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Editor’s Note: This story is one in a series of Black History Month stories that explores the role of resistance to oppression in the Black community. → Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed a sweeping redefinition of what should be considered healthy foods and what companies can legally label as such. Key Georgia products would be among the biggest winners under the plan: chicken eggs, pecans and peanuts (but not peanut butter). → Read More
Giant cargo ships passing Tybee Island on their way to Savannah's port are causing big waves, sometimes putting beachgoers in harm's way, say officials at the popular tourist destination on Georgia's coast. → Read More
In Santa Claus, a tiny city in Georgia, locals try to live up to their name. → Read More
In a metro Atlanta shopping center, an array of Georgians come to have tattoos removed when images and words no longer feel right. As any number of mothers have warned: People change. And so do their aging tattoos. → Read More
The Hill was perhaps Atlanta's largest and most dangerous homeless encampment, hidden on the edge of Buckhead, the city's most expensive neighborhood. Then came the fire. → Read More
As Georgia residents rushed to vote early in the general election, 105-year-old Ida Simmons from Attapulgus in Decatur County impressed local election → Read More
They grew up thinking they would probably die young, but a new drug combination has transformed the lives of many people with cystic fibrosis in ways they hadn't imagined. In metro Atlanta and elsewhere, people with the genetic disease that in decades past was known as a child killer are navigating the potential of a longer and healthier life. → Read More
Thousands of Georgia employers are back to their own decision making when it comes to figuring out whether to require COVID-19 vaccinations or testing for their employees. As a result, local workers are likely to continue to face workplaces with widely varying standards. → Read More
Georgia Power’s proposals to leave potentially toxic coal ash partially sitting in groundwater, including some in metro Atlanta near the Chattahoochee River, could put it in the crosshairs of federal regulators. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said this week that coal ash shouldn't be left in contact with groundwater and it stressed the issue to Georgia's own environmental regulators. → Read More
Former Atlanta restaurant workers ensnared in Georgia unemployment claims snafu. → Read More
Omicron is scrambling some plans for metro Atlanta workers to be back in company offices. → Read More
Georgia Power finds cheaper alternatives than coal → Read More
Early in 2021, crews at Georgia Power’s nuclear expansion site at Plant Vogtle were struggling to find all the leaks in a pool built to hold spent, highly radioactive fuel. → Read More
Amid supply chain crunch, it's been a Christmas like no other for Georgia toy suppliers. → Read More
Georgia Power recently and repeatedly pushed back the projected completion date for new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle. That still isn’t likely to be enough, monitors and staff for the state of Georgia said in new filings this week. → Read More
The pandemic isn’t over, but much of the financial pain it brought to Georgia’s big public companies might be. → Read More
Metro Atlantans are expected to return to stores and malls in full force this holiday shopping season. They could face long lines, less help, fewer goods and higher prices. → Read More
The Metro Atlanta Chamber, a powerful business umbrella group, is not wading into the debate over a federal vaccination mandate even as Georgia joins other states in suing to try to stop the requirement from taking effect. → Read More
Coca-Cola offers employees $2,000 to get vaccinated for COVID-19 to comply with Dec. 8 mandate for federal contractors. → Read More