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The University of Georgia Routinely Ranks as One of America's Top Schools for Economic Development

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GPB evening headlines for August 15, 2024

An election board in one of Georgia’s largest counties has voted to start charging people who challenge the eligibility of voters for the cost of notifying those who are challenged. 

The University System of Georgia's Economic Impact for last fiscal year included more than 163,000 full- and part-time jobs. 

The Braves beat the Giants.

August 15, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Signs to guide voters are posted outside a Cobb County polling station on the first day of early voting, in Marietta, Ga., Oct. 17, 2022.

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Big Georgia county to start charging some costs to people who challenge the eligibility of voters

An election board in one of Georgia's largest counties has voted to start charging people who challenge the eligibility of voters for the cost of notifying the challenged voters. The Cobb County Board of Elections and Registrations voted 4-1 Tuesday to adopt the rule.

August 15, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Overhead shot of Trilith Studios in Fayetteville, GA. (Trilith Studios/Facebook)

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The good outweighs the challenges: Trilith Studios CEO talks AI in media at Georgia Senate committee

On Tuesday, Trilith Studios President and CEO Frank Patterson explained how movie studios are using AI and his take on the concerns over AI at the Senate Study Committee on AI's third meeting on Wednesday at the movie studio in Fayetteville, Ga.

August 15, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
A black burn mark can be seen on an excavator at a townhome development site on Memorial Drive in Kirkwood. Atlanta Police say they believe suspected arsonists are opponents of the public safety training center, also known as ‘Cop City.’

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Atlanta Police say attempted arson at Kirkwood townhome development tied to ‘Cop City’ opponents

Atlanta Police are searching for arsonists they say set fire to construction equipment at a Kirkwood townhome development site to protest the city’s controversial public safety training center.

August 15, 2024
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  • Dyana Bagby
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GPB morning headlines for August 15, 2024

A program out of Southeast Georgia that relies on remote monitoring of patients is hopeful for a solution to cardiac-related maternal mortality in Georgia.

An internal audit has found institutions within the University System of Georgia are not fully complying with a policy issued last year restricting diversity statements in hiring.

Federal prosecutors in Savannah are launching a public awareness campaign meant to crack down on so-called straw purchases of firearms.

August 15, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Tiana Hill

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Formerly incarcerated Georgia women speak about pregnancy behind bars

Women from Georgia spoke about their experiences being pregnant and giving birth while incarcerated at Sen. Jon Ossoff’s  Atlanta hearing of the Senate Committee on Human Rights.

August 15, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
A group of students at Kennesaw State University stand with a sign that says "make yourself a priority"

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New documentary celebrates Georgia's decades of innovative 'certified peer specialist' training

Since the late 1980s, Georgia has led the way in training professional peer counselors with substance misuse and mental health challenges to help others in similar situations.

August 14, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says Georgians should expect to wait in line on Election Day amidst record turnout.

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Georgia Today: Voting machine tests; Incarcerated while pregnant; Fringed campion protection efforts

On the Wednesday, Aug. 14 edition of Georgia Today: Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger puts the state's voting machines to the test; Georgia women continue to speak out about horrific treatment of pregnant women in prison; and we'll look at an effort to protect a native flower in Macon from invasive plants. 

August 14, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
The beach at Lake Tobesofkee in Bibb County, in the near center of the state of Georgia.

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In Macon, just because you have no ocean doesn't mean you have no beach

While for a lot of people, a day at the beach is an essential summer activity, an oceanfront isn’t available to everyone in Georgia. But you can still find beach fun if you know where to look.  

 

August 14, 2024
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  • Taleen Hanna
George Glezman is shown in this posed outdoor photo.

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GPB evening headlines for September 14, 2024

An Atlanta man now held captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan for 20 months says he's losing hope of being returned to the US.

Georgia's Secretary of State is visiting election offices across the Georgia to make sure voting machines are running properly.

Federal prosecutors in Savannah are launching an awareness campaign aimed at cracking down on illegal firearms purchases.

August 14, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Usher roller skates during his halftime performance at Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. Credit: Frank Franklin II / AP

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Usher postpones Atlanta concerts, moves shows to December

The first show of the singer's "Past, Present, Future" tour was to kick off in Atlanta Aug. 14, but will be rescheduled, State Farm Arena said.

August 14, 2024
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  • GPB News Staff
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger stands with a voting machine

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Raffensperger visits county elections offices, assures a 'level playing field'

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger visited Paulding County to conduct a "health check" on the voting machines and elections office and answer election questions. 

August 14, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
An aerial view of the Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America in Bryan County, Georgia. Taken August 6, 2024. Courtesy of Hyundai Motor Group

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Georgia GOP rep. wants to save Biden’s energy tax credits. Trump says he’ll repeal them

A Georgia Republican who has endorsed former President Donald Trump is concerned about the potential repeal of the Inflation Reduction Act, which has brought billions of dollars of clean energy investment to Georgia.

August 14, 2024
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  • Kala Hunter
Fringed Campion in bloom in an urban forest in Macon in April 2024.

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In Macon, volunteers fight escaped garden plants to save an endangered native

Because of habitat loss and climate change, rare plants exist in increasingly perilous places. Protecting them means gardening at a landscape scale — one in a most unlikely location: urban Macon.

August 14, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
DEA shows their drug bust

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More than 2,300 pounds of meth is found hidden in celery at Georgia farmers market

Drug agents say that celery was used to conceal more than 2,300 pounds of methamphetamines at a farmers market south of Atlanta. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says it's one of the largest seizures of its kind.

August 14, 2024
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