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Plant Vogtle Construction

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Georgia Today: Georgia Pathways lawsuit; More delays for Plant Vogtle

On the Friday, Feb. 2 edition of Georgia Today: Georgia sues the Biden administration over its Georgia Pathways program; and nuclear power Plant Vogtle faces more delays.

February 02, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Members of the United Campus Workers of Georgia gathered at the state capitol on Jan 30, 2024 to demand better pay and more funding across the university system.

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Georgia campus workers' union lobbies state legislators for better job conditions

Union members gathered at the Georgia Capitol this week to share a list demands from employees across the university system. They're focused on higher pay and funding for universities.

February 02, 2024
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
Groundhog General Beauregard Lee is show enjoying snacks near his hom at the Dauset Trails Nature Center in an undated photo. On Feb. 2, 2024, he predicted an early spring for Georgia.

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Georgia's General Beauregard Lee predicts an early spring

From his groundhog mansion in Jackson, the prognosticator emerged without a shadow, feasting on a mound of corn, sausage and Waffle House hash browns.

February 02, 2024
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  • GPB News Staff
Unit 3’s reactor and cooling tower stand at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant on Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Company officials announced Wednesday, May 24, 2023, that Unit 3, one of two new reactors at the site, has reached commercial operation after years of delays and billions in cost overruns.

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Vibrations in cooling system mean new Georgia nuclear reactor will again be delayed

Georgia Power Co. says vibrations found in a cooling system of its second new nuclear reactor will delay when the unit begins generating power. The subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Co. said Thursday that Plant Vogtle's Unit 4 now will not begin operating until sometime between April 1 and June 30.

February 02, 2024
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  • Associated Press
A woman with a rolling piece of luggage outside an airport

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More ‘navigators’ are helping women travel to have abortions

A growing network of workers is helping people seeking abortions understand what’s legal, where they can travel for care, and how to get there.

February 02, 2024
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  • KFF Health News
This combination of photos shows, from left to right, Specialist Kennedy Sanders, of Waycross, Ga, Sgt. William Jerome Rivers  of Carrollton, Ga. and Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett of Savannah, Ga.

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GPB morning headlines for February 2, 2024

The remains of the three service members killed in a drone attack in Jordan this weekend are returning to U.S. soil today.

When a new nuclear reactor in Georgia can begin generating power has been delayed again. 

State Senators are backing a measure that could create a new city in Gwinnett County.

February 02, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Sen. Derek Mallow (D-Savannah) speaks in the Georgia Senate about SB 386 on Feb. 1, 2024.

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'Lawmakers': Sports betting, cityhood and a calendar change on Day 14

Lawmakers continued the debate on a familiar issue under the Gold Dome today as a bill legalizing sports betting made its annual appearance in the Senate. Lawmakers will convene again on Tuesday.

February 01, 2024
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  • Tristan Smith and
  • Sarah Kallis
Members of JROTC at Savannah's Windsor Forest High School salute during a memorial for one of there former members, Breonna Moffett, an Army Reservist killed in Jordan in late January.

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GPB evening headlines for February 1, 2024

Students and staff at Windsor Forest High School in Savannah gathered this morning to pay tribute to Sergeant Breonna Moffett.

The state Senate has passed a bill to allow sports gambling -- but only after adding a measure that dims its chances for passage.

The state Senate has passed a measure that could allow citizens of Gwinnett County's wealthiest enclave to form their own city.

February 01, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Hong Kong Ballet dancers perform in Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon. Atlanta Ballet dancers will premiere the production in North America at Atlanta's Cobb Energy Centre Feb. 9 to Feb. 17, 2024.

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Atlanta Ballet explores complicated legacy of Coco Chanel with new production

Atlanta Ballet will perform the North American premiere of Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon at Atlanta's Cobb Energy Centre Feb. 9 to Feb. 17, 2024.

February 01, 2024
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  • Sammie Purcell
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis speaks during an interview at her office, Feb. 24, 2021, in Atlanta. The prosecutor who's investigating whether Donald Trump and others broke the law by trying to pressure Georgia officials to overturn Joe Biden's presidential election victory is asking the FBI for security help after the former president railed against prosecutors investigating him.

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Georgia Today: Fani Willis called to testify; Soldier honored in Savannah; Youth violence in Macon

On the Thursday, Feb. 1 edition of Georgia Today: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is called to testify over claims she had an improper relationship with a special prosecutor; a Georgia Army reservist killed in Jordan this week is honored in her hometown of Savannah; and officials in Macon say efforts to address youth violence are working.

February 01, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Breonna Moffett was a leader in JROTC and the drum major in the band during her time at Windsor Forest High School.

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A Savannah high school mourns the loss of a soldier and friend

23-year-old U.S. Army Specialist Breonna Moffett was killed in a drone attack in Jordan last weekend. Today Windsor Forest High School remembers a promising young leader.

February 01, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
State Rep. Rob Leverett

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Utility Worker Protection Act clears Georgia House committee

Criminals who attack utility workers in Georgia would be subject to stiffer fines and prison sentences under legislation that cleared a state House committee Wednesday.

February 01, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
 Pro-labor protesters gather outside the Georgia Capitol Jan. 30, 2024. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder

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Georgia Senate panel advances bill aimed at making the state even less hospitable to union workers

Gov. Brian Kemp told business leaders last year’s strikes hurt the economy.

February 01, 2024
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  • Ross Williams
The Sober Social is an alcohol free bar and coffee shop in Atlanta which opened January 2023.

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Sober and socializing: Dry January brings business to Atlanta’s alcohol-free bars

Across the country, people participated in Dry January and gave up alcohol for the month. And among young people, alcohol consumption has been on the decline. Now a new crop of Atlanta businesses and social spaces are popping up to cater to a growing group of sober adults.

February 01, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
Christopher Eubanks of the US celebrates after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in a men's singles match on day eight of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Monday, July 10, 2023.

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Chris Eubanks is replacing an injured Taylor Fritz for the US Davis Cup team against Ukraine

Chris Eubanks is replacing an injured Taylor Fritz in the lineup for the United States against Ukraine in the Davis Cup. The 32nd-ranked Eubanks reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon last year.

February 01, 2024
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