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The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections office in the old Macon Mall.

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A Georgia voter’s guide to campaign finance research: Who is funding who? Here’s where to look

Officials running for public office in Georgia are raising big money for their political campaigns. Who contributed how much dough to whom and what those candidates are spending it on is easy information to find, if you know where to look.

April 02, 2024
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  • Laura Corley
PBS NewsWeekend What’s at stake for Americans at risk of losing Medicaid as unwinding continues

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GPB evening headlines for April 2, 2024

Over the last year, more than a half-million Georgians have lost their Medicaid coverage in a nationwide review of program eligibility.

A line of strong thunderstorms is expected to roll into Georgia tonight, starting in Northwest Georgia, with damaging winds possible.

Warmer spring weather also brings more snakes slithering around Georgia.  But most of them you'll encounter are not dangerous.

April 02, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
The Macon Christmas Light Extravaganza attracts 850,000 visitors annually.

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How is downtown Macon’s revitalization going? Effort has proven worthy of award chance

An independent nonprofit organization is putting downtown Macon on the map, according to a group that recognizes the best U.S. Main Street communities each year.

April 02, 2024
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By:
  • Jessica Payne and
  • The Telegraph
 Georgia Power’s requested rate increase would add $16.29 – about $200 annually – to the average residential customer’s bill over the next three years, starting in 2023 with a $14.32 hike. John McCosh/Georgia Recorder

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State PSC poised to hear Georgia Power’s plan to increase fossil fuel use to power data centers

 

Environmental and consumer groups are urging state regulators not to approve Georgia Power’s plans to increase its use of fossil fuels to meet a rapidly growing industrial demand.

April 02, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
An illustration of Portman’s proposed plans of a redeveloped Amsterdam Walk as seen looking down Amsterdam Avenue from Monroe Drive. (Rendering courtesy Portman Holdings and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill)

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Plans for Amsterdam Walk ‘incompatible’ with Va-Hi, Morningside-Lenox aesthetic, some residents say

About 20 people from the Virginia-Highland and Morningside-Lenox neighborhoods met March 27 with Mike Greene, senior vice president of development at Portman.

April 02, 2024
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By:
  • Dyana Bagby
Columbus State University nursing students gather around “Victoria,” the mannequin mom that’s part of the new mother-baby simulation lab at CSU’s School of Nursing. 03/28/2024 Mike Haskey mhaskey@ledger-enquirer.com

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CSU leaders join with Miracle Riders to celebrate opening of mother-baby simulation lab

A new lab gives Columbus State University nursing students the opportunity to train on mother-baby simulation mannequins with lifelike movements, facial expressions, and responses. The lab is named in honor of Dr. Cecil F. Whitaker, M.D., a retired OB-GYN physician.

April 02, 2024
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  • Mike Haskey
Ronzell Buckner

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  • Business

‘You’re powerless when you’re low-income.’ Group evaluates poverty in South Columbus

Many Black residents in Columbus are the descendants of sharecroppers, mused Ronzell Buckner. A longtime business owner, he’s lived here his entire life. He remembers the time before integration when Black residents in South Columbus owned their homes and businesses.

April 02, 2024
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  • Brittany McGee
In an image taken from aerial video shows a red vehicle stopped by a barrier at the front gate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Atlanta division, Monday, April 1, 2024, in Chamblee, Ga. The FBI says a driver rammed a vehicle into the front gate of its Atlanta office, but his motives were not immediately known.

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FBI says a driver rammed a vehicle into the front gate of its Atlanta office

The FBI says a driver rammed a vehicle into the front gate of its Atlanta office, but his motives were not immediately known. The federal agency says that the crash happened shortly after noon on Monday.

April 02, 2024
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  • Associated Press

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GPB morning headlines for April 2, 2024

Georgia regulators have found in favor of a small railroad in an eminent domain dispute between the company and landowners in rural Hancock County.

The Port of Brunswick is expected to handle a wave of diverted shipments from the Port of Baltimore, where terminal traffic is reduced because of last week's bridge collapse.

New funding will help reopen the hospital in Cuthbert. 

April 02, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Rebirth Brass Band (left) and Eddie 9V will perform at the 2024 Savannah Music Festival, which runs through April 13 at various venues in the city.

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  • Music Interviews

Savannah Music Festival brings world-class performances to intimate venues. Here's what to expect

The 2024 Savannah Music Festival runs through April 13 at various venues in the city. The festival supports year-round educational programs and presents a wide variety of musical genres, including performances by soprano Renée Fleming, pianist Emanuel Ax, Rosanne Cash, Rebirth Brass Band and others.

April 01, 2024
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  • Pamela Kirkland
A view of the Dali cargo vessel which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., March 26, 2024. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson

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GPB evening headlines for April 1, 2024

The Port of Brunswick is expected to handle a wave of new shipments from the Port of Baltimore after last week's bridge collapse.

A new study finds that human-caused climate change is threatening thousands of archaeological sites along Georgia's coastline.

It'll be a little more expensive to go shopping in Augusta-Richmond County starting today because of a voter-approved sales tax.

April 01, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center

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  • Health Care

Southwest Georgia hospital could reopen with help from federal appropriations

A feasibility study underway will help decide the new model for the facility. Randolph County lost its only hospital in 2020 after decades in operation. 

April 01, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas

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  • News

Georgia Today: UPS air cargo; Climate change threatens archaeological sites; Ga. hospital to reopen

On the Monday April 1 edition of Georgia Today: UPS becomes the primary air cargo provider for the U.S. Postal Service; climate change threatens thousands of Georgia archaeological sites; and a Southwest Georgia hospital plans to reopen.

April 01, 2024
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Atlanta Police Department Officer Breana Banks drops off a fully assembled kit in the First Responders Kits4Kids program on April 30, 2024.

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  • News

'First responder kits' support children’s emotional health during emergencies

Atlanta law enforcement officers are working together to assemble kits that will help children deal with potentially traumatic situations.

April 01, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
Ossabaw Island, seen here partially eroded after Hurricane Michael in 2018, is among the coastal regions at risk of cultural heritage loss, according to new research.

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  • Environment

Study finds thousands of Georgia's archaeological sites in danger due to storm surge, sea level rise

The research gives preservationists “a sense of how to plan” in the face of climate change.

April 01, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
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