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News Articles: Atlanta

Flowers are placed on a banner as demonstrators gather outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department on Tuesday, April 13, 2021.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Chauvin Trial And Killing Of Daunte Wright Renew Calls For Justice, Police Reform

Wednesday on Political Rewind: Last summer, police violence in communities across the country acted as rallying points for discussion over the role of law enforcement in our society. Now, the police killing of Daunte Wright amid the ongoing trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin spurs renewed demands for structural change.

April 14, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Students walk on campus at UGA

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  • Education

University System Of Georgia Holding The Line On Tuition

 Students at Georgia’s 26 public colleges and universities won’t be hit with a tuition increase this fall for the second year in a row.

April 14, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
Old tires stacked in front of the Georgia State Capitol

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  • Environment

Georgia Lawmakers Score Scrappy Capitol Win On Trust Funds

Environmental advocates rounded up 500 scrap tires and set to work building a rubber replica of the Gold Dome in the shadow of the real thing as the 2017 legislative session was underway.

April 14, 2021
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
Hattie Thomas Whitehead in the courtyard of Creswell Hall on the University of Georgia campus, mere feet from where the shotgun house she was raised in once stood. Thomas Whitehead and others with connections to the Athens neighborhood of Linnentown have won a mind of reparations for the neighborhood's erasure.

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  • History

Reparations For 'Terrorism,' 'White Supremacy' In Athens Mark A Georgia First

Former residents of the Athens neighborhood of Linnentown have won a kind of reparations for the erasure of the neighborhood in the urban renewal period.

April 14, 2021
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  • Grant Blankenship
Health Exchange website

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  • Health Care

Georgians Taking Advantage Of Special Enrollment On Exchange

More than 40,000 Georgians have signed up for health coverage on the state exchange since a special enrollment period began in February.

April 14, 2021
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  • Andy Miller

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  • News

GPB Morning Headlines for April 14, 2021

In this morning's headlines, Megastar Will Smith is pulling production of his upcoming film, Emancipation, from Georgia in the continued fallout from the state's new voting law. A prop designer in Georgia's film industry says the move only hurts workers like him.

April 14, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
The Macon Farmers Market mass vaccination site around 2:30 p.m. Monday Feb. 22, 2021.

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  • News

GPB Evening Headlines for April 13, 2021

Among this evening's headlines, an organization begun by former Democratic candidate for Governor, Stacey Abrams, is shifting its mission from equity in the US census to Georgia’s COVID vaccination efforts. 

April 13, 2021
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  • GPB News Radio
Valdosta Head Football Coach Rush Propst

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  • Sports

Valdosta Football Program Hit With Sanctions From The GHSA

As investigation into possible rules violations and improprieties into the Valdosta Wildcats football program continues, the Georgia High School Association has handed down sanctions against the team.

April 13, 2021
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By:
  • Jon Nelson
Fulton County Commissioner Khadijah Abdur-Rahman speaks at a press conference against Georgia's new voting law.

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  • Politics

Some Fulton Commissioners Launch Plan To Fight Georgia Voting Law

Democratic members of the Fulton County Commission are sponsoring a resolution that seeks to minimize the impact of the state's new 98-page voting law on county voters.

April 13, 2021
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  • Stephen Fowler
Protest in Washington, Georgia

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  • Politics

Ga. Voting Law Controversy Follows Overhaul's Point Man To Washington, Ga.

The Washington City Council voted Monday to ask state Rep. Barry Fleming to resign his city attorney job for his key role in passing sweeping voting legislation that detractors say will disenfranchise Black people and other minorities.

April 13, 2021
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Infusion drug

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  • Health Care

White Bagging: Insurer Shift On Drugs Raises Alarm

A big change in drug treatment for cancer is arriving in Georgia. It’s not a new medication. What’s coming is something known as “white bagging,’’ an insurer tactic involving expensive infusion or injection drugs.

April 13, 2021
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  • Andy Miller
Protestors voice their disapproval of the filibuster.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: In Deadlocked Senate, Some Question If It Is Time To End The Filibuster

Tuesday on Political Rewind: The Senate remains a stumbling block for efforts by President Joe Biden to pass the bills in his ambitious agenda. Many frustrated Democrats are raising once again the long-standing question of whether it’s time to end the rules that allow a minority in the Senate to thwart the majority’s will through the use of the filibuster.

April 13, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua have pulled production of their runaway slave drama “Emancipation” from Georgia over the state’s recently enacted law restricting voting access.

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  • Economy

Film Industry, Atlanta Mayor React To 'Emancipation' Production Move

Director Antoine Fuqua and actor Will Smith's new film Emancipation will not be shot in Georgia — further fallout from Georgia's controversial new elections law. Local industry workers react. 

April 13, 2021
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  • Sarah Rose
Home for sale in Macon

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  • Economy

Demand For Houses In Macon Continues To Soar: Here's Why

Macon’s housing shortage is both a reflection of national trends and a unique blend of local realities.

April 13, 2021
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  • Jenna Eason
Stone Mountain is Georgia's most visited tourist attraction and is also a lightning rod for controversy. In the namesake city outside the state's Stone Mountain Park, protesters clashed in near downtown in August.

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  • News

GPB Morning Headlines for April 13, 2021

In this morning's headlines, the Sons of Confederate Veterans are denied a permit to hold their annual Confederate Memorial Day ceremony at Stone Mountain. Park officials say there is a "clear and present danger" to the gathering during the current political climate.

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