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News Articles: Georgia

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, personal attorney to U.S. President Donald Trump, gestures after media announced that Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden has won the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 7, 2020. Photo by Eduardo Munoz/REUTERS

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Georgia Today: Giuliani's bankruptcy; jobless rate steady; Minor League Baseball in Columbus — maybe

On the Thursday, Dec. 21 edition of Georgia Today: Days after a judge ordered him to pay millions to Georgia election workers, Rudy Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy; Georgia's unemployment rate stays low at 3.4%; and minor league baseball is one step closer to returning to Columbus.

December 21, 2023
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
PBS NewsHour Giuliani ordered to pay $148 million for defamation of election workers

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GPB evening headlines for December 21, 2023

Former Donald Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy, after a $148 million judgement in a Georgia-related lawsuit.

New estimates from the US Census Bureau show more than 327,000 people that didn’t live in Georgia in 2021 moved here in 2022.

State highway officials have announced temporary lane closure suspensions for the Christmas and New Year holiday travel periods.

December 21, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference outside the federal courthouse in Washington, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy, days after being ordered to pay $148 million in a defamation lawsuit.

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Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy days after being ordered to pay $148 million in defamation case

Rudy Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy, days after being ordered to pay $148 million in a defamation lawsuit. The former New York City mayor listed nearly $153 million in existing or potential debts.

December 21, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Blue land crabs are native from Brazil to south Florida and can be as large as 5-6 inches. The public is encouraged to take photos and report sightings of blue land crabs at GeorgiaWildlife.com/ANS.

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Spot a blue land crab in Georgia? The Department of Natural Resources needs your photos

Blue land crabs are native from Brazil to southern Florida and can be as large as 5 to 6 inches. The species has been spotted in Coastal Georgia and is a cause for concern, wildlife experts say.

December 21, 2023
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  • GPB News Staff
A sign reading "ROAD CLOSED"

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Fire closes portion of Cheshire Bridge Road in Atlanta

The Atlanta Department of Transportation said Cheshire Bridge Road from Faulkner Road to Piedmont Avenue is closed “until further notice.” 

December 21, 2023
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  • Dyana Bagby
Georgia Rep. Mack Jackson, D-Sandersville, looks at a map of proposed state House districts before a House hearing, Nov. 29, 2023, at the state Capitol in Atlanta. On Tuesday, Dec. 12, plaintiffs who successfully sued to overturn Georgia's legislative and congressional districts asked a federal judge to reject Georgia's new Republican-backed maps.

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GPB morning headlines for December 21, 2023

A federal judge Wednesday heard arguments for and against proposed new political boundaries approved in recent special session of the state legislature.

Georgia’s population continues to grow, with the latest census estimates showing more people moving into the state than out of it.

Chemical processing company Pinova says its plant in Brunswick will be fully decommissioned in December of next year.

December 21, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Unrecognizable female doctor or nurse putting a bandage after Covid-19 vaccination at vaccination center. Caucasian preteen girl in vaccination center.

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GPB evening headlines for December 20, 2023

Georgia is planning a spending surge to help agencies tasked with re-determining Medicaid eligibility for nearly three million people.

A federal judge heard arguments for and against proposed new political maps approved in recent special state legislative session.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger narrowly has avoided being investigated by the State Election Board.

December 20, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
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Brunswick chemical plant to be dismantled in 2024, after fire last April led to mass layoffs

More than 200 people lost their jobs after a fire broke out in April.

December 20, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne

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Georgia Today: Missing health coverage for kids; Georgia prison deaths; Falcons owner Arthur Blank

On the Wednesday, Dec. 20 edition of Georgia Today: Administrative mistakes have left left many Georgia children without health coverage; Georgia prisons have their most violent year since before the pandemic; and Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank addresses the team's disappointing season. 

December 20, 2023
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Georgia Rep. Mack Jackson, D-Sandersville, looks at a map of proposed state House districts before a House hearing, Nov. 29, 2023, at the state Capitol in Atlanta. On Tuesday, Dec. 12, plaintiffs who successfully sued to overturn Georgia's legislative and congressional districts asked a federal judge to reject Georgia's new Republican-backed maps.

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Challengers attack Georgia's redrawn congressional and legislative districts in court hearing

Challengers are telling a federal judge that Georgia Republican state lawmakers' new voting districts don't cure illegal vote dilution and should be rejected. But the state of Georgia told the judge Wednesday that new congressional and state legislative maps comply with a court order to draw new Black-majority districts, even if the plaintiffs don't like Republicans' partisan choices.

December 20, 2023
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  • Associated Press
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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GPB morning headlines for December 20, 2023

Georgia is over halfway through Medicaid unwinding, where public health agencies check the eligibility of everyone with Medicaid coverage. But administrative errors have left many children, still eligible for Medicaid without coverage.

Georgia Power customers monthly bills are going to increase again.

Among the gifts children can dream for during the holidays, few loom as large as a new bike. For kids at one Macon school Tuesday, the dream came true!

December 20, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
On Dec. 19, 2023, Jaimie Hatton sends her daughter Tylyanna back to class at Bruce Elementary School in Macon after Tylyanna was one of around 40  students given new bicycles for Christmas by the Middle Georgia chapter of 100 Black Men.

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A school in Macon is rewarding students for good attendance with coveted Christmas gifts: new bikes

In Macon, a local chapter of the nonprofit organization 100 Black Men is helping a school incentivize good attendance by giving away news bicycles on the last day before winter break.

December 20, 2023
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  • Grant Blankenship
Atlanta Falcons Owner Arthur Blank

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Falcons owner Arthur Blank is non-committal on head coach's future

Home Depot founder and Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank sat down with GPB's Jeff Hullinger to discuss a wide range of issues from his charitable organization to the future of his football team and its head coach. 

December 19, 2023
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  • Jeff Hullinger
This charging station in Grovetown, Ga., was overcrowded. An electric school bus that was driving on a statewide clean-energy road show needed one charger; another charger was broken.

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A Georgia car dealership is building electric chargers and solar panels in a new partnership

Georgia’s largest Ford dealership is partnering with an electric infrastructure energy company to build several new electric vehicle chargers and solar panels.

December 19, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks with reporters at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in Washington. A federal judge in Atlanta is set to hear arguments Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, on whether Mark Meadows should be allowed to fight the Georgia indictment accusing him of participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the 2020 election in federal court rather than in a state court.

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Appeals court says Mark Meadows can't move Georgia election case charges to federal court

A federal appeals court has ruled that Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows cannot move charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia to federal court.  A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected Meadows' request, affirming a lower court ruling from September.

December 19, 2023
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