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This photo combo shows, from left, Travis McMichael, William "Roddie" Bryan, and Gregory McMichael during their trial at at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Ga. Jurors on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021 convicted the three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, the Black man who was chased and fatally shot while running through their neighborhood in an attack that became part of the larger national reckoning on racial injustice.

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Ahmaud Arbery's killers get a March court date to argue appeals of their hate crime convictions

Three white men convicted of hate crimes for chasing and killing Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood in 2020 will have their appeals heard by a federal court in March.

January 25, 2024
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Atlanta Vibe, front, plays against Omaha Supernovas during a Pro Volleyball Federation game Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, in Omaha, Neb.

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US women's professional volleyball void is filled, and possibly overflowing, with 3 upstart leagues

Volleyball has been the No. 1 girls sport in the United States for a decade. And the next sign of the sport's evolution in this country was on display when the Atlanta Vibe visited the Omaha Supernovas in the debut of the Pro Volleyball Federation.

January 25, 2024
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  • Associated Press
LanzaJet's Freedom Pines facility is located in Soperton, Georgia, about halfway between Savannah and Macon.

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Rural Georgia gets world's first sustainable jet fuel factory of its kind

Suburban Chicago-based LanzaJet unveiled on Wednesday its Freedom Pines facility in rural Soperton, about halfway between Savannah and Macon, before an audience of more than 200 people including state and federal government leaders.

January 25, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Max Richardson

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For more inclusive outdoor experiences, Georgians with impaired mobility look to different tools

An annual hunt hosted by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources makes special tools available as the agency says it's moving toward better outdoor accessibility. 

January 25, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
Art by John Clark McCall

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Georgia Today: Historic theater is demolished, QR codes on ballots, hunting with impaired mobility

On the Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024 edition of Georgia Today: A historic African-American theater in Valdosta has been demolished; Republican lawmakers push to remove QR codes from ballots; and the state attempts to make hunting more accessible to people with impaired mobility.

 

 

January 25, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington, announces plans for an increased state income tax deduction for children Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, at the state Capitol in Atlanta. The increased deduction could save parents about $55 per child per year, or about $150 million statewide.

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GPB morning headlines for January 25, 2024

Speaker of the House Jon Burns announced major new tax legislation on Wednesday.

The Georgia state Senate Wednesday passed a bill to redraw school board districts in Georgia's second-largest school system after a federal judge ruled they were unconstitutionally discriminatory.

A first-of-its-kind sustainable jet fuel factory was unveiled Wednesday in rural Soperton, Georgia.

January 25, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Chef Arnaldo Castillo of Tio Lucho’s is a James Beard semifinalist.

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Here are Atlanta’s James Beard Awards semifinalists

The 2024 awards season is underway. This includes nominations for the restaurant industry’s biggest night of the year: the James Beard Awards. This year's list also includes a chef in Athens, Ga. 

January 25, 2024
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  • Rough Draft Atlanta
Atlanta City Councilmember Jason Winston looks on as Mayor Andre Dickens signs an executive order to utilize $4.6 million to help the city’s homeless population at a ceremony on Jan. 24 at city hall

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Atlanta mayor signs executive order to spend $4.6 million to help homeless

Mayor Andre Dickens signed an executive order on Wednesday morning to spend $4.6 million to expand shelters, sites, services, security, and warming centers for those experiencing homelessness in the city of Atlanta.

January 25, 2024
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  • Collin Kelley
Carolina Panthers defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero looks on before an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, in Charlotte, N.C. Evero met again with the Atlanta Falcons to discuss their head coaching vacancy, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, joining Rams assistant Raheem Morris and former Patriots coach Bill Belichick in receiving second interviews.

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Falcons hold 2nd interview with Carolina defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero

Carolina defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero met again with the Atlanta Falcons to discuss their head coaching vacancy, joining Rams assistant Raheem Morris and former Patriots coach Bill Belichick in receiving second interviews.

January 24, 2024
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  • Associated Press
State Sen. Jason Esteves (D-Atlanta) is shown speaking in the Georgia State Senate.

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GPB evening headlines for January 24, 2024

The Georgia state Senate today passed a bill to redraw school board districts in Cobb County after a federal judge tossed them out.

A new program to prepare workers for Georgia's fast-growing electric vehicle industry has graduated its first cohort of students.

Georgia is now home to a first-of-its-kind sustainable jet fuel factory, a plant aimed at transitioning aviation to cleaner energy.

January 24, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
The Ocmulgee River is shown here as it winds around Amerson River Park in Macon.

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Mercury pollution in Georgia waterways declines due to one main factor, study finds

Over the course of an 18-year study that concluded last month, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources measured mercury levels in fish caught in lakes and streams.

January 24, 2024
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  • Gautama Mehta
Georgia Sen. On Jan. 24, 2024, Jason Esteves (D-District 6) speaks about his concerns surrounding SB 338, a proposal for new Cobb County School District maps which Democrats say could disenfranchise Black and Hispanic voters.

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'Lawmakers': Legislators tackle child tax deduction, school district maps on Day 8

Republicans and Democrats gave press conferences this afternoon to address some of their top priorities this session.

January 24, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
A group of visitors return to Stephen C. Foster State Park after an overnight camping trip on the Red Trail in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, April 6, 2022, in Fargo, Ga. Conservation groups filed suit Tuesday, Nov. 15, against a U.S. government agency challenging its decision to allow a mining project to move forward without federal permits near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge.

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Company seeking to mine near Okefenokee will pay $20,000 to settle environmental violation claims

The company seeking permits to mine minerals just outside the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge has agreed to pay a $20,000 fine to Georgia environmental regulators.

January 24, 2024
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New bill stiffens penalties for corrections officers caught bringing contraband into prisons

A bill now headed to Gov. BrianKemp for his signature would stiffen the penalties for corrections officers convicted of bringing contraband cellphones, drugs, and other banned items into Georgia prisons and jails. GPB's Peter Biello spoke at the state capitol with the bill's co-sponsor, Republican Sen. Randy Robertson, about what he hoped to accomplish.

January 24, 2024
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  • Peter Biello
File photo of voters in line for January 2021 U.S. Senate runoff election. John McCosh/Georgia Recorder

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State Senate panel presses ahead with bill that would ban ranked choice voting in Georgia

The Georgia Senate Ethics Committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would ban election officials in Georgia from adopting an instant runoff system that allows voters to rank candidates by preference to determine the outcome of elections.

January 24, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
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