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Astin Rocks (right) at Atlanta Film Society presents LOCALS ONLY.

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Atlanta filmmakers struggle to find opportunities and funding in thriving industry

The Atlanta indie FILM scene has continued to grow, and certainly there are more opportunities for filmmakers trying to make it than there were a decade ago. But some local filmmakers still feel they are not taken as seriously or given the same consideration as their counterparts in Los Angeles or New York. 

April 01, 2024
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  • Sammie Purcell

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  • Politics

Republican state lawmakers revise Georgia election rules in time for 2024 campaign season

The 2024 election season may further highlight contentious voter eligibility challenges and result in the enactment of new rules governing future elections in Georgia.

April 01, 2024
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Blowups, barracks and houses of peat help form the mosaic that the Okefenokee presents from overhead. Credit: Justin Taylor

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  • Politics

Okefenokee mining moratorium bill fizzles

Despite momentum earlier in the 2024 session, the bill failed to get a final vote in the Senate.

April 01, 2024
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  • Mary Landers
A delivery vehicle passes by a UPS depot, Thursday, June 29, 2023, in New York. UPS has received an air cargo contract from the United States Postal Service, significantly expanding on an existing partnership between the two. UPS said Monday, April 1, 2024, that it will become USPS's primary air cargo provider and move the majority of its air cargo in the U.S. following a transition period.

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UPS to become the primary air cargo provider for the United States Postal Service

UPS will become the primary air cargo provider for the United States Postal Service.

April 01, 2024
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  • Associated Press
powerlines

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GPB morning headlines for April 1, 2024

A new study finds that human-caused climate change is jeopardizing thousands of archeological sites in coastal Georgia.

Georgians have until April 2, 2024 to make sure their homes, businesses and neighborhoods are accurately represented on a map of areas that lack high-speed Internet access.

The Macon Bibb County Sheriff’s office is asking people who own doorbell cameras and other surveillance systems to join a new program giving officers easier access to the footage.

April 01, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
 Lawmakers throw paper to celebrate the final day of the 2024 Legislative session. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Bills pass as the clock runs out on the Georgia legislative session

The curtain has closed on the 2024 legislative session, and lawmakers have finished passing bills that will impact Georgians this year. 

March 29, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
Governor Brian Kemp is shown speaking in the Georgia House of Representatives.

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GPB evening headlines for March 29, 2024

State lawmakers stayed up past midnight last night to pass bills and reject others on the last day of this year's General Assembly.

The legislature handed Governor Brian Kemp many of his top economic priorities.  Many of the Senate's "culture war" bills stalled.

The sheriff's department in Macon-Bibb County wants residents with doorbell cameras to join a program to help share the footage.

March 29, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal will perform in Savannah, Ga., Wednesday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lucas Theatre for the Arts as part of the 2024 Savannah Music Festival. The duo will also perform at Atlanta's Buckhead Theatre on Sunday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m.

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  • Music Interviews

Ahead of Savannah Music Festival, Rosanne Cash talks 30 years of 'The Wheel' and Georgia music faves

Rosanne Cash and John Leventhal are touring in celebration of  the 30th anniversary of The Wheel, Cash's album they co-produced together in 1993. GPB's Kristi York Wooten spoke with Cash ahead of her upcoming performances with Leventhal on April 3 at the 2024 Savannah Music Festival and April 7 at the Buckhead Theatre in Atlanta. 

March 29, 2024
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  • Kristi York Wooten
 Lawmakers throw paper to celebrate the final day of the 2024 Legislative session. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Immigration crackdown, election law changes go to the governor as other hot-button proposals fizzle

State lawmakers closed out the 2024 legislative session with a flurry of votes that spilled over into the early morning hours.

March 29, 2024
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
The Zombies, including original members Rod Argent (left) and Colin Blunstone (center) are shown in a 2022 performance in Atlanta. The band plays the city's Variety Playhouse on April 3, 2024. in a show featuring classic hits and songs from its  2023 album, 'Different Game.'

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  • Music

How Southern artists influenced legendary British rock band the Zombies

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees the Zombies wrote 1960s hits "She's Not There" and "Time of the Season" and others. Ahead of the group's April 3 performance at Atlanta's Variety Playhouse, co-founder and keyboardist Rod Argent talks about his love for Southern music, including Albany, Ga.,-born Ray Charles.

March 29, 2024
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By:
  • Kristi York Wooten
Georgia Overdose Prevention is celebrating the state's medical amnesty law

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  • Health

Worth saving: Georgia Overdose Prevention celebrates 10 years of 'Don't Run, Call 911'

Georgia's Medical Amnesty Law, enacted a decade ago, has been instrumental in providing legal protections for individuals seeking medical assistance for someone experiencing an overdose.

March 29, 2024
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee presides over a hearing is to determine whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be removed from the case because of a relationship with Nathan Wade, special prosecutor she hired in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump, Friday, March, 1, 2024, in Atlanta.

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  • News

Georgia Today: Trump lawyers in court; Macon wants your doorbell video; Natural disaster in N. Ga.

On the Thursday, March 28 edition of Georgia Today: Lawyers for Donald Trump were in a Fulton County courtroom again today; Macon-Bibb County wants access to your doorbell cameras; 17 North Georgia counties have been declared natural disaster areas because of severe drought conditions.

March 28, 2024
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Jeremy Powell
Former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a rally at the Waco Regional Airport on March 25, 2023 in Waco, Texas. Former U.S. president Donald Trump attended and spoke at his first rally since announcing his 2024 presidential campaign. Today in Waco also marks the 30 year anniversary of the weeks deadly standoff involving Branch Davidians and federal law enforcement. 82 Davidians were killed, and four agents left dead. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

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GPB evening headlines for March 28, 2024

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump told a Georgia court the charges against him are based on protected political speech.

Hyundai is re-evaluating its decision to produce only electric-only vehicles at its plant under construction in Southeast Georgia.

Harm reduction advocates celebrate the 10-year anniversary of a law encouraging people to call for help during a drug overdose.

March 28, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
People scatter hundreds of sets of unclaimed cremated human remains around a small garden at Macon's Rose Hill Cemetery during a short ceremony Thursday.

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  • History

Hundreds of cremated remains of unclaimed people scattered in Macon ceremony

After decades on shelves, the remains of close to 200 people found their final resting place in a Macon garden.

March 28, 2024
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
A map showing the location of the cloud connected surveillance cameras belonging to Bibb County, as seen in the control room of the Bibb County Sheriff's Office. When their owners agree to add their private cameras, those will show up as tiny red dots.

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  • Law

Bibb County law enforcement wants residents to share their doorbell cameras

The Macon Bibb County Sheriff’s office is asking people who own doorbell cameras and other surveillance systems to join a new program giving officers easier access to the footage. 

March 28, 2024
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
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