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The Georgia Department of Agriculture shared images of a yellow-legged hornet nest that its scientists removed Wednesday from a tree on a Wilmington Island residential property located near the Savannah Bee Company's garden.

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GPB morning headlines for October 31, 2023

Georgia's only Jewish state lawmaker is renewing a push for a state law to define antisemitism for hate crimes prosecutions.

Relatives of people taken hostage by Hamas are asking Americans to call for their release.

Reports of invasive yellow-legged hornets in the Savannah area are growing.

October 31, 2023
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Sandy Springs State Representative, Democrat Ester Panitch, is shown in this official photo.

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GPB evening headlines for October 30, 2023

Georgia's only Jewish state lawmaker is renewing a push for a state law to define antisemitism for hate crimes prosecutions.

Nearly three weeks after four inmates escaped from the Bibb County Jail, Macon's mayor and Sheriff disagree on the cause.

Georgia is getting millions of federal dollars to train teaching assistants to become full-time teachers in rural parts of the state.

October 30, 2023
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Male teacher conducts lesson for students.

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GPB morning headlines for October 30, 2023

Millions in federal spending will go to training teaching assistants to become full time teachers in rural Georgia schools.

Georgia State University is holding a campus-wide townhall Monday in response to a shooting near the university's Atlanta campus over the weekend. 

A new study sheds positive light on the public’s perception of physician assistants. It also finds that adding more of them to the healthcare workforce benefit patients.

October 30, 2023
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Sen. Jon Ossoff

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GPB evening headlines for October 27, 2023

A report from finds a staggering number of children in Georgia’s foster care system -- 1,800 in four years -- were reported missing.

The US Army officially renamed Georgia's Ft. Gordon to Ft. Eisenhower, after a national leader with strong ties to the Augusta area.

A federal grant to three groups aims to address inequalities in EV charging as Georgia grows its electric transportation networks.

October 27, 2023
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A proposed map of Georgia's 180 state House districts sits outside the chamber before lawmakers approved it on a mostly-party line vote.

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GPB morning headlines for October 27, 2023

Gov. Brian Kemp has called a special legislative session for November 29th to redraw Georgia's political maps after after a federal judge found several state legislative and Congressional boundaries violate the Voting Rights Act.

Robins Air Force Base is adding two new units that will hire more than three-hundred employees.

October 27, 2023
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Georgia Lt. Gov. candidate Burt Jones participates in a Republican primary debate, May 3, 2022, in Atlanta. A Georgia state agency said Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, that it will name a special prosecutor to consider whether Jones, the state's Republican lieutenant governor, should face criminal charges after former president Donald Trump and 18 of his allies were indicted Monday, Aug. 14, for working to overturn the state’s 2020 election results.

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GPB evening headlines for October 26, 2023

Georgia Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones says he plans to push legislation to pay teachers $10,000 a year to carry guns in schools.

A federal judge today ordered state lawmakers to create new political district boundaries, finding several of the current ones illegal.

Robins Air Force Base is adding new units and more than 300 workers in plan to make Middle Georgia a hub for electronic warfare.

October 26, 2023
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Sen. Jon Ossoff

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GPB morning headlines for October 26, 2023

A U.S. Senate subcommittee heard testimony from Georgians Wednesday as part of an inquiry into the treatment of children in foster care. 

A study published this month shows depleted serotonin levels could explain memory problems, brain fog and depression associated with long haul COVID.

Construction of Hyundai's first electric vehicle plant in the U.S. is moving quickly.

October 26, 2023
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Sen. Jon Ossoff

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GPB evening headlines for October 25, 2023

 A U.S. Senate subcommittee heard testimony from Georgians as part of an inquiry into the treatment of children in foster care.

A new shows depleted serotonin levels could explain memory problems, brain fog and depression associated with long Covid.

The restaurant-reviewing Michelin Guide has recognized 45 Atlanta-area restaurants with its first-ever awards in Georgia.

October 25, 2023
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People gather in front of the Georgia State Capital in Atlanta on Friday, June 24, 2022, to protest to protest the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

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GPB morning headlines for October 25, 2023

The restaurant-reviewing Michelin Guide has recognized 45 Atlanta-area restaurants with its first-ever awards in Georgia.

The Georgia Supreme Court will allow the state's six-week abortion ban to stand.

Attorney Jenna Ellis is the fourth defendant to enter a guilty plea in Georgia's 2020 election interference racketeering case.

October 25, 2023
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PBS NewsHour Why the Supreme Court may reverse Roe in Mississippi abortion ban case

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GPB evening headlines for October 24, 2023

The Georgia Supreme Court has rejected a lower court ruling that the state's restrictive abortion law was invalid, letting it stand.

Bibb County have arrested a man and charged him with stealing a car and helping four men escape the county jail last week.

A former attorney for Donald Trump became the fourth defendant to plead guilty in Georgia's 2020 election interference case.

October 24, 2023
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An architectural rendering shows two buildings, one retail and one residential, surrounded by parked cars.  The retail building has a sign that says "Carter's Food Hall."

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Albany revitalization plan draws on history

A private developer plans to build a $20 million retail, residential and restaurant hub in downtown Albany.

October 24, 2023
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Kalki Yalamanchili is shown speaking at a podium.

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GPB evening headlines for October 23, 2023

The election for Athens-Clarke County District Attorney is still a year away but the embattled incumbent already has opposition.

A report finds most large boats on the East Coast are violating federal speed limits meant to protect critically endangered whales.

Albany has approved plans for a $20 million revitalization of a once-thriving historically Black commercial district near downtown.

October 23, 2023
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Kalki Yalamanchili is shown speaking at a podium.

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Athens District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez gets an election challenger

A former prosecutor has announced an election challenge to District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez, who serves Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties and has come under fire on several fronts.

October 23, 2023
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Medusa and her calf were sighted Dec. 7, 2022 about 13 miles off St. Catherines Sound.  Credit: Clearwater marine Aquarium Research Institute, taken under NOAA permit 20556

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GPB morning headlines for October 23, 2023

The election for Athens-Clarke County District Attorney is more than a year away but the embattled incumbent already has opposition.

The decline of one of the rarest whales in the world appears to be slowing.

Gov. Brian Kemp’s Pathways to Coverage program planned to extend Medicaid coverage to an estimated 100,000 Georgians in its first year. But, four months in, only 1,300 people have signed up.

October 23, 2023
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Kenneth Chesebro, left, confers with is lawyer Scott Grubman, as Judge Scott MacAfee presides as the lawyers of Sidney Powell and Chesebro appear during a motions hearing in the election subversion case Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, in Atlanta.

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GPB evening headlines for October 20, 2023

Attorney Kenneth Chesebro has pleaded guilty, just as his trial in Georgia's election interference racketeering case was beginning.

Geico, one the largest employers in the Macon area, is reducing its national workforce by about 2,000, or about 6%, of its workers.

Governor Kemp's Medicaid alternative was supposed to cover 100,000 Georgians in its first year.  Four months in, it's only 1,300.

October 20, 2023
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