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GPB morning headlines for June 11, 2024

Shareholders for Delta Air Lines are the latest group demanding the company allow employees to organize.

A Dacula man has sued the Gwinnett County Board of Elections and Registrations over what he's calling the unconstitutional creation of the city of Mulberry.

Early voting across Georgia continues through Friday ahead of the state's June 18th primary run-off elections.

June 11, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Chuck Hand leaves the Atlanta Press Club debate

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Georgia Today: Lawsuit challenges Mulberry cityhood; GOP congressional debates; Bail assistance

On the Monday, June 10 edition of Georgia Today: A new lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the creation of the city of Mulberry; Republican congressional candidates face off in a series of televised debates. We'll tell you why one was cut short. And a bail assistance nonprofit ends its work in Georgia because of a new state law.

June 10, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Chuck Hand leaves the Atlanta Press Club debate

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GPB evening headlines for June 10, 2024

A TV debate between the two Republican candidates hoping to represent Southwest Georgia in Congress was cut short yesterday.

Prominent Republicans traveled to Newnan to campaign for a former Trump advisor in a heavily-GOP Congressional district runoff.

A delegation of Republican US House members is expressing confidence that postal service delays in Georgia are nearing an end.

June 10, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio

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Bail Project, blaming state law, ceases operations in Georgia

The Bail Project says because of Senate Bill 63, which adds new restrictions on charitable bail funds and new crimes that require cash bail, it's stopping its work in Georgia effective Monday.

June 10, 2024
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  • Peter Biello
The full view from the inside of the Bloom Closet Express truck.

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'More than a donation center': Georgia nonprofit creates boutique shopping for foster families

Bloom Our Youth's mobile truck travels to several locations across Georgia about three times a month to give foster families and children in group homes a personal shopping experience. GPB's Ambria Burton reports — with a slideshow of the clothing, backpacks, shoes and accessories that are often needed when a child moves into foster care.

June 10, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
New home construction in Chatham County, GA. Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current

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Data dive: What is ‘affordable housing’ in Coastal Georgia? It depends

What’s “affordable” housing depends on what’s in your wallet. But zoom out to all of coastal Georgia, cross-reference a federal guideline and it shows most four-person families can “afford” housing ranging from zero up to about $2,300 per month.  Here’s how numbers work to determine policies, challenges for families.

June 10, 2024
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  • Maggie Lee
The 1924 Spanish Revival style Torrey-West Home on Ossabaw Island is shown in this view from its side.

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Georgia funds $7 million renovation of historic home on Ossabaw Island

The Ossabaw Island Foundation says the renovation of the 100-year-old Torrey-West House will allow it to expand its programs on the largely uninhabited barrier island.

June 10, 2024
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  • Orlando Montoya
The West End ATL mural on White Street. (Provided by Discover Atlanta/Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau)

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Atlanta’s thriving vegan food scene got its start in the Black communities of West End

While growing in popularity across America, vegan restaurants aren’t new to many Atlanta communities. Although the city has seen an increase in plant-based restaurants over the last decade, veganism has deep roots in the city’s westside neighborhoods, dating back decades. This is especially true in West End, where veganism is fostered through the relationship between restaurants and customers and an intense need to feed the community.

June 10, 2024
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  • Allanah Dykes
The morning sun hits the dome of the Capitol on a day where House Republicans will hold a closed conference meeting to vote by secret ballot to nominate a House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 11, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

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Republicans Dugan, Jack square off in 3rd Congressional District debate

The two Republicans who made the June 18 primary runoff in Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District agreed on more issues than they disagreed on during a debate Sunday sponsored by the Atlanta Press Club.

June 10, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
Images of Macon’s famed showman line the hall of the Little Richard House in Pleasant Hill.

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Little Richard House closes indefinitely

The Little Richard Neighborhood Resource Center closed indefinitely without fanfare or public notice recently.

June 10, 2024
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  • Laura Corley
Chuck Hand leaves the Atlanta Press Club debate

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WATCH: Republican Chuck Hand walks out during Atlanta Press Club runoff debate with Wayne Johnson

A debate between the two Republican candidates hoping to represent Southwest Georgia’s 2nd Congressional District was cut short Sunday when one of them — a politician who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol — abruptly left the stage.

June 10, 2024
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  • Orlando Montoya
A cotton plant is pictured in this undated photo.

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GPB morning headlines for June 10, 2024

A televised debate between the two Republican candidates hoping to represent Southwest Georgia’s Second Congressional District was cut short Sunday.

A wet spring has delayed the planting season for the state's cotton crops.

The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention presented new guidelines last week on medication to prevent sexually transmitted infections. 

June 10, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Savannah Bananas mascot Split at the “Banana Ball World Tour Draft,” where locations were announced for the team's 2023 schedule.

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Georgia Today: Early primary runoff voting; Cotton season delayed in Ga.; The Bananas go to Boston

On the Friday, June 7 edition of Georgia Today: Early voting for Georgia's primary runoff is underway in some places and yet to begin in others; a wet spring has delayed the planting season for the state's cotton crops; and the Savannah Bananas take their unique brand of baseball to Fenway Park.

 

June 07, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
The United States District Courthouse sits on Mulberry Street on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, in Macon, Georgia. (Photo/Katie Tucker ktucker@macon.com)

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Macon rehab center admits to altering records during fraud investigation. Owner pleads guilty

The owner of a Macon area rehabilitation center admitted on Wednesday to ordering two employees to alter documents during a 2019 federal investigation into fraudulent billing, according to the Department of Justice.

June 07, 2024
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  • Lucinda Warnke and
  • Alba Rosa

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Widely available antibiotic now recommended to prevent STIs, says Atlanta-based CDC

When taken up to three days after having sex, the antibiotic doxycycline has been shown to prevent syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia in about two-thirds of users. 

June 07, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
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