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GPB evening headlines for December 12, 2023

The governors of Georgia and Alabama have announced an agreement in a lawsuit over water flows from the Chattahoochee River.

Officials in Macon-Bibb County have worked out a plan to open extra beds for unhoused residents during cold weather snaps.

A Georgia election worker has testified that she feared for her life after she received a barrage of threatening and racist messages.

December 12, 2023
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Columbus’ historic Goetchius House gets reimagined as a restaurant and bar

The Goetchius House was a popular spot for prom dances, graduations, weddings and birthday parties. But it sat empty for about a decade. Now it's reopening with new owners and a new vision.

December 12, 2023
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GPB morning headlines for December 12, 2023

A group of district attorneys who filed a legal challenge to Georgia's new prosecutor oversight commission has dismissed their lawsuit.

The U.S. Navy says it doesn't expect any significant environmental impacts from the home-porting of a new class of nuclear submarines at Georgia's Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base.

December 12, 2023
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Dekalb District Attorney Sherry Boston speaks at a press conference March 22, 2023 announcing new funding for the county's cold case task force.

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GPB evening headlines for December 11, 2023

A group of district attorneys who filed a legal challenge to Georgia's prosecutor oversight commission has dismissed their lawsuit.

Georgia US Senator Jon Ossoff has announced $380,000 in federal funding to help protect Tybee Island from coastal flooding.

The US Navy has cleared a key hurdle for bringing a new class of nuclear submarines to Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base.

December 11, 2023
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GPB morning headlines for December 11, 2023

Georgia U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff has announced new federal funding to help protect Tybee Island from coastal flooding.

A trial is set to get underway in Washington Monday to determine how much Rudy Giuliani will have to pay two Georgia election workers.

Black communities in Georgia have disproportionately high fatality rates from certain diseases, but less than 5 percent of participants in clinical trials for treating chronic diseases and cancers are Black. A national initiative is seeking to change that.

December 11, 2023
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GPB evening headlines for December 8, 2023

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said today the city won't host the Peach Drop, Georgia's 34-year-old twist on New York's ball drop.

The White House today announced billions of dollars in funding for passenger rail projects across the country, including in Georgia.

A study says new jail for Atlanta's Fulton County could cost up to $2 billion to build and more than $200 million a year to operate.

December 08, 2023
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GPB morning headlines for December 8, 2023

Billions of dollars in spending for passenger rail announced Friday by the Biden Administration includes the possibility of high speed rail between Atlanta and Charlotte.

The Georgia House has given final passage to a new Congressional map that adds majority Black districts but keeps the existing partisan make-up.

Georgia health agencies want to make preventative medication for HIV more accessible. 

December 08, 2023
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Georgia state Rep. Mack Jackson, D-Sandersville, looks at a map of proposed state House districts before a House hearing, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. State lawmakers were ordered to redraw Georgia's legislative and congressional districts after a federal judge ruled some illegally diluted Black voting strength. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

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GPB evening headlines for December 7, 2023

The Georgia House has given final passage to a new Congressional map that aims to meet a federal judge's order on voting rights.

State assisted living community regulators are proposing rules that would reduce staffing requirements at memory care facilities.

Georgia health agencies are proposing legislation to make HIV prevention medication PEP and PrEP more accessible statewide.

December 07, 2023
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GPB morning headlines for December 7, 2023

A new pediatric behavioral health unit just opened in Macon. It’s part of an effort to meet the mental health needs of children in the region.

A panel of lawmakers in the state House advanced a Congressional map proposed by Senate Republicans in a party line vote Wednesday.

An Atlanta investment group is highlighting the rising cost of housing in the city through a contest offering free rent for a year.

December 07, 2023
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GPB evening headlines for December 6, 2023

A panel of lawmakers in the state House advanced a Congressional map proposed by Senate Republicans in a party line vote.

An audit says the City of Columbus failed to collect more than $45 million in business license fees over the past five years.

A civil rights attorney says he plans to file a lawsuit in the case of Leonard Cure, the exonerated man fatally shot in Georgia.

December 06, 2023
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Shopping scams ramp up during the holidays. What to watch for and how to protect yourself

Shopping scams ramp up during the holidays as more people go online and in-store searching for gifts for loved ones. FBI Atlanta has some of the top scams to watch out for this year and how to protect yourself against them.

December 06, 2023
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GPB morning headlines for December 6, 2023

Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump said Tuesday he will file a wrongful death lawsuit in the case of Leonard Cure.

Georgia’s special legislative session on redistricting is expected to wrap up Wednesday.

Some residents in Southeast Georgia are pushing back against a tidal wave of new warehouses.

December 06, 2023
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Savannah warehouse expansions prompt concerns from Chatham County landowners

Residents fear they are losing the rural and residential character of many parts of Southeast Georgia as warehousing tied to explosive growth the Port of Savannah brings sudden and unwelcome changes.

December 05, 2023
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Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., speaks during a rally near Capitol Hill in Washington on June 8, 2022. Georgia Republicans on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, proposed to radically transform McBath's current district for the second time in two years during a special legislative session to redraw congressional and legislative maps.

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GPB evening headlines for December 5, 2023

Georgia’s special legislative session on redistricting is expected to wrap up tomorrow.  The Congressional maps are still in play.

Some residents  are pushing back against a wave of new warehouses being driven by massive growth at the Port of Savannah.

Two coal-fired power plants in Georgia rank among the most deadly in the nation because of their smokestack emissions.

December 05, 2023
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Unit 3’s reactor and cooling tower stand at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant on Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Company officials announced Wednesday, May 24, 2023, that Unit 3, one of two new reactors at the site, has reached commercial operation after years of delays and billions in cost overruns.

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GPB morning headlines for December 5, 2023

State utility regulators began three-days of public hearings Monday on how much Georgia Power customers should pay for cost overruns on long-delayed and over-budget nuclear reactors at the company's Plant Vogtle.

A city-funded mental health care initiative in Macon could be a model for other communities in Georgia.

Governor Brian Kemp announced that Republican leaders will file legislation during the special session to further reduce state income tax. 

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