Governor takes steps to offer relief

Responding to the surge of COVID-19 infections, Gov. Kemp Wednesday outlined these new steps to help overloaded hospitals and testing centers:

200 guard members will be deployed beginning next week, with about half going to testing sites and the other half to assist hospitals.
$100 million in federal pandemic rescue funds will be distributed over the next 13 weeks to boost hospital staffing across the state.
More testing capacity, including the return of a mass testing center near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Atlanta opens door on first modular rapid-housing for homeless residents

The first-of-its-kind development, Waterworks Village, overlooks the nearby reservoir. It's part of Mayor Andre Dickens' initiative to build 500 units of for the unhoused.

POLITICALLY GEORGIA

Local GOP sees ‘danger’ in a chaotic race to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene

Republican leaders in Georgia's 14th Congressional District worry a crowded field in a special election could give Democrats a chance to win.

MAKING CONNECTIONS

Two centennials, one story: Delta and the Atlanta airport

Delta Air Lines and Hartsfield-Jackson both turn 100 this year, and you can’t tell the story of one without the other.