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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. Georgia Public Broadcasting’s
Steve Fennessy: This is Georgia Today. I'm Steve Fennessy. It's 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 state's adult population. But so far, teachers are not among them. Gov. Brian Kemp told 11 Alive News that the state simply doesn't have enough vaccine to open up the priority list to the state's 100,000-plus teachers. Brian Kemp: Based on the data that we have, based on the public health guidance that I'm getting from Dr. Toomey and other individuals, that we jus...
Primary Content The control of the U.S. Senate is at stake in Tuesday's runoff election. Follow GPB's 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 under a baseless assertion that fraud ran rampant through the presidential race — but not the vot...