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Political columnist Jim Galloway retires from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution after more than 40 years with the paper.

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Georgia Today: Retiring Columnist Jim Galloway On Georgia’s Altered Political Landscape

For decades, Jim Galloway has been on the frontlines of Georgia’s most consequential political stories. He retires on Friday, Jan. 15, after more than 40 years with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. On Georgia Today, Galloway reflects on a career covering Georgia politics, and his worries about the future of the GOP.

January 14, 2021
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Sean Powers
In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, Trump supporters gather outside the Capitol in Washington. As rioters converged on the U.S. Capitol building, the grounds normally hailed as the seat of American democracy became a melting pot of extremist groups. Militia members, white supremacists, paramilitary organizations and fervent supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stood shoulder to shoulder, unified in rage.

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  • News

Georgia Today: Insurrection Shines A Light On Militant Groups

In the week since the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the FBI has announced dozens of arrests, with many more to come. Some of the rioters have lost their jobs, with others placed on no-fly lists. Chris Joyner is an investigative reporter with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. On Georgia Today, he discusses his reporting on Georgians swept up in the insurrection.

January 13, 2021
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Sean Powers
Georgia Democrats Raphael Warnock, left, and Jon Ossoff, right, gesture toward a crowd during a campaign rally in Marietta, Ga in November 2020. The two won seats to the U.S. Senate in runoff races in January 2021.

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  • Politics

Georgia Today: In Georgia Politics, A Week For The History Books

What a week. Somewhere between the president's call to Brad Raffensperger on Saturday and the seething and lawless mob in our nation's capitol on Wednesday, Georgia hosted a momentous election. On this week's Georgia Today, host Steve Fennessy talks with GPB political reporter Stephen Fowler on coming to terms with a historic week for Georgia, and for America. 

January 08, 2021
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  • Steve Fennessy ,
  • Stephen Fowler ,
  • and 1 more
In 2002, then-Gov. Roy Barnes (GA-D), left, and Garrett Hayes, center, listen to Sonny Perdue, right, speak during a gubernatorial debate at GPB. Perdue would go on to defeat Barnes, becoming the first Republican to serve as Georgia's governor since Reconstruction.

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  • Politics

Georgia Today: Where Is Georgia's GOP Headed?

Atlanta Journal-Constitution political columnist Jim Galloway has been on the frontlines of Georgia’s most consequential political stories. He retires in January.  On Georgia Today, Galloway reflects on 40 years of covering Georgia politics, and his worries about the future of the Republican Party.

December 25, 2020
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Sean Powers
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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  • Politics

Georgia Today: The 30-Day Congressman

Kwanza Hall is Georgia’s newest congressman, even if he is serving for just a month. On Georgia Today, host Steve Fennessy talks with Rep. Hall about his legislative priorities and what it's like following in the footsteps of his predecessor — the late civil rights icon, John Lewis.

December 17, 2020
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Sean Powers
Brian Kemp and Donald Trump

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  • Politics

Georgia Today: Brian Kemp, Donald Trump, And The Most Acrimonious Of Political Divorces

He may be a lame duck, but defying President Trump still comes at a price. On Georgia Today, political reporter Greg Bluestein of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution speaks on the acrimony between Trump and the man he assumed would always be in his corner, Gov. Brian Kemp.

December 10, 2020
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Sean Powers
Brad

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  • Politics

Georgia Today: How Ga. Elections Chief Became Enemy No. 1 In His Own Party

Since Joe Biden turned Georgia blue, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has become enemy No. 1 in his own party. As his critics level malicious attacks against him, Raffensperger is adamant: The election was sound, and the results stand.

December 04, 2020
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Sean Powers
 (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)

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  • Environment

Georgia Today: Capsizing, Crew Rescue and Cutting Up Of The Golden Ray Cargo Ship

It’s been over a year since the Golden Ray capsized off the coast of St. Simons Island. Crews recently resumed work to dismantle the giant vessel. On Georgia Today this week, Brunswick News reporter Larry Hobbs discusses how the Golden Ray came to capsize in the first place, the tense hours as rescuers tried to free trapped crew members, and what emerged from hearings into the possible causes of the disaster.

November 25, 2020
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  • Steve Fennessy ,
  • Pria Mahadevan ,
  • and 1 more
CDC director

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Georgia Today: How The CDC Was Set Up To Fail During Pandemic

On Georgia Today, an inside look at how the CDC lost public trust amid an international health crisis — and how the repercussions of the organization’s unraveling could have long-lasting effects beyond the course of the pandemic.

November 20, 2020
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Pria Mahadevan
Robin Kemp

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  • Politics

Georgia Today: What One Reporter Saw As Clayton County Flipped Georgia For Biden

More than a week after the presidential election, Georgia is headed for an election audit including a hand recount prompted in part by allegations of election fraud — despite no evidence. How did we get here? On Georgia Today, Clayton Crescent founder Robin Kemp shares what she saw in the days after the election as the votes that put Joe Biden over the top in Georgia were counted.

November 13, 2020
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Pria Mahadevan
 Sumter County Schools

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  • Politics

Georgia Today: How Racial Gerrymandering Divided A South Georgia Town

Deep in southwest Georgia, a local school board has been torn apart over racial gerrymandering. On Georgia Today, New York Times reporter Nicholas Casey discusses how the long shadow of voter suppression manifested in a voting map, and why electoral outcomes often come down to the lines we draw on paper.

November 05, 2020
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Pria Mahadevan
Republican party presidential candidate Ronald Reagan, at podium, delivers a campaign speech at a shopping mall in Greenville, South Carolina, on Oct. 23, 1980.

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  • Elections

Georgia Today: Will 2020 Spell The End Of The Southern Strategy?

For years, the Southern Strategy has been used by Republicans to great effect, but could 2020 spell the end of it? Angie Maxwell, co-author of "The Long Southern Strategy," joins host Steve Fennessy on Georgia Today.

October 29, 2020
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  • Steve Fennessy ,
  • Pria Mahadevan ,
  • and 1 more
In August. the U.S. Marshals Service led a two-week operation in the Atlanta metro area and Macon to find missing children.

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  • Law

Georgia Today: Operation Not Forgotten — Separating Fact From Fiction

A series of raids across metro Atlanta and Macon stoked fears that child sex trafficking is more prevalent than we thought. Johnny Edwards, an investigative reporter with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, describes how the operation perpetuated a narrative of sex trafficking that doesn’t always square with the evidence.

October 22, 2020
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Pria Mahadevan
atlanta falcons

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  • Sports

Georgia Today: Rebuilding The Falcons Begins

With both its head coach and general manager fired after a disastrous start to the 2020 season, the Atlanta Falcons are at a crossroads. Jeff Schultz, a senior writer for The Athletic, discusses how the franchise got to this point — and what it will take to rebuild.

October 16, 2020
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By:
  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Pria Mahadevan
Southern Pines nursing home resident Shirley Campbell visits with her daughter, Margie Price, and son-in-law, Ken, through a glass door in Warner Robins, Ga., on Friday, June 26, 2020. A state emergency order barring nursing home visits has been extended another month to Aug. 12. With Georgia recording a sharp spike in virus cases, residents and staff alike know another delay is possible.

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  • Health

Georgia Today: Why 1 in 3 COVID-19 Deaths Is In A Long-Term Care Home

The coronavirus pandemic has been especially deadly in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. On Georgia Today, we look at why facilities caring for the elderly have been so vulnerable to the virus, and how the pandemic has laid bare the state’s inadequate oversight.

October 09, 2020
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  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Pria Mahadevan
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