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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...

11/14/2025

Two months after 300 South Korean nationals were detained and left the US following in an immigration raid at Hyundai's electric vehicle manufacturing site in Georgia, some of those workers have returned to resume those jobs, their employer said Thursday.

Some of the more than 300 South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid at Hyundai's sprawling manufacturing site in Georgia have returned to their U.S. jobs two months later. The September raid halted the construction of a plant to produce batteries for electric vehicles. But the HL-GA Batte...

11/12/2025

Join us at GPB for a special live recording of The Narrative Edge podcast featuring co-host Orlando Montoya speaking with author Lorissa Rinehart about her new book Winning the Earthquake, the first major biography of Jeannette Rankin, the trailblazing suffragist, activist, and first woman elected to Congress. Register here:https://www.gpb.org/events/community/2025/11/19/winning-the-earthquake-live-narrative-edge-podcast W/ Jeannette Rankin Foundation

Join us at 6:30 for a reception with light refreshments. The discussion (which will have video and audio recording) will begin at 7pm.

11/11/2025

He spent years not getting better alone. Now, Joe LaBranche's nonprofit helps veterans face PTSD together. GPB’s Ellen Eldridge has more. W/ AboutFace-USA

A North Georgia nonprofit has been helping veterans struggling with their mental health for 15 years. Its founder knows that struggle well.

11/10/2025

Most of Georgia remains under a freeze warning, and some counties are under a winter weather advisory. Atlanta city leaders and nonprofit partners will open warming shelters to keep people safe.

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Temperatures across Georgia will dip well below freezing tonight as an unseasonably cold blast of Arctic air blows across the state. A blast of Arctic air freezes Georgia. Warming shelters open in Atlanta and farm growing season ends

11/10/2025

Lenny Wilkens, a three-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame who was enshrined as both a player and a coach, has died, his family said Sunday. He was 88.

Lenny Wilkens, a three-time inductee into the Basketball Hall of Fame, has died at 88, his family announced on Sunday.

11/09/2025

Students at Johns Creek High School were formally invited to perform in the 2027 London New Year’s Day Parade. Organizers flew across the ocean to formally invite the marching band last week in the high school’s auditorium.

GPB's Amanda Andrews has more:

Johns Creek students were formally invited this week and welcomed the announcement with a live performance.

11/09/2025

A rise in food insecurity began in many communities north of Atlanta even before the federal government shutdown began. One food pantry in Cherokee County says the demand has grown since 2012 and shows no signs of slowing: https://www.gpb.org/news/2025/11/06/rise-in-food-insecurity-seen-in-woodstock-the-need-has-grown-our-city-has-grown

11/09/2025

“I still feel like that 4-year-old.” Conductor Evan Rogister leads La Traviata with The Atlanta Opera. GPB’s Sarah Zaslaw takes us behind the curtain.

Love, scandal, great tunes, and death by tuberculosis? It’s La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, and The Atlanta Opera is bringing it to the stage starting Nov. 8. GPB’s Sarah Zaslaw recently sat down with guest conductor Evan Rogister.