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An emaciated deer showing symptoms of chronic wasting disease (Creative Commons/United States Geological Survey)
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources Division confirmed the first case of Chronic Wasting Disease in Georgia.    The positive identification came through a routine sample test conducted on the Lanier - Berrien County line in South...
A protester dressed as a Wrestler running with the flag of Mexico (Zaire Breedlove/ Fresh Take Georgia).
All photography and video by Zaire Breedlove/Fresh Take Georgia. On Saturday Feb. 1, 1,000 Georgia residents gathered at the intersection of Buford Highway and Clairmont Road at Fiesta Plaza shopping mall in Chamblee for a...
Georgia State Prison in Tattnall County. Front view of a white building.
At the State Capitol, the Joint Appropriations Subcommittee held a meeting early this session to discuss how to increase non-security staffing at state prisons. Prison staff hires are lower now than in previous years and reflects...
Folkston Detention Center in Folkston, Georgia. Front view of building.
State leaders in the General Assembly are proposing bills on illegal immigration to align state policies with President Trump’s efforts. State Republican leaders are pushing legislation to crackdown on the Georgia’s illegal residents. Trump’s election prioritized...
Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner Tyrone Oliver(upper right corner) presented Governor Brian Kemp’s 2025-26 state prison budget proposal on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. 
The General Assembly’s Joint Appropriations Subcommittee held a meeting in early January to address state prisons’ budget. Governor Brian Kemp proposed nearly $600 million in additional funding to address the state’s growing prison crisis.  Managing the...
Three Georgia Army National Guards clear a downed tree from the road.
Governor Brian Kemp and other state lawmakers will consider additional Hurricane Helene relief during this spring’s General Assembly.   On Nov. 1, 2024, Gov. Kemp announced the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission (GSFIC) approved a proposal...
Retired U.S. Army Chief of Staff for the Pentagon, Ramiro Landeros, spoke at the Veterans Inauguration Ball.
Georgians traveled to Washington, D.C., to show their support at President Donald Trump’s Inauguration. They attended the different inaugural events. Fresh Take Georgia’s Zaire Breedlove spoke with several Georgians about their hopes for the next four...
President Donald Trump stands and watches Inaugural Parade with first lady (left) and Vice President JD Vance (right) (Zaire Breedlove/Fresh Take Georgia).
The 60th Inaugural Parade on January 20, 2025 was held indoors for the first time since 1985 due to frigid temperatures. Marching bands from across the United States performed for the first family and President...
Former president Jimmy Carter stands on the porch of a home holding a key in the air. Next to him, two Black men stand smiling, holding a plank of wood covered in signatures. Behind Carter stand his wife, Rosalynn.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter died on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024 in his Plains, Georgia home. Read more to learn about his lifetime of humanitarian efforts with the Carter Center and Habitat for Humanity.
A man with short, dark hair wearing a light blue button-up and navy blue blazer stands in front of a house and smiles at the camera.
Voters in Georgia's 42nd district elected Gabriel Sanchez as their representative to the state House of Representatives on Nov. 5, 2024. He is the first democratic socialist ever elected in Georgia.
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