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After closing its doors November 2022, Tara theatre is under new ownership and on track to reopen.

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GPB morning headlines for February 24, 2023

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is committing $200 million to better train rural pediatricians and incentivize medical students to practice in underserved parts of the state. 

A Senate panel heard testimony on voting bills, including some that reflect conspiracy theories that arose after the 2020 election.

After closing its doors last November Atlanta’s historic Tara Theatre is coming back.

February 24, 2023
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U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)

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GPB evening headlines for February 23, 2023

Some Republican state lawmakers are advancing hot-button cultural issues despite plans by GOP leaders to focus on other issues.

A Senate panel heard testimony on voting bills, including some that reflect conspiracy theories that arose after the 2020 election.

Atlanta has the nation's third-highest market share of investor home purchases, a number that experts say leads to inflated prices.

February 23, 2023
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Ahmaud Arbery

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GPB morning headlines for February 23, 2023

Ahmaud Arbery's memory is being honored this week. Three years ago today, the 25-year old was murdered while jogging in a neighborhood near Brunswick.

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division will hold a final public hearing Thursday night over Zoom on a proposed mine near the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia.

A former granite quarry that belonged to one of the first African American members of Georgia’s General Assembly will be preserved as a park both for its history and its geology.

February 23, 2023
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Wanda Cooper Jones, the mother of Ahmaud Arbery, is held by her attorney, Lee Merritt, while addressing supporters gathered for the unveiling of new street signs honoring Arbery on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, in Brunswick, Ga. City officials approved the honor for Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was fatally shot in February 2020 after being chased by three white men in pickup trucks who spotted him running in their neighborhood. All three men were later convicted of murder and federal hate crimes.

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GPB evening headlines for February 22, 2023

Ahmaud Arbery's mother plans to mark the anniversary of her son's death with a community conversation in Atlanta on Friday.

Opponents of a proposed mine near Southeast Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp spoke out last night during a public meeting. 

Residents in Bartow County, northwest of Atlanta, are closely watching the planned sale of a 14,000 acre tract of land.

February 22, 2023
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In this Nov. 3, 2019, file photo, former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga.

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GPB morning headlines for February 22, 2023

As the town of Plains, Georgia, celebrates the life of former President Jimmy Carter, one local health care clinic wouldn’t be here without him.

Savannah Mayor Van Johnson has made his re-election bid official.

The Atlanta Hawks have fired head coach Nate McMillan.

February 22, 2023
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President Jimmy Carter

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GPB evening headlines for February 21, 2023

As Plains, Georgia remembers former President Jimmy Carter, one local health care clinic wouldn’t be here without him. 

As Lawmakers return to the weekend's news about Carter, the State Senator representing Plains is joining others offering love.

Savannah Mayor Van Johnson has made his re-election bid official, touting his handling of Covid-10 in a campaign announcement.

 

February 21, 2023
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A map from the Atlanta Police Foundation website shows the proposed development bordered by Key Road in Southeast Atlanta as displayed on Feb. 1, 2023.

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GPB morning headlines for February 21, 2023

A Fulton County Judge has denied a lawsuit asking to pause construction on a controversial future police training facility in Atlanta.

The Georgia Department of Human Services is under fire from lawmakers for its management of thousands of children in foster care. 

February 21, 2023
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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks to the news media during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 8, 2021. Photo by Leah Millis/REUTERS

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GPB evening headlines for February 20, 2023

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says Atlanta-based freight rail company Norfolk Southern must make residents of a small Ohio town "whole" after a fiery derailment earlier this month released toxic chemicals in the area.

A record number of guns were intercepted last year at airport checkpoints across the country.

Savannah has been chosen to host the ECHL hockey league's all-star game next year.  

February 20, 2023
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Former President Jimmy Carter attends a game between the Atlanta Hawks and the New York Knicks at State Farm Arena, in Atlanta, Georgia, Feb 14, 2019. File photo by Dale Zanine/USA TODAY Sports via REUTERS

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GPB morning headlines for February 20, 2023

Well-wishes for former President Jimmy Carter have poured in since The Carter Center announced Saturday he had decided to forgo further medical treatment and instead receive hospice care.

The Georgia Legislature’s Public & Community Health Committee voted in favor of a plan to expand Medicaid coverage to Georgians living with HIV.

Emory University and the College of the Muscogee Nation are partnering to advance indigenous studies and create more speakers of the Muscogee language.

February 20, 2023
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Chris Ann Lewis is shown speaking behind a podium into microphones while her family members stand behind her.

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GPB evening headlines for February 17, 2023

The family of a man shot and killed by DeKalb County police officers two years ago is accusing the county of discrimination.

Emory University and the College of the Muscogee Nation are partnering to create more speakers of the Muscogee language.

Georgia Power is again delaying the projected start date for two new nuclear power units at East Georgia's Plant Vogtle.

February 17, 2023
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Atlanta civic leader and businessman Thomas W. Dortch in an undated photo

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GPB morning headlines for February 17, 2023

Part of a report from the Fulton County special grand jury investigating efforts by former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies to overturn Georgia's 2020 election was released Thursday. 

Atlanta civic leader and businessman Thomas W. Dortch, Jr. died this week.

The Savannah Bananas baseball team takes the field Friday night in West Palm Beach, Florida, to begin their 33 city tour across the country.

February 17, 2023
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U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with members of the National Association of Police Organizations Leadership in the Cabinet Room of the White House July 31, 2020 in Washington, DC. Photo by Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images

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GPB evening headlines for February 16, 2023

A state court has released parts of a report from the special grand jury investigating election interference in Georgia's 2020 election.

And a new report from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution gives an idea of how far down the election meddling went.

Georgia US Senator Jon Ossoff is urging state regulators to deny a permit for a proposed mine near the Okefenokee Swamp.

February 16, 2023
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The sun sets over water lilies and cypress trees along the remote Red Trail wilderness water trail of Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Wednesday, April 6, 2022, in Fargo, Ga. Twin Pines Minerals, a company seeking to mine minerals near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge, said Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, that its project is back on track after a federal agency reversed a June decision that had posed a big setback. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)

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GPB morning headlines for February 16, 2023

Parts of a report into efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election are expected to be released Thursday.

Georgia US Senator Jon Ossoff is urging state regulators to deny a permit for a proposed mine near the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia.

Democrats in the state House are putting forward legislation to discourage institutional investors like hedge funds from buying up single family houses.

February 16, 2023
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Augusta Mayor Garnett Johnson is pictured in this official photo.

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GPB evening headlines for February 15, 2023

Augusta officials today asked a state public health panel to give the city more time to work out a contract with an EMS provider.

An Atlanta-based non-profit will use a $4 million grant from the federal government to expand treatment for behavioral health.

Democrats in the state House are proposing legislation to discourage institutional investors from buying up single family houses.

February 15, 2023
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A new 400-Home Project in Forsyth County will mean Hundreds of Construction Jobs

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GPB morning headlines for February 15, 2023

Savannah could join 50 other communities across the state in imposing impact fees on new construction.

A divided Georgia Senate Tuesday approved honoring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with a statue on the state Capitol grounds.

Officials in Macon Bibb County are considering the roll out of an expansive camera surveillance network in the city’s downtown core.

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