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News Articles: Atlanta

Prescription drugs

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  • Health Care

Georgia Prescription Drug Price Rules Tightening Draws Concern, Praise

Patient advocates and representatives from groups called pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) contracted with health insurers to negotiate lower drug prices are awaiting data from new prescription-cost reporting required in legislation state lawmakers passed last year.

May 03, 2021
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  • Beau Evans
Plant Vogtle

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  • Energy

Southern Co. Expects New Plant Vogtle Delays As PSC Weighs Tab

The Georgia Public Service Commission will soon decide whether to sign off on the $670 million in construction costs over the final six months of 2020, a tab that could eventually get passed onto customer’s electric bills. 

May 03, 2021
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
A sign near the beltline.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: As Many Coronavirus Restrictions Are Lifted, Is Georgia Really In The Clear?

Monday on Political Rewind: Recent data shows the spread of the virus is slowing in many state, for now. In Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp lifted many of the remaining pandemic restrictions placed on Georgia businesses such as gyms, bars and restaurants. Across the state, colleges and universities across the state have yet to announce their plans for the fall semester.

May 03, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more

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  • News

GPB Morning Headlines for May 3, 2021

In this morning's headlines, while Georgia has added a million people in the last decade, its voter rolls have grown much larger.

May 03, 2021
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  • GPB News Radio
Atlanta - Top 10 City for Tech Job Growth

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  • News

GPB Evening Headlines for April 30, 2021

Today, Atlanta Motor Speedway announced plans to open its grandstands to full capacity.

It's giving the greenlight beginning July 10 for the Quaker State 400 Presented by Walmart NASCAR weekend.

April 30, 2021
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  • GPB News Radio
Voters wait in line at the Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections during early voting in the 2020 Presidential Election.

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  • Elections

How Georgia’s Fast-Growing Voter Rolls Could Affect Redistricting

While new Census data shows Georgia added more than a million people over the last decade, an even larger change in registered voters — and who they vote for — will be key considerations when lawmakers begin assigning residents into new voting districts this fall.

 

April 30, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler ,
  • David Armstrong ,
  • and 1 more
Students return for in-person classes on Nov. 9, 2020 at Ingram Pye Elementary in Macon, Ga. They went virtual again a few weeks later.

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  • Education

Bibb County Schools Asks Parents For Ideas For Spending $100 Million

Schools in Macon Bibb County are asking for ideas from parents and guardians on how to spend millions in covid-19 pandemic relief money.

April 30, 2021
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  • Grant Blankenship
In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 file photo Trump supporters gather on the Washington Monument grounds in advance of a rally in Washington. Both within and outside the walls of the Capitol, banners and symbols of white supremacy and anti-government extremism were displayed as an insurrectionist mob swarmed the U.S. Capitol.

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  • News

Georgia Today: What's Behind An Alleged White Supremacist Conspiracy In Floyd County?

The deadly Jan. 6 attack on the United States Capitol building by a pro-Trump mob was a glimpse into what many experts have long warned: Homegrown extremism is on the rise across the U.S. On Georgia Today, guest Chris Joyner from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution speaks on what’s known about violent white supremacist groups operating in Georgia.

April 30, 2021
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Jess Mador
President Joe Biden greets Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., left, as first lady Jill Biden and Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., watch, during a rally at Infinite Energy Center, to mark his 100th day in office, Thursday, April 29, 2021, in Duluth, Ga.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Georgia Rally Marks 100 Days In Office For Biden, Warnock And Ossoff

Friday on Political Rewind:  President Joe Biden marked his 100th day in office in Georgia, where he made the pitch for his expansive progressive agenda. Meanwhile, Attorney General Chris Carr announced this week he would step down as chair of a controversial association of Republican state attorneys general. The move comes as Carr sizes up 2022 reelection challenges from Democratic opponents.

April 30, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Inside Macon's Terminal Station

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  • Economy

With 'Amtrak Joe' In The White House, Hopes Build For Passenger Rail Rebirth

Proposed Georgia rail route would stretch from Savannah, through Atlanta and northward to Nashville.

April 30, 2021
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By:
  • Daniel Vock
Waitress taking order

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  • Health Care

Georgetown Study Suggests Georgia Should Take Medicaid Expansion Deal

More than one-third of the state’s uninsured low-wage workers hold jobs in hospitality or retail industries, which were the hardest hit during the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 30, 2021
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
Joe Biden speaks to a crowd.

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  • News

GPB Morning Headlines for April 30, 2021

In this morning's headlines, President Biden's visit to Georgia included a happy reunion, a sales pitch for his economic plan, and some hecklers.

April 30, 2021
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  • GPB News Radio
close-up of a Savannah police vehicle

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  • Law

Three SPD Officers Suspended For 'Inappropriate Meme' After Death In Custody

Lawyers for the family of a man who died by hanging in police custody say the meme shared by an officer depicts a hanging.

April 29, 2021
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By:
  • Emily Jones

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  • News

GPB Evening Headlines for April 29, 2021

President Joe Biden is in Georgia this Thursday to mark a milestone: his 100th day in office.

April 29, 2021
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  • GPB News Radio
Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger delivers a press conference Nov. 4, 2020.

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  • Politics

State Election Board Meets For First Time Since Raffensperger Stripped As Chair

The State Election Board met for the first time after SB 202 was signed into law, stripping Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger from his role as chair.

April 29, 2021
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  • Stephen Fowler
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