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GPB morning headlines for August 11, 2023

Officials with the Cobb County School District held the first of a two-day termination hearing Thursday to determine if a 5th grade schoolteacher violated Georgia’s recently passed divisive concepts law.

The Georgia Department of Community Health, charged with administering public health insurance programs, is making significant changes to the way it conducts Medicaid renewals.

The Department of Veterans Affairs says 34,000 Georgians have filed claims under a law, that turned a year old Thursday.

August 11, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Fort Stewart-Hunter Army Airfield Garrison Commander Col. Manuel Ramirez signs an agreement with Georgia Southern University officials at Fort Stewart near Hinesville on July 31, 2023.

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Army partners with Georgia Southern to offer soldiers on-base MBA, other graduate programs

Veterans and Army family members can also enroll.

August 11, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
<em>Yellowstone</em>'s later seasons were filmed in Montana.

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  • National

Hollywood strikes' economic impacts are hitting far beyond LA

The writers and actors strikes in Hollywood are affecting jobs across the U.S. The Motion Picture Association says film and TV productions employ more than 1.7 million people outside California.

August 10, 2023
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  • Tilda Wilson
Bruce Thompson

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GPB evening headlines for August 10, 2023

Georgia's Labor Commissioner says his office has found $105 million that his predecessor should have given to the state treasury.

The Department of Veterans Affairs says 34,000 Georgians have filed claims under a year-old law that expands health benefits.

A clean energy group's report on carbon neutrality says Georgia Power needs to make some big changes to meet its goals.

August 10, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Girl eating sliced watermelon fruit beside table

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Study: Kids who lose WIC see nutrition scores decline

When children age out the food program WIC, they may suddenly lose access to healthy foods. A new UGA study aims to quantify the nutritional loss these kids face.

August 10, 2023
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  • Peter Biello

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Georgia Today: Clean power study; Metro Atlanta population growth; WIC Nutrition study

On the Thursday, Aug. 10 edition of Georgia Today: A new study on clean energy shows Georgia Power still has a ways to go; the population of Metro Atlanta crosses the 5 million mark; and we speak with one of the conductors of a study on the USDA's WIC program. 

 

August 10, 2023
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
New Report Shows Atlanta as the Best Place in America to Start a New Business

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Metro Atlanta population hits 5.16 million

The 11-county Atlanta region added 66,730 residents between April 2022 and April 2023, bringing the total population to 5.16 million, according to estimates released today by the Atlanta Regional Commission. 

August 10, 2023
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  • Rough Draft Atlanta
This photo taken with a drone shows portions of a Norfolk and Southern freight train that derailed Friday night in East Palestine, Ohio are still on fire at mid-day Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023.

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Norfolk Southern content with minimum safety too often, regulators say after fiery Ohio derailment

Regulators say Norfolk Southern has made improvements since a fiery Ohio derailment but still falls well short of being the "gold standard for safety" it is striving to be. Instead, the railroad is too often only willing to meet minimum safety requirements.

August 10, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Attorney Roderick Edmond, from left, joined by Treveon Isaiah Taylor, Sr., Jessica Ross and attorney Cory Lynch, speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023, in Atlanta, announcing a lawsuit against a doctor and Southern Regional Medical Center, a hospital south of Atlanta where Ross went on July 9 to have her son. A doctor used too much force and decapitated Ross's baby during delivery according to the lawsuit filed Wednesday, the attorneys said.

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A lawsuit accuses a Georgia doctor of decapitating a baby during delivery

A lawsuit accuses a Georgia doctor of using too much force and decapitating a woman's baby after it became stuck during delivery. Attorneys for the baby's mother and father said at a news conference in Atlanta that the suit was filed Wednesday.

August 10, 2023
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  • Associated Press

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GPB morning headlines for August 10, 2023

An annual report by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy on the region’s progress toward carbon neutral energy production suggests Georgia Power still needs to make some big changes.

School officials in Metro Atlanta's Cobb County are expected to convene a hearing Thursday to determine if an elementary school teacher should be dismissed under a new state law addressing so-called "divisive concepts" in the classroom.

A new study finds women are one and a half times more likely to be impacted by job replacement due to artificial intelligence.

August 10, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was a lawyer for former President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, on Nov. 19, 2020. Giuliani is scheduled to appear in an Atlanta courthouse on Aug. 17, 2022, to testify before a special grand jury in an investigation into possible illegal attempts to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.

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  • Politics

Battleground: Ballot Box | How false claims fanned post-election flames in Georgia

On this episode, we’ll start to untangle a complicated web spun by some of the Trump allies who may face charges here in Georgia in the coming days.

August 10, 2023
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  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Chase McGee
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 9, 2023

Cobb County school officials will hear evidence Thursday for and against firing a teacher under the state's "divisive concepts" law.

A new study finds that women are one and a half times more likely to be impacted by job replacement due to artificial intelligence.

Atlanta's Grant Park Foundation is seeking donations after 21 trees fell in storms that pummeled Georgia on Sunday and Monday.

August 09, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Atlanta songwriter-producer Christopher "Tricky" Stewart has won multiple Grammy Awards, most recently Best Dance/Electronic Recording for Beyonce's "Break My Soul"

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  • Music Features

Here are the Beyoncé stories only Atlanta's Tricky Stewart can share

Ahead of Beyoncé's three concerts at Mercedes-Benz Stadium this weekend, a producer of her Renaissance album gives the inside story on some of her biggest hits. 

August 09, 2023
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  • Sonia Murray
The Well

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  • News

Georgia Today: Brunswick homeless shelter lawsuit; Medicaid expulsions; New name for Tech stadium

On the Wednesday, Aug. 9 edition of Georgia Today: A fight over a Brunswick homeless shelter lands in court; a report finds Georgia's children bear the brunt of Medicaid expulsions; and the home of Georgia Tech Football gets a new name. 

August 09, 2023
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at the Georgia GOP convention on June 5, 2021.

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Georgia Gov. Kemp tells business group that he wants to limit lawsuits, big legal judgments

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he wants to make it harder for people to file lawsuits and win big legal judgments. Kemp told the Georgia Chamber of Commerce in an appearance Tuesday in Athens that lawsuit suits are driving up insurance and business costs.

August 09, 2023
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