The City of Atlanta and other partners are trying to fill in the gap that will be left by residents on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program losing their benefits.
Meantime, Georgia says it will not help some of the 1.4 million people living here that receive SNAP, with Gov. Brian Kemp saying the state will not bail out the federal government.
Plus, Georgia Head Start programs will shutter as the federal government remains shut down. Also the election for two seats on the utility regulatory board has become a high-profile race with both parties pouring in cash. And how one Atlanta-based artist is using video games to translate the emotions of isolation fueled by the immigration experience.
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