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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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  • Associated Press
The five Republican members of the Georgia Public Service Commission discuss a rate increase for Georgia Power Co. to pay costs at the utility's Vogtle nuclear power plant on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023 in Atlanta. Commissioners voted 5-0 to let the utility raise rates once Vogtle's fourth nuclear reactor begins commercial operation.

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Regulators approve deal to pay for Georgia Power's new nuclear reactors

Regulators have unanimously approved an additional 6% rate increase to pay for remaining costs at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle. The rate increase approved Tuesday is projected to add $8.95 a month to a typical residential customer's current monthly bill of $157.

December 19, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Jocelyn Wallace, executive director of The Never Alone Clubhouse, stands at the entrance of the recovery center in Douglas County. As someone in recovery herself, she opened this place two years ago to give people who have dealt with substance use disorder a chance to connect

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More options, less stigma: How Georgians in recovery are breaking barriers to addiction care

For people living with addiction, it’s been proven that access to evidence-based treatment and support can help keep them alive and stable. But care can be hard to come by and is only possible by combating the stigma around addiction, which is pervasive among providers, the public, and people with addiction themselves.

December 19, 2023
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  • Sofi Gratas
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference June 7, 2022, in New York. The Georgia investigation into potential criminal interference in the 2020 election is heating up. Prosecutors are trying to force allies and advisers of former President Donald Trump to come to Atlanta to testify before a special grand jury.

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GPB evening headlines for December 19, 2023

Two Fulton County election workers are once again suing former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani.

Federal law enforcement officials are warning Georgia pharmacies not to sell medical marijuana, despite a state law that legalized it.

December 19, 2023
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Fani Willis

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Fulton 19 update: Life goes on, jackpot justice for Giuliani, sorry not sorry

An email exchange indicates that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis wants Donald Trump and his top aides to serve prison terms in the 2020 presidential election interference case.

December 19, 2023
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Plant Vogtle Construction

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Georgia Today: Power bill increase for Plant Vogtle; Treating addiction; Bikes for school attendance

On the Tuesday, Dec. 19 edition of Georgia Today: Georgia Power customers will soon take on more of the costs for Plant Vogtle. We'll look look at the difficulty of getting past stigma on the way to addiction treatment. And this holiday season, a Macon elementary school is giving kids a unique incentive not to skip school.  

December 19, 2023
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Tameka's 8-year-old daughter ties her shoe before running out to play in Atlanta on Dec. 5, 2023. The little girl should be in second grade but has never attended school. Tameka's kids have essentially been out of school since COVID hit in March 2020. They have had a consistent place to live, but nearly everything else in their lives collapsed during the pandemic.

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These kids want to go to school. The main obstacle? Paperwork

Thousands of kids went missing from schools during the pandemic. For some who have tried to return, school paperwork has proved a daunting obstacle. In Atlanta, one family's four kids have been home since March 2020, ultimately unenrolled for poor attendance.

December 19, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Georgia Republican Burt Jones, then a state senator and now lieutenant governor, hands in an electoral certificate claiming to be a duly chosen elector for Donald Trump on Dec. 14, 2020, at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. A lawsuit heard on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, argued Jones should be disqualified from holding office in Georgia because of his actions as an elector.

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Lawsuit says Georgia's lieutenant governor should be disqualified for acting as Trump elector

A judge is being asked to disqualify Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones from holding office because of Jones' participation as an elector for Donald Trump in 2020. The judge says he we will rule later after hearing arguments on the case Monday.

December 19, 2023
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  • Associated Press
One of four proposed Bulloch Co. well sites to provide water for the Hyundai Metaplant.

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Water plans for Hyundai trouble Bulloch residents

Farmers and homeowners worry their wells may be harmed by needs for industrial growth. 

 

December 19, 2023
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  • Mary Landers
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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GPB morning headlines for December 19, 2023

A federal appeals court has ruled that former Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows cannot move his election interference case in Georgia to federal court.

A new non-profit company will take over operations of a string of Georgia newspapers, and create a new standalone news outlet in Macon-Bibb County,  in the name of sustaining the older papers and averting “news deserts.”

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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  • GPB News Radio

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Gov. Kemp announces end-of-the-year bonuses for state employees

Gov. Brian Kemp announced that all eligible full-time state employees will receive a $1,000 bonus.

December 18, 2023
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  • Sarah Kallis
Fairmeadow Elementary School third grade students Ellery Carlson, left, and Tatiana Aboytes, right, pick chocolate milk during a school lunch program

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Georgia Today: School safety; Nutrition programs in danger; Savannahian makes top country album

On the Monday, Dec. 18 edition of Georgia Today: Gov. Brian Kemp announces a big investment in safety funding for Georgia schools; several nutrition programs across the state are in danger of serious shortfalls as Congress spars over funding; and a Savannah native lands the top spot on Rolling Stone's list of best country albums of the year.

December 18, 2023
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
 Brionte´ McCorkle

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Voting rights decision may curb push to diversify Georgia, Alabama utility commissions

Plaintiffs in the challenge to Georgia Public Service Commission’s statewide elections appear headed to the U.S. Supreme Court

 

December 18, 2023
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  • Kristi Swartz
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