GPB News

11/24/2025

A federal program that helps people pay to heat their homes is still missing funds from delays caused by the federal government shutdown that ended on Nov. 12.

GPB's Sofi Gratas explains:

A federal program that helps people pay to heat their homes is still missing funds from delays caused by the federal government shutdown that ended on Nov. 12.

11/22/2025

Fulton County is offering fresh produce at four different senior centers leading up to Thanksgiving to fill in the gaps for SNAP recipients during the holiday.

GPB's Amanda Andrews reports.

The farmers market will hand out hundreds of vouchers to ensure that seniors affected by SNAP cuts during the shutdown can eat. SNAP cuts affected seniors. Fulton County's winter farmers markets helps feed them for the holidays

11/22/2025

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican who rose to prominence as one of President Trump's biggest defenders and recently became one of his biggest critics, is leaving Congress.

Republican Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, an "America First" conservative who has clashed with President Trump and her party, said Friday she would resign from Congress Jan. 5, 2026.

11/21/2025

As the feud between President Donald Trump and Georgia U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene continues, constituents in her northwest Georgia district are caught in the middle.

GPB's Sarah Kallis spoke to several in Rome, Georgia:
https://www.gpb.org/news/2025/11/20/shes-hitting-the-nail-on-the-head-rep-marjorie-taylor-greenes-constituents-stand

11/21/2025

After eight years, a mistrial, and a second trial, a jury in Washington County still failed to reach a unanimous verdict in the murder trial of three former Washington County Sheriff’s deputies charged with felony murder in the 2017 death of Eurie Lee Martin.

GPB's Grant Blankenship reports: https://www.gpb.org/news/2025/11/19/not-guilty-another-mistrial-in-case-of-deputies-charged-murder-in-2017-death-of

11/19/2025

A jury is now deliberating evidence in the murder trial of three former Washington County sheriff’s deputies charged with felony murder in the 2017 tasing death of 58-year-old Eurie Lee Martin.

GPB’s Grant Blankenship has more.

At the Washington County Courthouse in Sandersville, Ga., the jury now has heard the entire case in the murder trial of three former Washington County sheriff’s deputies charged with felony murder in the 2017 stun-gun death of a mentally ill man on a 30-mile walk on a summer day.

11/18/2025

The federal government is expected to make billions of dollars in cuts to health care programs, particularly to Medicaid, with some changes to spending already implemented or coming in January.

But for some, the cuts to health care spending aren’t an immediate concern — staffing is. GPB's Sofi Gratas explains.

For some, the cuts to health care spending aren’t an immediate concern — staffing is.

11/17/2025

GPB’s Pamela Kirkland joined PBS NewsHour to discuss her award-winning investigative podcast, Manufacturing Danger: The BioLab Story. The series digs into the chemical fire in Conyers, Georgia, uncovering what happened, why it happened, and the lasting impact on the community.

Last September, a chemical fire at a BioLab facility in Conyers, Georgia, sent a toxic cloud over the area. A Georgia Public Radio podcast called “Manufactur...

11/17/2025

Lawmakers introduced ballot-marking devices across the state in 2020.

Nearly six years later, some are ready to pivot again.

Lawmakers introduced ballot-marking devices across the state in 2020. Nearly six years later, some are ready to pivot again.

11/16/2025

When families are evicted, kids' schooling is often disrupted. Many evicted families go from living in a school district that spends more money on students to one that spends less.

For Sechita McNair, an out-of-work film industry veteran, an eviction launched her on a year-long quest to find new housing in her rapidly gentrifying Atlanta neighborhood.

When families are evicted, kids' schooling is often disrupted. Many evicted families go from living in a school district that spends more money on students to one that spends less. For Sechita McNair, an out-of-work film industry veteran, an eviction launched her on a year-long quest to find new hou...

11/15/2025

Shareholders of Union Pacific and Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern backed the railroads’ proposed $85 billion merger to create the nation’s first coast-to-coast rail network.

11/15/2025

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased Ahmaud Arbery through their Georgia subdivision with pickup trucks before one of them killed the running Black man with a shotgun.

A federal appeals court has upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia more than five years ago. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals took over a year to rule after the defendants argued their racist messages didn't prove they targeted Arber...