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GPB Morning Headlines for April 7, 2021

In this morning's headlines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says states should prioritize vaccines for inmates since they live in congregate settings. But in Georgia, only 1.5% of inmates have received the coronavirus vaccine.

April 07, 2021
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GPB Evening Headlines for April 6, 2021

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are sending $96 million dollars to Georgia to address inequities in covid vaccine distribution. 

April 06, 2021
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  • GPB News Radio
Bibb County Sheriff David Davis

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  • Law

Bibb Sheriff's Deputy Killed By Inmate At County Jail

A Bibb County sheriff’s deputy was stabbed to death early Tuesday by an apparently handcuffed inmate at the county jail who grabbed a knife the deputy was thought to have had in his possession, officials said.

April 06, 2021
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  • Joe Kovac
An illustration of a magnifying glass looking at ballot box.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Absentee Ballots, Drop Boxes And Election Boards? Unpacking Ga.'s New Election Law

Tuesday on Political Rewind: The partisan fight to define Georgia’s new election law continues. SB 202 shapes how ballots are cast, votes are processed and who oversees the state’s elections. Our panel attempts to answer your questions while digging into the details of the bill.

April 06, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Georgia State Capitol

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  • Environment

Environmentalists Win Trust Fund Protection In An Otherwise Disappointing Legislative Session

When the dust settled from this year’s General Assembly session, environmental advocates were looking at some success but mostly disappointments.

April 06, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff joined House Democrats in a letter last week pushing health officials to pull the plug on the state’s plan “in its entirety as soon as possible.”

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  • Health Care

Georgia's Congressional Dems Urge Biden To Scrap State's Medicaid Plan

Georgia’s U.S. senators and congressional Democrats are urging the Biden administration to “fully rescind” a health care plan that federal officials first paused in February – and to do so soon.

April 06, 2021
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  • Jill Nolin
Sen. Raphael Warnock

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GPB Morning Headlines for April 6, 2021

In this morning's headlines, Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock and Congressman Hank Johnson suspect some inconsistencies in Georgia's reporting of nursing home deaths related to COVID-19.

April 06, 2021
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Operating room nurse Merle Santos receives the coronavirus vaccine Thursday at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany.

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GPB Evening Headlines for April 5, 2021

Among this evening's headlines, Georgia health officials say the state is building on a milestone in its coronavirus vaccine rollout. 

They say more than 4-million COVID-19 vaccine doses have now been administered.

 

April 05, 2021
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  • GPB News Radio
A tombstone that says "mother."

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  • Children's Health

Study Estimates 43,000 US Children Lost A Parent To COVID-19

A study released Monday finds 43,000 children in the U.S. have lost a parent due to COVID-19. Researchers with the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics also find Black children are disproportionately affected.

April 05, 2021
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  • Ellen Eldridge
In this April 1, 2020, file photo, a man wearing a mask walks past posters encouraging participation in the 2020 Census in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. A delay in census data is scrambling plans in some states to redraw districts for the U.S. House and state legislatures. The Census Bureau has said redistricting data that was supposed to be provided to states by the end of March won't be ready until August or September. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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  • Elections

The Next Big Political Battle In Georgia: Redistricting

As controversy swirls over the comprehensive new voting law that drastically alters Georgia’s election system, another battle with equally profound implications looms on the horizon: redistricting.

April 05, 2021
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  • Isaiah Poritz ,
  • David Armstrong ,
  • and 1 more
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a news conference at the State Capitol on Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Atlanta.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: MLB All-Star Game Pullout Pours Fuel On Election Law Controversy In Georgia

Monday on Political Rewind: Georgia remains in the center of a national political storm as the country debates the sweeping changes Republicans made to the state’s voting laws. The decision by Major League Baseball to pull the All-Star Game from Atlanta was a stinging rebuke,

April 05, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center

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  • Health Care

New Treatment Sought For Two Struggling Hospitals

A Wellstar advisory board is calling for the nonprofit system to inject more resources and more effort into invigorating the two financially struggling hospitals. This community board believes they can be success stories, with the right vision and partnerships.

April 05, 2021
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  • Andy Miller
Children in cafeteria

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  • Education

Georgia Schools Turn To 'Camp-like' Summer School To Stem Learning Loss

School officials around the state have been working since before classes began to identify which students need help and how best to give it to them. One of the biggest obstacles is the looming summer break, a major source of learning loss even in normal years.

April 05, 2021
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  • Ross Williams
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms

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GPB Morning Headlines for April 5, 2021

In this morning's headlines, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms expects more boycotts following the signing of S.B. 202 - Georgia's controversial new voting law.

April 05, 2021
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  • GPB News Radio
Kemp MLB AP

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  • Politics

'I Will Not Be Backing Down': Kemp Vows To Fight After MLB Pulls All-Star Game

News of Major League Baseball’s decision to pull this summer’s All-Star Game from Georgia over its sweeping new voting law reverberated among fans Saturday, while Gov. Brian Kemp vowed to defend the measure in court, saying “free and fair elections” are worth any threats, boycotts or lawsuits to come.

April 03, 2021
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