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According to a new report from Trust for America's Health, chronic underfunding of public health systems contributed to the nation’s slow response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including here in Georgia.

Listen • 3:46 Georgia’s new hate crimes law provides for lengthier prison sentences for people convicted of a crime deemed to be motivated by hate — and the law is about to be put to its first test. The man charged with targeting Asian massage businesses in the Atlanta area already faces the state’s stiffest penalty, death by lethal injection. There’s nothing to add to that sentence — but death penalty or not, some say the hate crime label needs to be applied. Ge...

Steve Fennessy: This is Georgia Today. Im Steve Fennessy. Its Friday, Feb. 19th, 2021. As of this week, just over 1 million Georgians have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. That represents about 12% of the states adult population. But so far, teachers are not among them. Gov. Brian Kemp told 11 Alive News that the state simply doesnt have enough vaccine to open up the priority list to the states 100,000-plus teachers. Brian Kemp: Based on the data that we have, based on...

Primary Content The control of the U.S. Senate is at stake in Tuesdays runoff election. Follow GPBs reporters around the state in our Election Blog.   Electoral College Vote Set For Certification — But With Georgian Objectors When Congress meets for the final step in the 2020 election to count the Electoral College votes, expect Georgia to remain in the spotlight. Republican lawmakers from across the country and in the House and Senate plan to object to several swing state electoral counts u...