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A national farm worker union and other plaintiffs, including one anonymous farmworker in Georgia, are suing the Trump ad...
12/01/2025

A national farm worker union and other plaintiffs, including one anonymous farmworker in Georgia, are suing the Trump administration over a new rule that effectively lowers the wages of most foreign-born farm workers working in the U.S. under a temporary visa.

One dozen industrial, production and defense facilities in Coastal Georgia are at risk of flooding by 2050, according to...
11/30/2025

One dozen industrial, production and defense facilities in Coastal Georgia are at risk of flooding by 2050, according to a new study published in Nature Communications. The study, which outlines how sea level rise threatens industrial sites in coastal communities, includes facilities in Savannah and Brunswick.

A new study published in the journal Nature Communications details the risks of sea level rise to industrial facilities including those on Georgia’s coast.

The holidays are here, and cultural opportunities are popping up across Georgia for the month of December and beyond. Th...
11/28/2025

The holidays are here, and cultural opportunities are popping up across Georgia for the month of December and beyond.

These three family-friendly options celebrate both the darkness and light of this winter season:

The holidays are here, and cultural opportunities are popping up across Georgia for the month of December and beyond. GPB’s Kristi York Wooten takes us to three family-friendly options that celebrate both the darkness and light of this winter season. Looking for holiday fun? Try these 3 uniquely G...

The prosecutor who recently took over the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others s...
11/26/2025

The prosecutor who recently took over the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others said in a court filing Wednesday that he has decided not to pursue the case further.

The prosecutor handling the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others has decided not to pursue it further.

Clean air advocates say unchecked growth in Georgia’s data center industry could harm public health, especially for peop...
11/26/2025

Clean air advocates say unchecked growth in Georgia’s data center industry could harm public health, especially for people in metro Atlanta where air quality has worsened.

GPB’s Ellen Eldridge has more.

Clean air advocates say unchecked growth in Georgia’s data center industry could harm public health — especially in metro Atlanta.

11/25/2025

R.E.M.'s Mike Mills and violinist Robert McDuffie reunited at the Piedmont Grand Opera House in Macon last week for a performance by the Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra featuring students from the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings.

Mills and McDuffie spoke with GPB's Kristi York Wooten before the concert about their friendship, performing together and preparing the next generation of musicians.

Find the full story at the link in bio, and see GPB's production of "A Night of Georgia Music" on the PBS app.

A federal program that helps people pay to heat their homes is still missing funds from delays caused by the federal gov...
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.

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

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican who rose to prominence as one of President Trump's biggest defenders...
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.

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