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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp handily beat David Perdue, former President Trump's hand picked candidate in the 2022 Republican Gubernatorial primary , to set up a re-election race against Democrat Stacey Abrams.

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GPB morning headlines for August 31, 2022

Georgia's oldest public Historically Black College and University is partnering with a public university in Michigan.

Gov. Brian Kemp announced this week COVID-19 relief funds to go to affordable housing and to neighborhood recreation improvements.

August 31, 2022
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Governor Kemp Speaks At Georgia GOP Convention on June 5, 2021

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GPB evening headlines for August 30, 2022

A state judge says Gov. Brian Kemp must testify before the special grand jury investigating possible crimes related to interference in Georgia's 2020 election, but not until after the November elections.

A prosecutor announced an indictment targeting members of what she said is a violent street gang that has been targeting the Atlanta area homes of celebrities.

The lighthouse on St. Simons Island is turning 150 years old.

August 30, 2022
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Gov. Brian Kemp

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GPB evening headlines for August 29, 2022

A state judge says Gov. Brian Kemp must testify before the special grand jury investigating possible crimes related to interference in Georgia's 2020 election.

Georgia Democratic and Republican leaders rallied many of their most faithful party members at competing events this weekend.

A group of residents in South Georgia's Cook County are fighting to block what could become the world's largest wood pellet plant.

August 29, 2022
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Stacey Abrams speaks to Biden supporters as they wait for former President Barack Obama to arrive and speak at a rally as he campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, at Turner Field in Atlanta.

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GPB morning headlines for August 29, 2022

Democrats from across the state met in Columbus this weekend for the party’s annual convention.

A federal jury in Atlanta last week awarded $100 million to a panhandler who fell and broke his neck after a police officer shocked him with a stun gun, news agencies report.

August 29, 2022
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FRONTLINE: Policing the Police

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GPB evening headlines for August 26, 2022

Governor Brian Kemp has announced another round of large grants coming from federal Covid-19 relief funds.

The Carter Center wants Georgians to become more resilient to conflict and more confident in elections.

The Savannah Bananas are doubling down on their signature brand of unconventional baseball.

August 26, 2022
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A scene from an election polling site shows people waiting in line and a poll watcher carrying a clipboard.

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Carter Center launches Georgia-focused election program

The Carter Center turns its attention to fostering democracy in Georgia.

August 26, 2022
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a Get Out the Vote Rally, on May 23, 2022, in Kennesaw, Ga.

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GPB morning headlines for August 26, 2022

A District Court judge ruled last week that Georgia can move forward with its waiver plan rather than expand Medicaid.

Gov. Brian Kemp is using $100 million in federal COVID-19 relief to boost policing and reduce violence.

August 26, 2022
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In this Nov. 15, 2020, file photo Raphael Warnock, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, speaks during a campaign rally in Marietta, Ga. As the head of the Atlanta church where Martin Luther King Jr. preached, Warnock has not shied away from impassioned sermons and forceful advocacy on behalf of the poor and disadvantaged. The 51-year-old now wants to take that progressive platform to the U.S. Senate. He is running to unseat one of Georgia's Republican senators, Kelly L

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GPB morning headlines for August 25, 2022

Georgia U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock announced new legislation Wednesday aimed at the nation's housing crisis.

A group of residents and environmentalists are fighting to block a wood pellet plant from being built in a predominantly Black and Hispanic community in south Georgia.

August 25, 2022
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President Joe Biden

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GPB evening headlines for August 24, 2022

President Biden has announced a plan to deliver on his campaign promise to cancel student loan debt for millions of Americans.

The family of Rayshard Brooks is pursuing a civil lawsuit against the Atlanta police officers involved in his fatal shooting.

Former Georgia first lady Sandra Deal is being remembered as a tireless supporter of the importance of reading.

August 24, 2022
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Sandra Deal was a tireless champion for literacy, colleague says

Sandra Deal, wife of former Gov. Nathan Deal, died Tuesday after a battle with cancer.

August 24, 2022
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Sandra Deal waves as she is acknowledged by a round of applause before the State of the State address by her husband, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, on the House floor in Atlanta on Jan. 11, 2017. Sandra Deal died from brain cancer on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, at age 80 at her home in Demorest, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

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GPB morning headlines for August 24, 2022

Former Georgia first lady Sandra Deal died Tuesday after a battle with cancer at the age of 80.

A special prosecutor in Atlanta has reached a decision in the case of two Atlanta police officers who shot Rayshard Brooks.

August 24, 2022
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In this June 12, 2020, file photo from a screen grab taken from body camera video provided by the Atlanta Police Department Rayshard Brooks, right, speaks with Officer Garrett Rolfe, left, in the parking lot of a Wendy's restaurant, in Atlanta.

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GPB evening headlines for August 23, 2022

A special prosecutor says he won't pursue charges against the Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks.

The company that wants to mine for titanium near Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp scored a major victory.

Recently naturalized US citizens could play an outsized role in Georgia's upcoming midterm elections.

August 23, 2022
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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 August 23, 2022

A Southeast Georgia woman's family is suing the Camden County sheriff over the raid that led to her death.

A company that wants to mine in southeast Georgia near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp says the project is back on track.

August 23, 2022
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Historic preservation, health care clash over Albany building

The city's historic preservation board is fighting a health system's plans for an old school building.

August 22, 2022
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A voter drops their ballot off during early voting, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, in Athens, Ga. With record turnout expected for this year’s presidential election and fears about exposure to the coronavirus, election officials and advocacy groups have been encouraging people to vote early, either in person or by absentee ballot.

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GPB morning headlines for August 22, 2022

Georgia’s governor and the federal government have been in a standoff over the state’s health care plans. Now, a federal judge has weighed in.

A Georgia jury late last week returned a verdict of $1.7 billion against the Ford Motor Company.

Today is the first day to request an absentee ballot for the November 8 election.

August 22, 2022
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