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On the Friday, Dec. 15 edition of Georgia Today: Voting rights groups score a win in their challenge to Cobb County's school board district maps; Atlanta journalists rally in support of reporters killed in Gaza; and we'll tell you which Atlanta events had the highest attendance this year according to StubHub.

On the Thursday, Dec. 14 edition of Georgia Today: A federal appeals court hears arguments on the Atlanta police training center referendum; West Georgia congressman Drew Ferguson says he plans to retire; and Perry High School celebrates its first state championship.

On the Tuesday, Dec. 12 edition of Georgia Today: A Georgia election worker testifies that she feared for her life as the defamation trial against Rudy Giuliani continues; an Atlanta rabbi delivered the opening prayer in the U.S. Senate today; a Georgia professor looks at how the “conglomerate era” of publishing changed the American novel.

On the Friday Dec. 8 edition of Georgia Today: Fulton County's new jail could cost Georgia taxpayers $2 billion; bad news for fans of Atlanta's annual Peach Drop ceremony; and a journalist who writes about race finds his most important story through a discovery about his own family. 

On the Wednesday, Dec. 6 edition of Georgia Today: The family of a man killed by a Camden County Sheriff's deputy files a wrongful death lawsuit; residents around Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium have a chance for free rent for a year; and did the city of Columbus miss opportunities to collect a total of $45 million? 

On the Tuesday, Dec. 5 edition of Georgia Today: Georgia legislators move one step closer to approving new congressional maps; two Georgia coal-fired power plants are ranked among the deadliest in the nation; and a new podcast takes a fresh look at the murder conviction of an Atlanta imam. 

On the Monday, Dec. 4 edition of Georgia Today: Republicans push forward their new congressional maps; public hearings begin on Georgia Power's price hike, which is meant to fund the state's nuclear reactors; and a Georgia resident is shortlisted for Time Magazine's 2023 Person of the Year.

On the Thursday, Nov. 30 edition of Georgia Today: A panel of state senators has approved a map that would redraw political boundaries; the families of three missing Georgia boaters say they're suspending their search; and a city-funded mental health care initiative in Macon improves access to wellness programs.  

On the Wednesday, Nov. 29 edition of Georgia Today: The funeral service for Rosalynn Carter takes place in her hometown of Plains; a former prosecutor accused of hindering the investigation of Ahmaud Arbery's killing faces a court setback; and the Cobb County Board of Commission prepares for the 2025 All-Star Game. 

On the Tuesday, Nov. 28 edition of Georgia Today: Rosalynn Carter is eulogized at an Atlanta church service in Atlanta with the former President Jimmy Carter in the front row; Georgia lawmakers have released a proposed redo of their Senate district maps; and Officials in Coastal Georgia's McIntosh County are denying any wrongdoing in their controversial decision to rezone Sapelo Island.