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Fine Fettle is one of only six businesses licensed by the state of Georgia to cultivate, manufacture, and dispense medical cannabis, with dispensaries across the state and an118,000 square-foot cultivation, processing, and manufacturing facility in Macon-Bibb County. Macon Mayor Lester Miller visited the facility on May 29, 2024.

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Tour Macon’s new Fine Fettle Georgia medical cannabis plant

See how technicians recreate the sun to grow marijuana plants and extract THC for a variety of medicinal products to be marketed in Georgia.

May 31, 2024
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  • Liz Fabian
Rep. Saira Draper speaks at a press conference raising concerns about potential mass voter challenges.

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Potential mass voter challenges in Georgia November elections elicit Democrats’ warnings

Georgia Democrats are sounding the alarm over potential mass voter challenges ahead of the November election. Georgia law allows local voters to challenge the eligibility of as many people as they want if they suspect the person is ineligible to cast a ballot.

May 31, 2024
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  • Ross Williams
U.S. Postal Service vehicles

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GPB morning headlines for May 31, 2024

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff visited the U.S. Postal Service’s Palmetto facility after months of reported delays in mail delivery.

The man charged with killing a nursing student at a popular walking trail at the University is scheduled to be in court Friday.

A new state law clarifies zoning regulations and gives Georgians recovering from addiction more options for treatment.

May 31, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Election signs are stored at State Farm Arena, home of the NBA's Atlanta Hawks basketball team, Friday, July 17, 2020, in Atlanta. The 16,888-seat facility will be used as a poll location for the upcoming election.

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Georgia Today: State to audit primary election; Senator seeks charge dismissal; Author interview

On the Thursday, May 30 edition of Georgia Today: The state will be doing an audit of its recent primary election; an indicted state senator wants the charges dismissed; and author Stephen Hundley tells us about his new coming-of-age novel set on a Georgia barrier island.

May 30, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Georgia Senator Shawn Still

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GPB evening headlines for May 30, 2024

A state Senator indicted in Georgia's 2020 election interference case is asking a state judge to dismiss the charges against him.

The election board in Fulton County has voted to certify its primary election results. But one GOP board member isn't going along.

A new law gives Georgians overcoming addiction more options for treatment by clarifying zoning laws over their recovery centers.

May 30, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp pose for selfie at Plant Vogtle before Kemp’s remarks at an official ceremony marking the completion of Units 3 and 4.

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After years and billions of dollars in delays, a party for new nuclear at Georgia's Plant Vogtle

The long-anticipated completion of the new nuclear reactor at Plant Vogtle's Unit 4 actually occurred a few weeks ago. The public fanfare waited.

May 30, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
Ossoff in Palmetto

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Sen. Jon Ossoff visits USPS facility in Palmetto, Ga.

Sen. Jon Ossoff visited the U.S. Postal Service’s Palmetto facility Wednesday after months of reported delays in mail delivery. 

May 30, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
The line to vote at the Bibb County Board of Election at 3pm on Monday, October 24, 2022.

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Election board member in Georgia's Fulton County abstains from certifying primary election

The election board in Georgia's largest county has voted to certify its May 21 election results. But one of the board's Republican-appointed members abstained Tuesday. The abstention by Republican-appointed Fulton County election board member Julie Adams aligns with a lawsuit she has filed.

May 30, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Governor Brian Kemp and Georgia First Lady Marty Kemp are shown taking a selfie in front of a nuclear cooling tower.

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GPB morning headlines for May 30, 2024

The Georgia Secretary of State’s office is auditing randomly selected batches of ballots from the recent primary election.

Georgia Power officials celebrated the completion of the nuclear expansion at Plant Vogtle, south of Augusta, Wednesday.

Officials in Augusta celebrated the re-opening of one of the city's most popular entertainment venues.

May 30, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Future homeowner LaQuanda Ferguson (right) reads remarks next to Macon Area Habitat for Humanity board president Andrea Cooke during the Lynmore Estates ground blessing on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, in Macon, Georgia. Macon Area Habitat for Humanity held the ground blessing at a plot of land off of Dorothy Avenue where three future homes will be built.

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Macon wants to get rid of rundown buildings. Could we see affordable housing replace them?

Macon-Bibb County has demolished more than 700 rundown, abandoned, hazardous buildings within the county, and while thousands still reportedly remain, one group is finding use for the land that’s left once a blighted building is destroyed.

May 30, 2024
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  • Lucinda Warnke and
  • The Telegraph
Plant Vogtle Expansion is the Largest Current Development Project in Georgia

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Georgia Today: Plant Vogtle expansion; Electric school bus rebates; MLB to count Negro League stats

On the Wednesday, May 29 edition of Georgia Today: Georgia's Plant Vogtle celebrates the completion of another expansion in Augusta; nine Georgia school systems are getting federal rebates for cleaner school buses; and Major League Baseball changes the way it counts statistics from the Negro leagues, leaving one Georgia-born ballplayer with a significant stat. 

May 29, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Governor Brian Kemp and Georgia First Lady Marty Kemp are shown taking a selfie in front of a nuclear cooling tower.

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GPB evening headlines for May 29, 2024

Governor Brian Kemp and Georgia Power officials celebrated the completion of the nuclear expansion at Plant Vogtle today.

Nine Georgia school systems are getting $19 million to phase out diesel-powered school buses in favor of electric buses.

Delegates to the Libertarian Party convention nominated Atlanta political activist Chase Oliver as their presidential nominee.

May 29, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Scottie Scheffler speaks during a news conference after the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Valhalla Golf Club, Friday, May 17, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. Criminal charges against Scheffler have been dismissed, ending a legal saga that began with images of the world’s top male golfer being arrested and handcuffed in Louisville during the PGA Championship.

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Charges against world's top golfer Scottie Scheffler dropped after arrest outside PGA Championship

Criminal charges against Scottie Scheffler have been dismissed, ending a legal saga that began with images of the world's top male golfer being arrested and handcuffed in Louisville during the PGA Championship.

May 29, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Leonard Cure

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Georgia deputy denies allegation of excessive force in killing of exonerated Black man

Leonard Cure was shot and killed during an October 2023 traffic stop along Interstate 95 in Camden County.

May 29, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Chase Oliver Headshot

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Atlanta's Chase Oliver wins Libertarian presidential nomination

Atlanta political activist Chase Oliver secured the Libertarian Party presidential nomination over nine other candidates at the party's convention last weekend despite appearances by former President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy, who is running as an Independent.

May 29, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
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