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Fifth grade Due West Elementary School teacher Katie Rinderle is shown seated in this posed photo.

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GPB evening headlines for August 18, 2023

A metro-Atlanta school board has voted to fire a teacher accused of violating Georgia's so called "divisive concepts" law. 

Adults and kids in most of rural Georgia are enrolled in Medicaid at double the rates than those in metro areas.

August 18, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Music Producer Dallas Austin

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Dallas Austin 'laid out a roadmap' for Georgia music. Macon Film Festival honors him this weekend

Leah Fleming chats with music producer and filmmaker Dallas Austin about receiving his upcoming honor at The Macon Film Festival, what's real in the movie Drumline and how a busted keyboard got him into music.

August 18, 2023
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  • Leah Fleming and
  • Natalie Mendenhall
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Georgia man sentenced to federal prison for pandemic relief fraud

A Georgia man has been sentenced to one year and nine months in federal prison for obtaining nearly a half million dollars through fraudulent pandemic relief loan applications.

August 18, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Fifth grade Due West Elementary School teacher Katie Rinderle is shown seated in this posed photo.

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  • News

Georgia Today: 'Divisive concepts' teacher fired; Threats against Trump jurors; Nuclear reactor

On the Friday, Aug. 18 edition of Georgia Today: Cobb County school board votes to fire a teacher for violating Georgia's divisive concepts law; authorities investigate death threats made against the grand jurors who indicted former president Donald Trump; and workers begin loading radioactive fuel into Georgia's second new nuclear reactor.

 

August 18, 2023
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
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The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta launches ‘reverse scholarship’ to pay off student debt

The foundation has launched a “reverse scholarship” pilot program that will pay off up to $30,000 in student debt for borrowers.

August 18, 2023
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  • Rough Draft Atlanta
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Taxpayer dollars at work: What your U.S. senators from Georgia are doing the week ending Aug. 18

This week, Ossoff and Warnock focused on delivering health care resources to Mount Vernon, Ga.; legislation providing upgrades to Fort Gordon’s Cyber Center of Excellence and Robins Air Force Base; and improving fire safety throughout metro Atlanta and North Georgia.

August 18, 2023
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  • Ambria Burton
A turbine that generates electricity using steam heated by nuclear fission sits at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Company officials announced Friday, June 16, 2023, that the turbine's hydrogen cooling system had a problem with its seal, pushing back the commercial operation date of Unit 3, one of two new reactors at the site, to July.

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Utilities begin loading radioactive fuel into a second new reactor at Georgia nuclear plant

Workers have begun loading radioactive fuel into a second new nuclear reactor in Georgia. Georgia Power Co. and co-owners said Thursday that they are transferring fuel into Unit 4 at Plant Vogtle, southeast of Augusta.

August 18, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Portrait of Rosalynn Carter at The Carter Center, 1993

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GPB morning headlines for August 18, 2023

Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter turns 96 today.

Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones says he's not surprised a state agency will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate his alleged interference in the 2020 election.

Adults and kids in most of rural Georgia are enrolled in Medicaid at double the rates than those in metro areas, according to a new study from Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families. 

August 18, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Barricades are seen near the Fulton County courthouse, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023, in Atlanta. The sheriff's office are implementing various security measures ahead of District Attorney Fani Willis possibly seeking an indictment in her investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and his allies illegally meddled in the 2020 election in Georgia.

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Authorities investigating threats to grand jurors who indicted Trump in Georgia

Authorities in Georgia are investigating threats made against the grand jurors who indicted former President Donald Trump and 18 allies. The Fulton County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that it's working to track down the origin of the threats with assistance from other local, state and federal law enforcement agencies.

August 18, 2023
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  • Associated Press
The Cobb County Board of Education voted to disregard an earlier decision to allow teacher Katie Rinderle to keep her job after parents complained about a book she read to her fifth-grade class this past school year.

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  • Education

Cobb teacher loses job after close Board of Education vote

Georgia's Cobb County School Board of Education voted Thursday evening to disregard a decision to allow fifth-grade teacher Katie Rinderle to keep her job.

August 17, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones joined the DeKalb and Fulton County Legislative Delegations for a Constituent Services Day across from the state Capitol in the Sloppy Floyd Building on August 17, 2023..

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Lt. Gov. Burt Jones 'not surprised' by special prosecutor probe into alleged election interference

Jones says he expected the state Prosecuting Attorneys Council to step in, based on a judge's ruling forcing Fulton County DA Fani Willis to exclude him from her investigation.

August 17, 2023
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  • Donna Lowry
Portrait of Rosalynn Carter at The Carter Center, 1993

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Former first lady Rosalynn Carter celebrates 96th birthday with public screening of 'Unconditional'

The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers is hosting at Plains High School a special screening of Unconditional by award-winning filmmaker Richard Lui. RCI will have a post-screening Q&A discussion featuring RCI ambassador Paurvi Bhatt who is the co-author of the new foreword in the re-release of Mrs. Carter’s book, Helping Yourself Help Others.

August 17, 2023
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  • Ellen Eldridge
State Sen. Burt Jones

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Georgia Today: Burt Jones responds to Trump indictment; Facebook lawsuit settled; New Rivian plant

On the Thursday, Aug. 17 edition of Georgia Today: Lt. Gov. Burt Jones reacts to the indictment of former President Trump and others; a Columbus lawyer who sued Facebook and won has received his payout; and a judge signs off on billions of dollars in bonds for the new Rivian plant east of Atlanta.

August 17, 2023
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  • Peter Biello

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GPB evening headlines for August 17, 2023

Freshman state Senator Shawn Still of Norcross is the only Georgia lawmaker indicted this week along with former President Donald Trump. 

A Columbus lawyer who sued Facebook and won has received his $52,000 judgment.

August 17, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Georgia Southern University's Statesboro campus

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  • Education

Georgia's only environmental science Ph.D. program is launching. Hear from two of its first students

Georgia Southern University's new interdisciplinary program comes as a first for the Peach State.

August 17, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
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