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News Articles: Georgia

Architectural rendering of C&H Precision's future development in Richmond Hill

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Southeast Georgia-based gun parts company to expand, adding to Bryan County's economic development

C&H Precision expects to add about 70 new jobs.

March 05, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Henry County deputy Daniel D. Podsiadly pictured to the right of Democratic Senator Tonya Anderson and Henry County Sheriff Reginald Scandrett

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  • Politics

Georgia House to consider bills to toughen penalties for fentanyl distribution

The Georgia House is expected to consider criminal justice legislation designed to toughen penalties for people who sell fentanyl that causes an overdose and a bill that gives police officers more pay while recovering from severe injuries sustained on the job.

March 05, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Pills

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  • Health Care

Who wants the U.S. Supreme Court to limit abortion pill access? Here’s the list.

Anti-abortion groups, attorneys general from 25 states and more than 140 members of Congress have signed on to dozens of briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court during the past two weeks, encouraging the justices to revert use and prescribing of the medication abortion pill mifepristone to what was in place prior to 2016.

March 05, 2024
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By:
  • Jennifer Shutt
Diego Ibarra's preliminary hearing on felony charges stemming from what law enforcement officers say was a fake green card will take place at the Bootle Federal Courthouse in Macon Thursday.

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GPB morning headlines for March 5, 2024

The brother of a man charged with murder in the homicide of Athens nursing student Laken Riley had his own day in federal court Monday.

A North Atlantic Right Whale calf has died.

A firearm parts manufacturer in southeast Georgia's Bryan County broke ground Monday on a facility it says will roughly triple the company's local workforce.

March 05, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
U.S. Rep. and state Democratic Party Chair Nikema Williams speaks to reporters on Monday, March 4, 2024, at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. Hundreds of candidates are signing up to run for state and federal offices during the qualifying period, which runs through Friday, March 8, 2024.

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  • Politics

'Lawmakers': Day 29 features light work, qualifying for 2024 election season

Lawmakers came back to the Capitol on Monday after a late Crossover Day night. 

March 04, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis ,
  • Tristan Smith ,
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  • News

Georgia Today: Candidate qualification week; New allergy meds; Macon HS student gets a surprise

On the Monday, March 4 edition of Georgia Today: Prospective candidates flock to the Capitol as candidate qualifying week gets underway; the FDA approves new medication which could lessen reactions to severe food alergies; and we'll tell you the story of a Macon high school student who gets the thrill of a lifetime as his top college choice pays him a visit.

March 04, 2024
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Jake Cook
A close up photo of a peanut

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  • Children's Health

A new shot can protect children and adults from severe allergic reactions

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug that can lessen serious and sometimes deadly allergic reactions in children and adults with food allergies.

March 04, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge
A yard sign near the entrance to the Suwanee River Eco-Lodge at Stephen Foster State Park. Credit: Mary Landers/The Current

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GPB evening headlines for March 4, 2024

The federal government is re-asserting its authority to review a proposed mine near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

Hundreds of candidates for political offices will stream into the state capitol and local elections offices to qualify to run for office.

Authorities recovered the body of a City of Albany worker who went missing while collecting water samples from the Flint River.

March 04, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio

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  • Animals

Billions of red-eyed screaming insects are coming to Georgia this spring. Here’s what to know

A once in a lifetime ecological event is happening this spring ... and you likely won't be able to miss it even if you try. Scientists say billions of cicadas will emerge in the U.S. starting in April. It's a rare double brood emergence event that hasn't happened since 1803, when Thomas Jefferson was president.

March 04, 2024
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By:
  • Chelsea Madden
Chattabrewchee Southern Brewhouse beer

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  • Business

Georgia small breweries disappointed in efforts to change century-old regulations

Georgia Senate Bill 163, aimed at providing flexibility for small breweries from regulations, stalled when the bill failed to advance out of the state Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities committee.

March 04, 2024
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  • Brittany McGee
Chatham Emergency Services ambulance

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  • Health Care

Chatham officials: Ambulance mapping software should be updated soon

Chatham County officials say that ambulances will be able to navigate to all county addresses accurately by “early next week.”

March 04, 2024
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  • Jake Shore
First Lady of the United States Jill Biden

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  • Elections

Jill Biden pitches for president’s reelection, highlighting his record on issues important to women

Campaign season is officially in full swing in Georgia, where President Joe Biden is expected to pay a visit to the Atlanta area March 9, just over a week after first lady Jill Biden stopped by downtown Atlanta to launch a nationwide effort to engage with women voters. 

March 04, 2024
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  • Ross Williams

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  • News

GPB morning headlines for March 4, 2024

First Lady Jill Biden launched a nationwide Women for Biden-Harris initiative in Atlanta Friday ahead of the March 12th presidential primary.

Authorities have recovered the body of a City of Albany employee who went missing while collecting water samples from the Flint River.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug that can lessen serious and sometimes deadly allergic reactions in children and adults with food allergies.

March 04, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
The American Library Association had its annual conference in Chicago last year. Several states have moved to disassociate with the ALA amid what some conservatives say has been politicization of the group. ALA officials deny having a political agenda.

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  • National

In Georgia, a bill to cut all ties with the American Library Association is advancing

Several other states have made moves to disassociate from the nation's oldest library professional association. But Georgia's bill, the first of its kind in the nation, goes further than the others.

March 02, 2024
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By:
  • Tovia Smith
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis arrives during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, Friday, March, 1, 2024, in Atlanta. The 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. (AP Photo/Alex Slitz, Pool)

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  • News

Lawyers press judge to disqualify Fani Willis over romantic relationship that threatens Trump case

Lawyers for Donald Trump and others charged with trying to overturn Georgia's 2020 election have urged a judge to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the prosecution over a romantic relationship that has embroiled the case in controversy.

March 01, 2024
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