atlanta city ends mask mandate; Atlanta school board weighs options to ease overcrowded campuses
Mar 04, 2022•4 min
Soldiers flying out of Savannah for Europe in response to war in Ukraine; Watching warily: Georgia companies with ties to Russia and Ukraine; Georgia House measure would ask voters to raise lawmakers’ pay; Arrests made in shooting that injured Georgia signee E.J. Lightsey; Braves fans disappointed by canceled games, wonder how many more
Mar 03, 2022•4 min
Georgia regents name Sonny Perdue chancellor of University System; Federal judge upholds Georgia redistricting for 2022 elections; Former Brookhaven sex toy shop owner avoids jail sentence, $420K fine; Georgia Senate votes to let parents opt kids out of school mask mandates
Mar 02, 2022•3 min
Senate passes bill eliminating need for Georgians to get a license to carry handguns; Kemp’s office says Georgia will ‘fully divest’ from Russian funds; What will Sonny Perdue do if he becomes Georgia system’s chancellor?; UGA police investigating alleged fraud within athletics fundraising; Black students in Gwinnett schools face highest rates of discipline
Mar 01, 2022•4 min
Representative Greene’s speech at white nationalist event draws new calls for reprimand; Metro schools ease mask mandates after CDC’s latest guidelines; Blackhall Studios founder, investors buy 1,500 acres in Newton County; Unlike Texas, new voter ID rules in Georgia didn’t cause surge in rejections
Feb 28, 2022•4 min
Stonecrest purges disgraced mayor’s political appointees; Georgia Senate passes bill limiting school sports to gender identified at birth; Atlanta mayor wants to build 1,000 affordable homes with faith leaders; Georgia’s Savannah port plans major expansion amid record shipments
Feb 25, 2022•3 min
Ahmaud Arbery’s mom announces scholarships to be awarded on his birthday; Feds allege accused in Atlanta bribery probe contacted witness; Bus drivers asked to substitute teach in metro Atlanta school system; Blue police lights atop Georgia state trooper cars might disappear
Feb 24, 2022•3 min
3 men convicted of hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing; Georgia state government steps in to move Rivian EV plant forward; Kemp announces $422 million in federally funded water and sewer grants; Used-car seller Carvana plans to add up to 3,500 new jobs in Georgia
Feb 23, 2022•4 min
Ahmaud Arbery’s mother to speak in Atlanta on 2nd anniversary of his death; Buford schools end bus mask mandate; federal order remains in place; New Georgia law revives Israel oath for large state contracts; GOP hopeful for Georgia election chief campaigns on 2020 denial
Feb 22, 2022•4 min
Georgia parents, teachers on edge by push to limit discussions on race; A search for new ways to remember 1912 racial cleansing in Forsyth County; Closing arguments Monday in hate crimes trial in Ahmaud Arbery’s murder; How Atlanta ducked a Buckhead divorce
Feb 21, 2022•5 min