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DeKalb firefighter training

DeKalb’s plans for new public safety training center could spark familiar fight

Nearly a year after Atlanta opened a highly contested public safety training center in southern DeKalb County, officials there are now developing a plan for their own.

Hall County Sheriff Gerald Jay Couch

Gov. Kemp suspends Hall County sheriff for 2 months after DUI charge

Sheriff Gerald Couch was arrested Feb. 27 and charged with DUI, failure to maintain a lane and open container, officials said. He was booked into his own jail.

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2 teens killed in South Fulton ID’d as police search for shooter

Officials said late Tuesday no information on the suspected gunman was available and that it was “unclear” what led to the shooting.

Georgia News
Georgia Ports Authority State of Ports

Tariff uncertainty throttles trade, but not expansion, at Georgia’s ports

Georgia's ports are increase infrastructure, including adding 60 acres of storage space at Savannah terminal, even as tariffs and geopolitical uncertainty stunt trade.

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Pat Wilson

‘It’s how we compete’: Georgia business recruiters plead to keep tax breaks

Tension over economic development incentives has risen in recent years, especially as affordability dominates political discourse.

Tybee Island erosion,

Go pound sand? Eroding federal beach repair funds worry Georgia vacation mecca.

Georgia's Tybee Island has lost more than half its sand since its last beach renourishment. Cutbacks in federal funding mean it could get much worse, putting locals on edge.

Crime & Public Safety
MARTA Hope feature
THE FUTURE OF MARTA

Homeless people shelter at MARTA stations. A program helps them find housing.

While MARTA HOPE was created with the goal of helping homeless people rather than increasing ridership, both aims are connected, particularly with the World Cup coming up.

Doses of the medical abortion pill misoprostol to ship to patients in an office building in Peabody, Mass. on Oct. 19, 2023. (Sophie Park/The New York Times)

Pregnant Georgian took an abortion drug. Now she’s in jail on murder charge.

A woman who allegedly told hospital staff she'd taken abortion medication and wanted her baby to die could become the first criminal case involving Georgia's abortion law.

Georgia Supreme Cout

Chief justice presses Clayton prosecutor about citing cases that don’t exist

DA’s office given 10 days to explain made-up case law included in judge’s order.

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Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport long lines
THOMAS LAKE

Swollen feet, friendly card game: Longest morning at world’s busiest airport

Rome courthouse fire

Fire engulfs historic Rome courthouse, collapsing bell tower

APTOPIX LaGuardia Crash

Delta is the largest carrier at LaGuardia. How the crash disrupted flights.

Year of the Rabbit

Atlantan shares journey to China after adoption in new documentary

Electronic Transaction Association

Two major financial tech groups are merging. What that means for Georgia.

long lines at hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta airport

Live airport security wait times and today’s trends

Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport long lines

ICE agents are working at Atlanta airport

Georgia Supreme Cout

Chief justice presses Clayton prosecutor about citing cases that don’t exist

Cancer and obesity

What your body fat says about your cancer risk

Local officials blindsided by reported plan to detain migrants in warehouse
FACT CHECK

ICE spent $200 million on two Georgia warehouses. Did the feds overpay?