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Atlanta's wages have increased 2.5 percent over the past year.

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Atlanta campaign accepts applicants to receive free rent for a year

Three Atlanta families will be selected to receive free rent for a year and applications close this week.

December 06, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as seen from above. in an  undated photo.

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'Relentless efficiency': Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport ranks No. 1 in North America — again

The Business Traveler Awards picked Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for the top airport in North America for the second year running, thanks to its proximity to hotels and on-time flights. Delta Air Lines also won four first-place rankings.

December 06, 2023
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  • GPB News Staff
Shopping scams ramp up during the holidays as more people shop online and in stores. Credit Pexels

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Shopping scams ramp up during the holidays. What to watch for and how to protect yourself

Shopping scams ramp up during the holidays as more people go online and in-store searching for gifts for loved ones. FBI Atlanta has some of the top scams to watch out for this year and how to protect yourself against them.

December 06, 2023
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  • Devon Zwald
This image from bodycam video provided by the Atlanta Police Department shows Johnny Hollman Sr. speaking with Officer Kiran Kimbrough on Aug. 10, 2023 in Atlanta. The police officer responding to a minor car crash deployed a Taser on the church deacon who disregarded multiple commands to sign a traffic ticket, shocking the man after he repeatedly said he could not breathe, police body camera video released Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023 shows. Hollman Sr. became unresponsive during his arrest and later died.

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Family of man who died after struggle with officer sues tow truck driver they say sat on his head

The family of a Georgia church deacon who died after struggling with a police officer following a minor car crash has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a tow truck driver they say arrived during the confrontation and sat on the man's head and neck.

December 06, 2023
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  • Associated Press
The Georgia Congressional Black Caucus holds a new conference to protest the Republican redistricting maps presented during the Georgia General Assembly Special Session.

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Black caucus, Democrats react to passage of Republican-drawn district and congressional maps

Georgia’s special legislative session to redistrict voting maps could wrap up the process before the court-imposed deadline. 

December 06, 2023
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  • Donna Lowry
Mary Cure speaks to reporters flanked by her family's attorneys, Harry Daniels, left, and Ben Crump, right, at a news conference Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Woodbine, Georgia, announcing their intention to file suit against the Camden County Sheriff's Office for the death of her son, Leonard Cure. A deputy fatally shot Leonard Cure after pulling him over on suspicion of speeding and reckless driving, Oct. 17, 2023.

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Attorneys for family of absolved Black man killed by deputy seeking $16M from Georgia sheriff

Attorneys for the family of a Black man fatally shot by a Georgia deputy during a traffic stop are demanding $16 million in restitution from the sheriff's office. The attorneys say Tuesday they have sent Camden County notice that they intend to file suit.

December 06, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Georgia Power's Plant Scherer in 2020. A new study of deaths related to coal plant emissions ranks Scherer among the most dangerous in the nation.

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STUDY: Georgia's coal-fired power plants among the most deadly in the nation

A new study of smokestack emissions from coal fired power plants nationwide ranks two Georgia facilities among the most deadly in the nation.

December 06, 2023
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  • Grant Blankenship
Several new warehouses being constructed off of Veteran Parkway near Buckhalter Rd.

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GPB morning headlines for December 6, 2023

Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump said Tuesday he will file a wrongful death lawsuit in the case of Leonard Cure.

Georgia’s special legislative session on redistricting is expected to wrap up Wednesday.

Some residents in Southeast Georgia are pushing back against a tidal wave of new warehouses.

December 06, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
In this Jan. 19, 2021 image taken from Coffee County, Ga., security video, Cathy Latham, bottom, who was the chair of the Coffee County Republican Party at the time, greets a team of computer experts from data solutions company SullivanStrickler at the county elections office in Douglas, Ga. Records show that the team traveled to the rural south Georgia county to copy software and data from elections equipment.

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Voting experts warn of 'serious threats' for 2024 from election equipment software breaches

Election security experts and computer scientists say an effort to access voting system software in several states and provide it to allies of Donald Trump as they sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election poses "serious threats" ahead of next year's presidential contest.

December 05, 2023
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  • Associated Press
An illustration of Georgia's draft congressional map.

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Georgia Today: New congressional maps closer; Deadly coal-fired power; Imam murder conviction podcast

On the Tuesday, Dec. 5 edition of Georgia Today: Georgia legislators move one step closer to approving new congressional maps; two Georgia coal-fired power plants are ranked among the deadliest in the nation; and a new podcast takes a fresh look at the murder conviction of an Atlanta imam. 

December 05, 2023
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  • Peter Biello and
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An aerial image of a warehouse under construction is shown.

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Savannah warehouse expansions prompt concerns from Chatham County landowners

Residents fear they are losing the rural and residential character of many parts of Southeast Georgia as warehousing tied to explosive growth the Port of Savannah brings sudden and unwelcome changes.

December 05, 2023
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  • Orlando Montoya
River Street in Savannah

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Savannah lawmakers push River Street, Garden City during special session

A new waterfront tax district may speed improvements for businesses and tourists.

December 05, 2023
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  • Craig Nelson and
  • The Current
Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., speaks during a rally near Capitol Hill in Washington on June 8, 2022. Georgia Republicans on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, proposed to radically transform McBath's current district for the second time in two years during a special legislative session to redraw congressional and legislative maps.

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GPB evening headlines for December 5, 2023

Georgia’s special legislative session on redistricting is expected to wrap up tomorrow.  The Congressional maps are still in play.

Some residents  are pushing back against a wave of new warehouses being driven by massive growth at the Port of Savannah.

Two coal-fired power plants in Georgia rank among the most deadly in the nation because of their smokestack emissions.

December 05, 2023
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In this Saturday, June 13, 2020 file photo, "RIP Rayshard" is spray-painted on a sign as flames engulf a Wendy's restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by police in Atlanta. Three people have been indicted on arson charges in the burning of the Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta where a police officer fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in June 2020.

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2 plead guilty in fire at Atlanta Wendy's restaurant during protest after Rayshard Brooks killing

Two of three people charged with arson in the burning of the Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta where a police officer fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in June 2020 have pleaded guilty after reaching deals with prosecutors.

December 05, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., speaks during a rally near Capitol Hill in Washington on June 8, 2022. Georgia Republicans on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, proposed to radically transform McBath's current district for the second time in two years during a special legislative session to redraw congressional and legislative maps.

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Georgia lawmakers advance congressional map keeping 9-5 GOP edge; legislative maps get final passage

Georgia state senators are advancing a new congressional map that would maintain a 9-5 GOP edge in the state's delegation. The Senate voted 32-22 to pass the plan, which seeks a wholesale reconfiguration of a suburban Atlanta district now represented by Democrat Lucy McBath.

December 05, 2023
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