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GPB morning headlines for December 16, 2022

Georgia has become the latest state to ban the popular social media app TikTok from state-owned devices.

Some Georgia bars and restaurants are deciding whether or not to open a little earlier this Sunday because of the World Cup.

Congress has passed legislation requiring the federal Bureau of Prisons to replace failing and outdated security systems.

December 16, 2022
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GPB evening headlines for December 15, 2022

State officials have reached an agreement with Georgia Power over how much the utility will be allowed to charge customers beginning next year.

Georgia has become the latest state to ban the popular social media app Tik-Tok from state-owned devices.

Atlanta Public Schools and the Atlanta Board of Education Student Advisory Council are planning a rally against gun violence tonight.

December 15, 2022
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  • GPB News Radio
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Georgia Today: Georgia Power rate hike, TikTok ban, Atlanta protesters arrested, rally against guns

On the Thursday Dec. 15 edition of Georgia Today: Georgia Power is raising rates, TikTok has been banned for some Georgians, Atlanta protesters face terrorism charges, and students rally against guns.

December 15, 2022
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jeremy Powell
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Kemp bans use of TikTok on state agency devices

Gov. Brian Kemp sent a memo to state agencies on Thursday notifying them of an immediate ban on the use of the social media app on state devices.

December 15, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
The shared industrial development in Bryan County where Kiss Products, Inc. plans to build a logistics center.

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Cosmetics corporation to add logistics center in Southeast Georgia's Bryan County, creating 395 jobs

The New York-based company is investing $121 million in a shared facility near Savannah.

December 15, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
The line to vote at the board of elections in Macon, Ga. stretched around the corner from the front door and into a half hour wait by around 1pm on the final day of early voting Friday.

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Battleground: Ballot Box | As midterms end, Georgia's political spotlight burns brighter than ever

On this final regular episode, we look at the 2022 midterm elections in Georgia and how they will influence the future of American politics.

December 15, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Bowen releases steam as it generates electricity from burning coal on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Euharlee, Ga. The electric utility and regulatory staff agreed to a deal on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022 to raise rates by $1.8 billion over three years starting in January.

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Georgia Power deal sets $1.8B rate increase over 3 years

Georgia Power Co. and regulatory staff have reached an agreement that would give the electric utility a $1.8 billion rate increase over three years. That's a little above the midpoint between the $2.9 billion that the electric utility proposed and the $529 million that staff said was justified.

December 15, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Gunna performs at the Wireless Music Festival, Crystal Palace Park, London, England, on Sep. 10, 2021. A judge in Atlanta on Thursday, July 7, 2022, denied bond for rapper Gunna, who's charged with racketeering along with fellow rapper Young Thug and more than two dozen other people.

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Rapper Gunna pleads guilty in racketeering case in Atlanta

Rapper Gunna has pleaded guilty in Atlanta to a racketeering conspiracy charge. He was arrested earlier this year along with fellow rapper Young Thug and more than two dozen other people.

December 15, 2022
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  • Associated Press
 Micah Rich, a staff accountant at the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts, is part of a group suing the state over its ban on treatments for state employees seeking care in relation to gender transphoria. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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State workers sue to end ban on transgender health care benefits

The case suing the state for denying coverage of transgender-related health care in the Georgia State Health Benefit Plan was filed Wednesday in federal court in Atlanta on behalf of a staff accountant at the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts, a school media clerk in Bibb County, and an anonymous employee of the Division of Family and Children Services on behalf of her young adult child who is enrolled in the state plan.

December 15, 2022
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  • Ross Williams
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GPB morning headlines for December 15, 2022

A Georgia legislative committee proposes path to end disability services waitlist.

Georgia Power officials signed off late Wednesday on an agreement that would lower the utility’s rate hike request by nearly 40%.

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says he wants the legislature to change the way runoffs work in Georgia.

Atlanta Public Schools and the Atlanta Board of Education Student Advisory Council are planning a rally against gun violence.

December 15, 2022
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  • GPB News Radio
Supporters of Georgia's transgender and non-binary community stroll through the city's Midtown district during Gay Pride Festival's Transgender Rights March in Atlanta on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019.

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3 sue to strike Georgia ban on transgender care for workers

Two state employees and a public school media clerk are suing the state of Georgia. They say in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday that the state employee health plan is illegally discriminating by refusing to pay for gender transition-related health care.

December 14, 2022
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Georgia Today: Raffensperger wants changes, Augusta arena reopening, USPS honors John Lewis

On the Wednesday Dec. 14 edition of Georgia Today podcast: Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger wants election changes, James Brown Arena in Augusta is reopening, and the USPS is honoring John Lewis.

December 14, 2022
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jeremy Powell
Sen. Sally Harrell

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Georgia legislative committee proposes path to end disability services waitlist

A bipartisan group of lawmakers recommended a three-year plan to end the long waitlist for disabled Georgians seeking community-based support.

December 14, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
Emory Morsberger delivers surgical drills in Ukraine.

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Political Rewind: Emory Morsberger provides humanitarian aid to Ukraine

Wednesday on Political Rewind: As the war in Ukraine continues, it's more than military aid that the people of Ukraine need. Bill Nigut speaks with Emory Morsberger, the Atlanta man who's been working to get humanitarian aid to the nation.

December 14, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Chase McGee ,
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Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced an investigation into 1,000 cases of alleged double-voting in Georgia's primary.

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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger pushes for end of general election runoffs

Ahead of the January 2023 legislative session, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger asked the General Assembly to consider ending general election runoffs in a statement released Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022.

December 14, 2022
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