Orlando Montoya

1 week ago | gpb.org | Orlando Montoya

Orlando Montoya: Hello and welcome to the Georgia Today podcast. Here we bring you the latest reports from the GPB newsroom. On today's episode, a journalist arrested while covering a protest in Atlanta has been placed into ICE custody, a nonprofit saves land near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge from being developed into a titanium mine, and Georgia lawmakers react to the of two Minnesota lawmakers last weekend.

1 week ago | roughdraftatlanta.com | Orlando Montoya

Atlanta will host several matches for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2026 World Cup at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium within the next year, with the former beginning today, June 16. The Club World Cup match kicks off at 3 p.m. today between England's Chelsea FC and Los Angeles FC. There are still plenty of tickets available. GPB's Orlando Montoya and Jon Nelson discussed the differences between the two tournaments and what sports fans can expect from the exhibitions.

2 weeks ago | gpb.org | Orlando Montoya

Orlando Montoya: Hello and welcome to the Georgia Today podcast. Here we bring you the latest reports from the GPB newsroom. On today's episode: Georgia Republicans wrap up their state convention in Dalton. The election for Georgia's Public Service Commission suffers from low voter turnout. And US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did away with COVID vaccination recommendations, but some worry the change could affect those with long-term complications.

3 weeks ago | gpb.org | Orlando Montoya

Atlanta will host several matches for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2026 World Cup at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium within the next year, with the former beginning on June 16. GPB's Orlando Montoya and Jon Nelson discussed the differences between the two tournaments and what sports fans can expect from the exhibitions.

3 weeks ago | gpb.org | Orlando Montoya

Orlando Montoya: Hello and welcome to the Georgia Today podcast. Here on this podcast we bring you the latest reports from the GPB Newsroom. On today's episode, an ICE processing center in southeast Georgia is set to more than double its capacity as part of a nationwide federal crackdown on immigration. Federal cuts to the Job Corps program affect at-risk youth in Atlanta. And we'll tell you how some rare photographs taken in space ended up in Columbus.