Podcast: Breaking down the Atlanta mayoral runoff debate

The first high-profile debate of the Atlanta mayoral runoff – hosted by the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Atlanta Press Club and Georgia Public Broadcasting -- brought out some of the difference and disagreements between Felicia Moore and Andre Dickens.

Atlanta City Hall reporter J.D. Capelouto, who was on the panel for the debate, joins host Greg Bluestein to discuss how the two candidates tried to separate themselves, if their attacks landed and what happens next before the Nov. 30th runoff.

Crowded field vies for metro Senate seat in Nov. 18 special election

Six candidates are vying to complete the Senate term being vacated by former state Sen. Jason Esteves. The special election is Nov. 18.

Georgia Democrats decry House vote to reopen federal government

The U.S. House has signed off on a funding bill that will end the government shutdown but all Georgia Democrats were opposed.

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History made clear this shutdown wasn’t going to work

Democrats failed to force action on their central issue, but seem to have succeeded in thrusting the issue of health insurance affordability squarely before voters.

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Crowded field vies for metro Senate seat in Nov. 18 special election

Georgia Democrats decry House vote to reopen federal government

State Election Board settles records lawsuit brought by watchdog group

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UGA to pay $100K H-1B visa fee only ‘in exceptional circumstances’

The University of Georgia could soon limit the number of foreign workers it employs, a result of the $100,000 fee imposed on some H-1B visas.

Georgia judges deal blow to ICE’s new mandatory detention policy

The ruling is a first-of-its-kind to come out of Georgia’s Middle District.

At the Cobb jail, a new kind of rehabilitation starts at the horse barn

Joshua Arp is one of two Cobb County jail detainees taking part of the sheriff’s office new equine therapy program meant to help him stay out of jail.