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News Articles: Georgia

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins speaks during a news conference Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in Flowery Branch, Ga. Cousins has one playoff victory in his long career. The Falcons are betting at least $100 million that he's the guy who can lead them to the first Super Bowl title in franchise history.

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NFL is reviewing whether Eagles and Falcons violated tampering policies

The NFL is reviewing whether the Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles violated tampering policies during the legal tampering window, a league spokesman said Thursday. The Falcons agreed to a contract with four-time Pro Bowl quarterback Kirk Cousins shortly after teams were permitted to start negotiating with unrestricted free agents on Monday.

March 14, 2024
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Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns (R-Newington) and Speaker Pro Tempore Jan Jones (R-Milton) talk to reporters after passage of SB 233 on March 14, 2024.

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GPB evening headlines for March 14, 2024

The state House has passed a bill to provide funds for students in low-performing public schools to transfer to private schools.

All but two members of Georgia's US House delegation supported a bill that would ban the popular video app TikTok in the US.

The only primary care clinic in one of Georgia's 10 worst counties for health outcomes is expanding, thanks to a collaboration.

March 14, 2024
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A portrait of former House Speaker David Ralston is unveiled inside the Georgia Capitol on March 14, 2024.

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'Lawmakers': Remembering the legacy of late House Speaker David Ralston on Day 35

The House kicked off the day with a celebration for the late Speaker David Ralston’s birthday. House leaders unveiled a portrait of Ralston. Gov. Brian Kemp and former governors Nathan Deal and Sonny Perdue also praised Ralston’s legacy. 

March 14, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis and
  • Tristan Smith
Community members and local leaders of Jeffersonville, G.a. gather at the groundbreaking of an expansion to the federally qualified health center in town. The extra space will allow providers to bring more speciality care to the county which ranks in the bottom 10 for health outcomes in the state.

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Once ranked last in the state for health care, Twiggs County is expanding access

A years-long local collaboration is behind the expansion of a federally qualified health center in Jeffersonville. 

March 14, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas

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Georgia Today: School voucher bill passes; Twiggs County clinic expanding; Fan fave back with Braves

On the Thursday March 14th edition of Georgia Today: The state House has passed a new voucher bill for parents with students in low performing schools; One of Georgia's least healthy counties is getting some help; And the Braves are welcoming back a fan favorite. 

March 14, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Common yellowthroats

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Birds Georgia seeks coastal volunteers

Birds Georgia is looking for coastal volunteers who don’t mind getting up early and aren’t squeamish. Their task will be to walk a predetermined route once a week in downtown Savannah or downtown Brunswick looking for birds that have had a fatal encounter with a building.

March 14, 2024
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  • Mary Landers
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$19.8 million Buckhead home sale makes Atlanta real estate history

A Buckhead home has made Atlanta real estate history with its sale price of $19.8 million.

March 14, 2024
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  • Collin Kelley
A volunteer group of retirees, known as the Skidaway Island First Responders, are in a dispute with Chatham County emergency officials over dispatching to emergency calls in their community. Credit: Facebook screenshot

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Skidaway volunteer group disputes with Chatham over emergency calls

Chatham officials say the group is unlicensed and a legal liability. 

March 14, 2024
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  • Jake Shore
House Education Committee

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Top GOP Georgia lawmakers flex muscle in latest school voucher push

An expansion to Georgia’s school voucher program is getting another shot this year after passing the House Education Committee on party lines Wednesday.

March 14, 2024
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  • Ross Williams
The Grocery Spot is written in Black spray paint on the side of a white bus. Mutual aid is written on the back. has been offering free groceries from their Atlanta store since 2021. Now they're asking for more donations and volunteers to serve more people.

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Atlanta free grocery distributor asks community for support

A nonprofit grocery store working to fight food insecurity in Atlanta is asking the community to help it stay open and keep its shelves filled.

March 14, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
Crowds of people jam Marietta Street for Freaknik near the intersection of Peachtree Street in Atlanta on April 19, 1996.

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'Freaknik' documentary tells untold story behind the massively popular Atlanta street party

A new Hulu documentary takes a look at the legendary street party Freaknik held in Atlanta during the 80s and 90s. "Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told" will touch on how the event started as a simple Atlanta Black college cookout during spring break but grew to draw thousands from across the United States.

March 14, 2024
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  • Associated Press
The Georgia Diaper Bank Coalition.

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Georgia's Diaper Bank Coalition holds first Diaper Needs Awareness Day at the Capitol

On Wednesday, March 13, 2024, the Georgia Diaper Bank Coalition hosted the first Diaper Need Awareness Day at the Georgia Capitol. The event served to draw attention to rising costs of diapers and the families in the state who are struggling to afford these essential child care items.

March 14, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
In this June 6, 2016 file photo, former DeKalb Police Officer Robert Olsen stands during his arraignment in Decatur, Ga.

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Appeals court overturns convictions of former Georgia officer who fatally shot naked man

An appeals court has overturned the convictions of a former Georgia police officer who shot and killed an unarmed naked man. Robert "Chip" Olsen responded to a call of a naked man behaving erratically at an Atlanta-area apartment complex in March 2015.

March 14, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Residents, landowners and supporters of the Hogg Hummock community on Sapelo Island fill a courtroom, Sept. 12, 2023, in Darien, Ga.

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Judge dismisses suit by Georgia slave descendants over technical errors. Lawyers vow to try again

Attorneys plan to refile a lawsuit over zoning changes that they say threaten one of the South's last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black slave descendants. A Superior Court judge threw out the original civil complaint Tuesday, ruling that the lawsuit improperly named individual commissioners of coastal McIntosh County.

March 14, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee looks through paperwork during a jury questionnaire hearing in his courtroom at the Fulton County Courthouse on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023, in Atlanta.

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GPB morning headlines for March 14, 2024

The judge overseeing Georgia's 2020 election interference case has dismissed some of the charges in the state's sprawling prosecution.

A state Senate committee has advanced a bill that would ban puberty blockers for transgender minors.

Black Business leaders gathered in Atlanta this week to unveil the Black Wall Street Ticker.

March 14, 2024
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