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News Articles: Georgia

2023 Transgender Day of Visibility gathering

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Bill to provide overdose remedies in Georgia’s public buildings hijacked to ban puberty blockers

Georgia state Senate Republicans advanced language that would ban puberty-blocking medication for transgender minors through a key committee Monday after grafting it to a bill requiring overdose reversal drugs in government buildings.

March 12, 2024
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  • Ross Williams
Electric vehicle

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  • Economy

Senators question economic development chief on delayed EV plant

The state’s top economic development official expressed disappointment Monday with electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian’s decision to delay building a new plant east of Atlanta but said the company remains committed to Georgia.

March 12, 2024
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By:
  • Dave Williams
This image provided by the Georgia Department of Corrections shows inmate Willie James Pye. A judge on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, signed the order for the execution of Pye, who was convicted of murder and other crimes in the November 1993 killing of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough. The execution is set for March 20 at 7 p.m., after the judge set an execution window between noon that day and noon on March 27.

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Georgia readies to resume executions after a 4-year pause brought by COVID and a legal agreement

An execution scheduled for next week would be the first in Georgia in more than four years. The state is trying to move past an agreement made amid the coronavirus pandemic that effectively halted executions.

March 12, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden unofficially kicked off the general election campaign with rallies in Georgia Saturday, March 9, 2024.

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Georgia on the mind of the Trump and Biden campaigns as the key state holds primary

Georgia is an important state for both former President Donald Trump and President Biden in 2024. It's also a state with the clearest examples of the obstacles each faces in his path to victory.

March 12, 2024
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  • Stephen Fowler

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GPB morning headlines for March 12, 2024

Today is election day in Georgia for the presidential preference primary.

The state House has passed a bill to increase penalties for false reports that send police to the homes or offices of targeted victims.

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

March 12, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Georgia state Senator Kay Kirkpatrick speaks about the U.S. Space Force on the Senate floor on March 11, 2024.

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'Lawmakers': Swatting, Space Force and 'Matty Ice' arrive on Day 33

The legislature focused on a range of issues from crime to space. Plus, a local sports celebrity visited the Gold Dome. 

March 11, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis and
  • Tristan Smith
Pittsburgh Police and paramedics respond to Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School for what turned out to be a hoax report of an active shooter, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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GPB evening headlines for March 11, 2024

The state House has passed a bill to increase penalties for false reports that send police to the homes or offices of targeted victims.

The state House heard a morning prayer from a pastor believed to be the first transgender person of faith to address the chamber.

A group of Atlanta area Girl Scouts is being recognized for their work in public health education, earning the group's highest honor.

March 11, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio

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How to vote in Georgia's 2024 presidential preference primary — plus key election dates to remember

Georgia's presidential preference primary is the first of several key voting dates for Georgia voters in 2024, and March 12 is the earliest that President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump could win enough delegates to clinch their party's nomination. 

March 11, 2024
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  • GPB News Staff
A public health patch swen on a Girl Scout sash

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  • Health

Atlanta-area Girl Scouts work with CDC to create new public health patch

The David J. Sencer CDC Museum Public Health Academy partnered with Girl Scout Troop 14567 to produce a public health fun patch.

March 11, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Money

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  • Economy

Georgia tax revenues down again in February

Georgia tax collections continued to fall last month, and even the gasoline sales tax failed to lift the state out of the red.

March 11, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
Scarred tree at the Dunwoody Nature Center

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  • Environment

Neighbors upset with how Dunwoody Nature Center handled a pine beetle infestation

Longtime residents in the Wyntercreek neighborhood are upset about how a pine beetle infestation at Dunwoody Nature Center was handled, saying it destroyed otherwise healthy trees and damaged their adjacent property.

March 11, 2024
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  • Cathy Cobbs
A man collects "I voted" sticker in Fulton County during the primary election in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dustin Chambers

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Georgia Today: Presidential candidates visit GA; Girl Scout troop works with CDC; Lebron James book

On the Monday, March 11 edition of Georgia Today: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump visit Georgia to make their final pitches to voters ahead of tomorrow's presidential primary; a group of Atlanta-area Girl Scouts is being recognized for their work in public health education; and a new book looks at the power, passion and politics of basketball legend LeBron James. 

March 11, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
In this combination of photos, President Joe Biden, left, speaks on Aug. 10, 2023, in Salt Lake City, and former President Donald Trump speaks on June 13, 2023, in Bedminster, N.J.

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  • Politics

Georgia and Michigan could be key to keeping Black voter turnout up in 2024

In the 2022 midterm elections, Black voter turnout dropped dramatically. Ahead of the presidential election in 2024, organizers warn it could happen again and political parties should pay attention.

March 11, 2024
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  • Sam Gringlas
Biden in Atlanta

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  • Politics

Biden, Trump make their cases to Georgia voters ahead of the presidential primary

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump held dueling rallies in Georgia on Saturday to make their final pitches to voters ahead of Tuesday’s presidential preference primary.

March 11, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
In this combination of photos, President Joe Biden, left, speaks on Aug. 10, 2023, in Salt Lake City, and former President Donald Trump speaks on June 13, 2023, in Bedminster, N.J. The 2024 general election campaign will pick up Saturday, March 9, where the 2020 contest left off. Fresh off their Super Tuesday domination to set up a near-certain rematch, the two rivals will hold dueling events in a state that both parties see as pivotal to winning in November. (AP Photo)

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GPB morning headlines for March 11, 2024

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump visited Georgia on Saturday to make a final pitch to Georgia voters ahead of Tuesday’s presidential preference primary.

A project underway at Emory University hopes to explore opportunities for treating post traumatic stress disorder in those workers.

A group of Atlanta area Girl Scouts are being recognized for their work in furthering public health education, earning one of the organization's highest honors.

March 11, 2024
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