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News Articles: Atlanta

Coin operated amusement machines

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  • Politics

Georgia House OK's Gift Cards For Coin Operated Amusement Machines

Owners of convenience stores and restaurants featuring coin-operated amusement machines (COAMs) would be able to sell gift cards to players under legislation the Georgia House of Representatives passed Monday.

March 08, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
The Georgia State Senate passed an omnibus voting bill that would get rid of no-excuse absentee voting 29-20.

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  • Elections

Georgia Senate Republicans Pass Bill To End No-Excuse Absentee Voting

With Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan and three Republican senators skipping debate, a slim majority of the Georgia Senate approved SB 241, an omnibus voting bill that would end no-excuse absentee voting after 16 years.

March 08, 2021
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  • Stephen Fowler
Georgia State Capitol

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  • Elections

Voting Bills Dominate 2021 Georgia Crossover Day

It's Crossover Day for the Georgia Legislature, and the Senate will focus on voting bills in particular. It's typically the last day a bill has to pass out of one chamber to be considered for the rest of the session. Watch a Special one-hour edition of Lawmakers tonight at 7 p.m. for the latest. 

March 08, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Child using hand sanitizer

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  • Children's Health

Poisoning Peril: More Kids Ingesting Hand Sanitizer

The state saw a 60 percent increase in poisoning calls related to sanitizer last year over 2019, says Gaylord Lopez, executive director of the Georgia Poison Center. The cases are continuing to rise so far this year.

March 08, 2021
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By:
  • Andy Miller
An illustration of a paper plane flying across a photo of the General Assembly.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Voting Rights (And Restrictions) On Display On Crossover Day

Monday on Political Rewind: Georgia teachers are now eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Officials hope the move will ensure schools across the state are able to keep their doors open for in-person classes. Also, legislators face an important deadline at the state Capitol. Crossover Day at the General Assembly means any legislation unable to pass out of either legislative chamber today is potentially dead until next year.

March 08, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Georgia Supreme Court

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  • Law

Georgia Jury Trials To Restart After Pandemic Slowed Right To Speedy Trial

Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold Melton said he’s planning to lift a year-long restriction Tuesday to allow jury trials to resume that have been on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

March 08, 2021
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  • Stanley Dunlap

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  • News

GPB Morning Headlines for March 8, 2021

In this morning's headlines, A study supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shows only three Georgia counties are not experiencing some level of doctor shortage - Coweta, Rockdale, and Oconee. Now, $5.2 Million are being invested to train more doctors for rural areas.

March 08, 2021
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  • GPB News Radio
screenshot of admoer website

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  • Health

Health App Beta Testing In Savannah Will Alert Users To Infectious Disease In Public

A new health-monitoring app that could help communities fight contagious diseases will begin beta testing in Savannah this month. It’s accessed via smartphones and wearable fitness devices.

March 08, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Rep. Barry Fleming, Chairman of the House Special Committee on Election Integrity, is one of many Republican lawmakers that voted to approve no-excuse absentee voting in 2005.

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  • Elections

16 Years Later, Georgia Lawmakers Flip Views On Absentee Voting

The fight over election law is not new to Georgia lawmakers, but prevailing views have changed. Republicans passed no-excuse absentee voting in 2005, over objections from Democrats concerned about the lack of ID required to vote by mail and stricter regulations to vote in person.

March 07, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler and
  • David Armstrong
Frosted Flatwoods Salamander

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  • Environment

Could Frosted Flatwoods Salamander Be Georgia's Climate Change Canary?

In mud puddles located on a sprawling military post in Coastal Georgia where tanks rumble and soldiers train for war, the last of a threatened species clings to life. 

March 06, 2021
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  • Laura Corley

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  • News

GPB Evening Headlines for March 5, 2021

Among this evening's headlines, the White House announced a mass COVID vaccination site is coming to Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

 

March 05, 2021
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  • GPB News Radio
Senator Jeff Mullis Reacts to SB 77: asset-mezzanine-16x9

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  • Politics

Lawmakers Brief: Georgia Senate Passes Online Sports Betting Legislation 

The Georgia State Senate passed two pieces of online gambling legislation on Friday that now move onto the House for consideration. 

March 05, 2021
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  • Rahul Bali
Georgia House Speaker David Ralston

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  • Politics

Georgia House Passes $27.2 Billion State Budget

Gov. Brian Kemp’s $27.2 billion fiscal 2022 state budget cleared the Georgia House of Representatives Friday after lawmakers earmarked $58 million to boost mental health services.

March 05, 2021
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Dublin native Bradford Haynes, who now lives in Macon, will be starring in the film “unDefiled” that he helped write and produce with Light of Life Films.

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  • Arts & Life

Macon Actor Brings Hollywood And Acting Roles To People Back Home

Growing up playing sports in Dublin, Bradford Haynes could hardly imagine the life he now leads. At a moment’s notice, he could be kissing his wife and daughters goodbye in Macon and heading to a movie set in a far-off land. Yet, he never set out to be an actor.

March 05, 2021
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By:
  • Liz Fabian
A nurse holds a vial of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

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  • Health

FEMA Mass COVID-19 Vaccination Site Coming To Atlanta

The Federal Emergency Management Agency said on Friday a mass vaccination site for COVID-19 is coming to Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The site has capacity to give 6,000 vaccine shots each day.

March 05, 2021
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
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