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News Articles: Georgia

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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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp meets South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during overseas trip

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has met with South Korea's president during his trip to the Asian nation. The Republican Kemp says he met Tuesday with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.

June 18, 2024
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In this Oct. 3, 2016, file photo, Justin Ross Harris listens during his trial at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga. Georgia's highest court on Wednesday, June 22, 2022, overturned the murder and child cruelty convictions against Harris, whose toddler son died after he left him in a hot car for hours, saying the jury saw evidence that was “extremely and unfairly prejudicial.”

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GPB evening headlines for June 18, 2024

A Georgia father has been released from prison 10-years after his toddler died in a hot car -- a case that made global headlines.

South Korean automaker Hyundai announced today which vehicle model will be the first to roll off its assembly line in Bryan County.

Georgia is launching an in-depth assessment of its understaffed and violent prison system to identify steps to improve safety.

June 18, 2024
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The gold dome of the Georgia Capitol gleams in the sun, Aug. 27, 2022, in front of the skyline of downtown Atlanta.

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Georgia Senate study committees to look at firearm safety, AI, correction facilities, more

The 2024 Georgia General Assembly Senate Study Committees are in session starting this week. Like bills, study committees are proposed during the legislative session but as resolutions the sponsor believes need further examining during the off-season.  This year's study committees will analyze several topics, including firearm safety, artificial intelligence, affordable child care, and more.

June 18, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
Defense attorney Maddox Kilgore holds a photo of Cooper Harris during the murder trial for his father, Justin Ross Harris, Oct. 31, 2016, in Brunswick, Ga. Georgia prison records show Harris was released from prison on Father's Day, Sunday, June 16, 2024, 10 years after his toddler died in a hot car, a case that made global headlines after prosecutors accused him of murder.

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Georgia father freed from prison 10 years after his toddler died in hot car, leading to murder case

Georgia prison records show that a father has been released from prison 10 years after his toddler died in a hot car, a case that made global headlines after prosecutors accused him of murder.

June 18, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Dan McLean looks down at a sign that reads "Access denied for any reason to anyone working with or for Summit Carbon Solutions," in his truck on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, on his farm near Menoken, N.D. Summit Carbon Solutions has proposed a multistate carbon dioxide pipeline that would bury CO2 deep underground in North Dakota. The project has drawn opposition from many Midwestern landowners.

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Biofuel groups envision ethanol-powered jets. But fueling the effort has not been easy

Farming and biofuels organizations are hopeful that ethanol could be used to power passenger jets, but making that dream a reality hasn't been easy.

June 18, 2024
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  • Associated Press
A sign, seen through a window, says "Due to the water main break, we are CLOSED! Green Beans ATL."

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GPB morning headlines for June 18, 2024

The Atlanta City Council unanimously passed a measure Monday creating a financial relief fund for small businesses affected by the water main breaks earlier this month.

A Georgia man has been released from prison 10 years after his toddler died in a hot car.

Voters across Georgia are heading to the polls Tuesday for the primary election runoff.

June 18, 2024
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A job fair specifically for law enforcement jobs will be held on Monday, October 21st.

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Georgia Today: State PD increases training requirements; Savannah fountain tribute; Author interview

On the Monday, June 17 edition of Georgia Today: Georgia police officers will now need more training become certified; the city of Savannah unveils a new monument to a woman who helped beautify the city; and a new novel is based on a real act of violence in Georgia more than a century ago.

 

June 17, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Members of Congress honor the U.S. Capitol Police, the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police and others who protected the Capitol on January 6, 2021 with the Congressional Gold Medal in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert

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GPB evening headlines for June 17, 2024

New Georgia police officers will have to undergo nearly double the amount of training to become a certified officer.

Savannah has unveiled a new fountain dedicated to a woman who was instrumental to the city's beautification efforts.

An icon of the state's poultry industry has died.  Abit Massey led the Georgia Poultry Federation from 1960-2009.

June 17, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
The fountain features a sculpture representing Flora, the goddess of flowers and flowering plants.

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‘Savannah's beauty is our duty’: New fountain honors influential gardener in Georgia's oldest city

‘The Garden Keeper’ is the Ardsley Park neighborhood's first public fountain.

June 17, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
People sign the final structural beam of the Crisis Stabilization Diagnostic Center before it was put into place on June 14 in Macon. The center will serve people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who need health care or are in crisis.

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A new vision of care for people with disabilities includes center in Macon

At a celebration against a backdrop of construction, Georgia providers said once the facility is built, it will be one step in a new proposed continuum of care.

June 17, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
A sign outside Smith State Prison in Glennville, Ga.

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A Georgia inmate used a gun to kill a prison kitchen worker before killing himself, officials say

Officials say an inmate used a gun to kill a kitchen worker at a Georgia prison before fatally shooting himself. The Georgia Department of Corrections says it's investigating the killing early Sunday at Smith State Prison. Few details were released, including how the inmate obtained a firearm.

June 17, 2024
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A home in Hogg Hummock - Sapelo Island Credit: Brian Brown/Vanishing Georgia

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Sapelo Island residents renew rezoning fight at historic community

Black residents of Hogg Hummock on Sapelo Island refiled a legal challenge to zoning they fear will lead to higher taxes and push them off their ancestral Gullah Geechee community in McIntosh County.

June 17, 2024
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  • Mary Landers
Lionsgate Studios in Douglas County

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Georgia Trend Talks: Film production and economic growth surge in Douglas County

We’re launching a new monthly segment on Morning Edition, in collaboration with Georgia Trend magazine, featuring in-depth interviews and stories on Georgia's dynamic developments and key players. Our first segment spotlights Douglas County’s recent surge in film production and economic growth, highlighted by K.K. Snyder’s feature on the new studio complex and the arrival of major companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft.

June 17, 2024
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  • Pamela Kirkland
Solar panels. (Pexels)

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Spread of solar farms in Georgia about to get legislative scrutiny

Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River, with eight million acres of prime farmland. Yet, there’s so much concern over the spread of solar farms eating up huge portions of that acreage with vast fields of solar panels that the state Senate has formed a study committee to explore what can be done to save the most fertile land for farmers.

June 17, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
 Several winners of the June 18 Georgia Legislative primary runoffs will spend the early months of 2025 working long hours inside the state Capitol’s Gold Dome. (File Georgia Recorder)

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Georgia voters in eight legislative districts head to the polls to choose their state lawmakers

Eight legislative seats will be on the ballot Tuesday to determine the incoming lawmakers for hundreds of thousands of Georgians. Tuesday’s runoffs feature at least two intraparty fights from both sides of the aisle, including a race for a metro Atlanta Senate seat that has opened up for the first time in two decades and a coastal matchup where a GOP House incumbent is fighting to keep his seat

June 17, 2024
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  • Ross Williams and
  • Stanley Dunlap
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