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Georgia voters make energy costs a priority in the midterm elections, helping elect a Democratic majority to the Public Service Commission for the first time in decades. Plus, nearly 2,500 acres of former President Jimmy Carter’s family farm will be preserved in southwest Georgia. Also, 31 Georgia nursing homes earn top ratings in the 2027 U.S. News Best Nursing Homes report, and GDOT announced a...

This episode examines the financial and emotional challenges facing family caregivers in Georgia, introduces the state’s four newly elected members of Congress, and provides an update on flood recovery efforts in Fannin County. Plus, the Atlanta Regional Commission is planning a 30-mile Flint River trail corridor to improve walking and biking connections across South Metro Atlanta. 🎧 Tune in 24/7...

Georgia homeowners could receive property tax relief through the state's $18,000 homestead assessment reduction as local governments begin receiving funds. Plus, Gov. Brian Kemp rules out a special legislative session as Democrats prepare to take control of state government. We also look at Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms' healthcare affordability plans and new protections for Georgia homeowners d...

This episode covers an Atlanta teenager pursuing a music career while raising autism awareness, community concerns surrounding a canceled housing development for adults with disabilities in DeKalb County, Georgia's new digital driver's license option for traffic stops, and a NASA grant supporting climate and plant research at Spelman College. 🎧 Tune in 24/7 to Georgia NOW. Grab the app or listen...

This episode covers Atlanta airport rankings for flight disruptions, the opening of the Gainesville Inland Port, a homelessness prevention program helping Atlanta households, a federal grant to restore Georgia salt marshes, and a prison sentence for the former High Museum of Art COO who stole more than $600,000. 🎧 Tune in 24/7 to Georgia NOW. Grab the app or listen online at heargeorgianow.com —...

This episode covers Georgia’s midterm election results, calls for a statewide moratorium on data center development, concerns about a proposed state health insurance subsidy program, $10 million in federal grants to expand teacher apprenticeships, and the distribution of Georgia’s 2026 Homeowner Tax Relief Grants. 🎧 Tune in 24/7 to Georgia NOW. Grab the app or listen online at heargeorgianow.com...

Georgia voters head to the polls for Election Day as the Carter Center deploys 1,000 nonpartisan observers across 30 counties to monitor voting and ballot counting. This episode also covers efforts to build confidence in Georgia’s election process, a lawsuit over delayed absentee ballots in Gwinnett County and a state proposal to offset federal cuts to Affordable Care Act subsidies. 🎧 Tune in 24/...

Georgia faces questions about absentee ballot delays in Cobb County, federal election monitors at polling locations in six counties, and the state’s growing auto industry following Audi’s $4 billion investment in Perry. The episode examines Election Day preparations and how Georgia secured Audi’s first U.S. manufacturing plant. 🎧 Tune in 24/7 to Georgia NOW. Grab the app or listen online at hearg...

Georgia breaks its midterm early voting record as more than 2.29 million people cast ballots ahead of Election Day. Mayors from across the country gather in Atlanta to discuss rising living costs and housing affordability. Plus, a CDC deputy director announces her departure, and former President Barack Obama campaigns in Georgia for Democratic candidates. 🎧 Tune in 24/7 to Georgia NOW. Grab the a...

This episode covers insurance rate reductions for Georgia policyholders, criminal charges against a state House candidate, federal poll watchers in Fulton County, three new measles cases and a 15-year prison sentence for a Georgia Ponzi scheme. 🎧 Tune in 24/7 to Georgia NOW. Grab the app or listen online at heargeorgianow.com — and don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and share Georgia NOW News where...

This episode covers Mitsubishi Power’s $490 million Georgia expansion, an AI agent’s access to public election data, UGA research on children’s screen time and Barack Obama’s campaign visit ahead of Election Day. 🎧 Tune in 24/7 to Georgia NOW. Grab the app or listen online at heargeorgianow.com — and don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and share Georgia NOW News wherever you get your podcasts. #Geor...

This episode covers Audi’s planned $4 billion investment in a Middle Georgia manufacturing facility, Hyundai’s expanded production capacity and increased water use, a federal judge’s order halting voter investigations in Georgia and eight other states, and efforts to encourage young Georgians to vote early in the midterm elections. 🎧 Tune in 24/7 to Georgia NOW. Grab the app or listen online at h...

Georgia extends its gas tax suspension through Nov. 30 as fuel prices remain high ahead of Thanksgiving. Plus, Fulton County voters get a closer look at the election process, former Planned Parenthood Southeast employees file a wrongful termination lawsuit, Sen. Raphael Warnock calls for more election security funding, and the Savannah River Site prepares for plutonium pit production. 🎧 Tune in 2...

This episode covers the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies and the financial pressure facing Georgia’s rural hospitals, the November races for two seats on the Georgia Public Service Commission, and rising health insurance premiums ahead of ACA marketplace open enrollment on Nov. 1. 🎧 Tune in 24/7 to Georgia NOW. Grab the app or listen online at heargeorgianow.com — and don’t forget to s...

This episode covers a national healthcare tour calling for lower costs, the Georgia lieutenant governor candidates’ debate, Atlanta’s $68 million sale of its city detention center to Fulton County, and a potential measles exposure at a Perry restaurant. 🎧 Tune in 24/7 to Georgia NOW. Grab the app or listen online at heargeorgianow.com — and don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and share Georgia NOW N...

Georgia’s midterm elections see record early voting as candidates make their final push for support. A new report finds PFAS forever chemicals at all 20 Georgia waterway testing sites, and Oglethorpe Power receives a $3.3 billion USDA loan for a natural gas power plant. 🎧 Tune in 24/7 to Georgia NOW. Grab the app or listen online at heargeorgianow.com — and don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and sh...

This episode covers a report on Georgia girls’ academic success and mental health challenges, a federal appeals court ruling on Georgia’s social media age verification law, suicide prevention for young people on the autism spectrum, and concerns about kratom use in Georgia. 🎧 Tune in 24/7 to Georgia NOW. Grab the app or listen online at heargeorgianow.com — and don’t forget to subscribe, rate, an...

Georgia voters will decide on three constitutional amendments addressing farmland tax breaks, probate judge elections and funding for Next Generation 911 systems. Plus, attorney general candidates Tanya Miller and Brian Strickland debate crime and criminal justice reform, while Vice President JD Vance and President Donald Trump campaign in Georgia ahead of the midterm elections. 🎧 Tune in 24/7 to...

VDL Groep plans to invest $77 million and add 120 jobs in Hall County. Plus, Keisha Lance Bottoms debates an empty podium after Rick Jackson skips a gubernatorial forum, detainees at a Coastal Georgia ICE facility launch a hunger strike, and Gibbs Gardens helps migrating monarch butterflies refuel. 🎧 Tune in 24/7 to Georgia NOW. Grab the app or listen online at heargeorgianow.com — and don’t forg...

Georgia broke its first-day early voting record for a midterm election as Georgia Tech and Emory announced more than $1 billion in AI investments. Plus, Jon Ossoff and Mike Collins clashed in a Senate debate, and health officials confirmed another measles case in Georgia. 🎧 Tune in 24/7 to Georgia NOW. Grab the app or listen online at heargeorgianow.com — and don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and...

A new report projects job losses and higher energy costs for Georgia under federal energy policies. Plus, President Trump plans a campaign rally in Dalton, Delta cuts its profit forecast amid rising fuel costs, and changes to federal endangered species protections could threaten iconic Georgia wildlife. 🎧 Tune in 24/7 to Georgia NOW. Grab the app or listen online at heargeorgianow.com — and don’t...

Jon Ossoff and Mike Collins debated key issues ahead of Georgia’s midterms, early voting begins statewide, Red Cross volunteers deployed to hurricane-hit communities, and Georgia Tech researchers examined whether presidents influence gas prices. 🎧 Tune in 24/7 to Georgia NOW. Grab the app or listen online at heargeorgianow.com — and don’t forget to subscribe, rate, and share Georgia NOW News wher...

Hyundai Transys plans to invest nearly $560 million and add 320 jobs at its West Point manufacturing facility. Georgia gubernatorial candidates Keisha Lance Bottoms and Rick Jackson debate public safety and health care, Mableton swears in its first police chief, and Georgia beaches record 4,292 loggerhead sea turtle nests this year. 🎧 Tune in 24/7 to Georgia NOW. Grab the app or listen online at...

Plans for a proposed ICE detention facility in Oakwood may be stalled as federal officials consider selling the property. Gov. Brian Kemp declares a state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Isaias, the National Park Service allows private development on Cumberland Island, and former President Barack Obama endorses Keisha Lance Bottoms for Georgia governor. 🎧 Tune in 24/7 to Georgia NOW. Grab the app...

This episode covers the Atlanta Pride Festival, including weekend marches, the Pride Parade and road closures. We also report on Georgia’s diesel relief measures, a Forsyth County summit on teen vaping and mental health, the Zadie Project’s community food efforts, and Zoo Atlanta’s two new pandas. 🎧 Tune in 24/7 to Georgia NOW. Grab the app or listen online at heargeorgianow.com — and don’t forge...