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News Articles: Atlanta

Gov. Brian Kemp

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Kemp issues nearly two dozen legislative and budget vetoes

Gov. Brian Kemp has been busy exercising his veto pen.

May 08, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
This photo released by the Atlanta Police Department of video footage on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, shows a suspected shooter. Police said Wednesday afternoon that they were investigating an “active shooter situation” in a building in Atlanta's Midtown neighborhood and that multiple people had been injured.

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Political Rewind: Georgia still reeling after Midtown shooting; Kemp signs new budget

Monday on Political Rewind: Lawmakers and citizens fear not much will change after last week's Midtown shooting. Meanwhile, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens proposes the largest budget in the city's history. And Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger sets a date for Georgia's primary. 

May 08, 2023
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  • Donna Lowry ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with CDC officials in Atlanta on Friday, May 5, 2023.

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spends two days in Atlanta, touts city's international status

He spent Friday and Saturday in Atlanta meeting with the CDC, Mayor Andre Dickens and HBCU leaders. He also gave the commencement address at Georgia Tech.

May 08, 2023
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  • Kristi York Wooten
A schoal bass in the Flint river

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Turbulence roils waters despite Georgia law to calm tensions between anglers, riverside landowners

A dispute over whether a popular stretch of the Flint River in Upson County can be the exclusive fishing hole of those who own the shoreline drove a frenzied last-minute push to protect the public’s access to Georgia’s streams earlier this year.

May 08, 2023
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  • Jill Nolin

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Georgia Today: Civil trial for Athens DA; New anti-gun violence program; Kemp guarantees fishing

On the Monday, May 8 edition of Georgia Today: The civil trial against the Athens-Clarke County District Attorney gets underway; Law enforcement officials are working to reduce gun violence among young people this summer; and Gov. Kemp uses his veto pen, but conservation groups are applauding a new law he DID sign.

May 08, 2023
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  • Orlando Montoya ,
  • Jeremy Powell ,
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A McDonalds in Moultrie, GA is surrounded by caution tape.

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Police: Georgia man who killed 3 was in gunfight earlier

Police in Georgia say a man who killed his workplace manager, mother and grandmother before taking his own life had been involved in a gunfight less than 48 hours earlier.

May 08, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Customers line up outside the Marietta Trulieve store on its first day of operation.

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New challenge filed asking court to open up Georgia’s secretive medical cannabis regulations

State’s first two licensed dispensaries now open.

May 08, 2023
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  • Ross Williams
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis poses for a portrait, Wednesday, April 19, 2023, in Atlanta.

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At least 8 fake electors have immunity in Ga. election probe

The prosecutor investigating possible illegal meddling in the 2020 election in Georgia has agreed to immunity deals with at least eight Republican fake electors who signed a certificate falsely stating that then-President Donald Trump had won the state.

May 08, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Wide Shot of Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia

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GPB morning headlines for May 8, 2023

A program from Atlanta law enforcement officials is aimed at stemming gun violence among young people during the summer months.   

Governor Brian Kemp signed the $32.4 billion state budget Friday.

May 08, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
State Sen. Elena Parent

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General Assembly legalizes lemonade stands

Who knew a kid in Georgia is supposed to have a permit to set up a lemonade stand at the end of their driveway?

May 05, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
Incumbent Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger talks with journalists as he arrives for an election night party Tuesday evening, May 24, 2022, in Peachtree Corners, Ga. Raffensperger testified June 2 before a special grand jury in Atlanta.

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Georgia Today: Presidential primary set; aspiring teachers graduate; commencements bring big names

On the Friday May 5 edition of Georgia Today: the date of Georgia's next presidential primary election has been set; aspiring teachers graduate in Macon; commencement season brings big name guests

May 05, 2023
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Jeremy Powell
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine an update on the ongoing Federal response to COVID-19, June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Walensky submitted her resignation Friday, May 5, 2023, saying the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a good time to make a transition.

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CDC's Rochelle Walensky resigns, citing pandemic transition

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is resigning. Dr. Rochelle Walensky says the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic is a good time to make a transition.

May 05, 2023
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  • Associated Press
A loggerhead sea turtle is seen nesting at dawn.

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‘Everyone always wants to find the first nest’: a new sea turtle nesting season begins in Georgia

After a record year, the 2023 outlook calls for low-to-medium sea turtle nest production this year

May 05, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
Many objects, like this bottle, have been unearthed in Elizabeth Burns’ lead-contaminated Atlanta yard.

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Lead contamination surfaces in affluent Atlanta neighborhood

The Environmental Protection Agency recently confirmed high lead levels in an upscale Atlanta neighborhood. The location stands in contrast to many polluted sites investigated by the federal Superfund program — often in former industrial or waste disposal areas where environmental racism has left marginalized groups at risk.

May 05, 2023
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  • Andy Miller
Coronation plates and cups are displayed for sale in a gift shop in London on April 24.

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How—and why— to watch King Charles III's coronation events this weekend

King Charles III, who rose to the throne after the death of his mother,  Queen Elizabeth II last summer, hopes to revamp the monarchy for a modern and diverse United Kingdom.

May 05, 2023
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  • Devon Zwald
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