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News Articles: Georgia

A crew member walks near a broken water transmission line, Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Atlanta. Much of Atlanta, including all of downtown, has been without water since Friday afternoon after crews began work to repair breaks on transmission lines in the downtown area.

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Atlanta water woes extend into fourth day as city finally cuts off gushing leak

For at least some residents, Atlanta's water problems aren't over. Resident Milena Franco says flow was cut off to her apartment before dawn Monday, leaving her a dry shower. City officials say water was shut down in the immediate neighborhood as part of a successful effort to stanch the flow from a broken water main.

June 03, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Randy Nichols hold up plans for a campus dedicated to people in drug and alcohol addiction recovery.

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New zoning law may help prevent stigma against housing for people in addiction recovery

Local rezoning requests typically take between 15 to 45 days under Georgia state code, but, until this year, that wasn’t true for all properties.

 

June 03, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Calvin Smyre

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Smyre named to President’s Intelligence Advisory Board

President Joe Biden appointed former state Rep. Calvin Smyre to an independent board that advises the White House on intelligence issues.

June 03, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
Lamont Hart, a voter protection volunteer for the New Georgia Project, waits to speak with voters outside the Cobb County Senior Wellness Center in Marietta, Ga. He was one of many election monitors during May’s primary. Matt Vasilogambros/Stateline

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Election monitors nervously practice for the ‘big dance in November’

Just after 3 p.m. on the third Tuesday of May, Lamont Hart began his shift outside a suburban Atlanta precinct as a scorching Georgia sun reflected heat off the white-bricked Worship with Wonders Church. Tall, thin, wearing a backward flat cap and holding a notebook, Hart introduced himself to exiting voters and asked whether they’d had any issues casting their ballots.

June 03, 2024
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  • Matt Vasilogambros
A crew member walks near a broken water transmission line, Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Atlanta. Much of Atlanta, including all of downtown, has been without water since Friday afternoon after crews began work to repair breaks on transmission lines in the downtown area.

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Water begins to flow again in downtown Atlanta after outage that began Friday

Water pressure is returning to downtown Atlanta and nearby neighborhoods. Problems are easing Sunday after a water outage that began Friday, shutting down businesses and leaving faucets dry at many homes. A large swath of the city remains under an order to boil water before drinking it.

June 03, 2024
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  • Associated Press
 Booking photos from the Fulton County conspiracy case charging Donald Trump and allies with trying to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. Photos from Fulton County Sheriff’s Office

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Fulton 19 update: Lawmaker wants case tossed, Yeezy’s ex-publicist changes counsel

The Fulton County 2020 presidential election interference case is pressing ahead with court hearings taking place for several of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the sweeping racketeering case.

June 03, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Crews working to repair the 11th Street water main break at 7:30 a.m. Monday, June 3. (Photo by Beth McKibben)

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UPDATE: ‘Essential repairs’ on broken water main taking place in Midtown Atlanta

Atlanta Watershed shut off water at 1 a.m. to certain streets to complete “essential repairs” on a broken water main that has been gushing since Friday night.

June 03, 2024
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  • Collin Kelley and
  • Beth McKibben
Crews working to repair the 11th Street water main break at 7:30 a.m. Monday, June 3. (Photo by Beth McKibben)

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GPB morning headlines for June 3, 2024

Much of Atlanta remains under a boil water advisory Monday morning as the city continues repairs on a water main break in Midtown.

Attorneys for three former sheriff’s deputies set to go on trial again on murder charges in the 2017 death of an elderly Black man in Washington County will argue the men are immune from prosecution. 

Hurricane season officially began Saturday.

June 03, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
A demonstrator argues with police officers during a protest against the foreign influence bill at the Parliamentary building in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. The Georgian parliament has overridden a presidential veto of the "foreign agents" legislation that has fueled Western concerns and sparked massive protests for weeks.

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Georgia's parliament speaker signs divisive foreign influence bill into law

Opponents have denounced the legislation as "the Russian law" because it resembles measures pushed through by the Kremlin to crack down on independent news media, nonprofits and activists.

June 03, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
A kitchen sink's water faucet is shown with a rag hanging over it.

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GPB evening headlines for May 31, 2024

Officials say crews are working aggressively to repair two water main breaks causing disruptions in a wide swath of Atlanta today.

US Senator Jon Ossoff visited the US Postal Service's facility southwest of Atlanta yesterday after months of reported mail delays.

New arguments are expected in the trial of three former Sheriff’s deputies who killed an elderly Black man in Washington County.

May 31, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens joins local business owners and city officials for a "signing day" to celebrate the launch of the third annual Summer Youth Employment Program.

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Atlanta launches third year of youth summer jobs program

Mayor Andre Dickens joined business owners and city leaders this week for a “signing day” launching the 3rd year of the summer job program for young adults in the city. 

May 31, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
The Wrecking Bar in Little Five Points is one of the businesses affected by the water main break. (Courtesy Instagram)

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Georgia Today: Water main breaks in Atlanta; Affordable internet access; Hurricane season begins

On the Friday, May 31 edition of Georgia Today: Water main bursts in Atlanta disrupt homes and businesses throughout the city; 1 in 6 Georgia households could soon lose affordable internet access; and as hurricane season begins, we'll preview a new tool for tracking the storms.

 

May 31, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
The Wrecking Bar in Little Five Points is one of the businesses affected by the water main break. (Courtesy Instagram)

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BREAKING: Water main break causes outages for businesses, residents across Atlanta

Residents and businesses across Atlanta are experiencing low water pressure or outages after a water main broke today.

May 31, 2024
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  • Dyana Bagby
Runners at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race

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Peachtree Road Race innovates for 55th running on July 4

On July 4th, 1970, 140 runners set off from the corner of Peachtree and Roswell Roads in the first Peachtree Road Race. Only 110 of the runners finished.

May 31, 2024
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  • Madison Auchincloss
Sen. Ossoff at the U.S. southern border on May 29, where he warned about the threats of terroism to U.S. national security without legislation or address unlawful entry at the border.

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Taxpayer dollars at work: Ossoff at U.S.-Mexico border, Warnock joins senators' security statement

For the week ending May 31, 2024, Warnock and Ossoff worked on protecting national security at the southern border, urging Delta Air Lines leadership not to hinder workers' unionization efforts, calling out pharmaceutical companies for high medication prices, and addressing law enforcement shortages.

May 31, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
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