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News Articles: Georgia

A flock of Canada geese in a field.

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  • Animals

As the summer goes on, you might notice more geese lingering on your lawn

If you see Canada geese lingering about, they might be there to stay for a while.

June 20, 2025
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By:
  • Chase McGee
At a June 17, 2025, hearing of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff highlighted commitments from military branches to Georgia military construction projects. Screenshot

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  • Politics

Taxpayer dollars at work: FEMA cuts, Georgia pecans, OB-GYN shortage

Georgia's U.S. senators worked on FEMA cuts ahead of hurricane season, investing in Georgia pecans, the state abortion ban's effects on OB-GYNs, and rehiring over 400 CDC employees.

June 20, 2025
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By:
  • Ambria Burton
A pile of discarded stumps lopped off of trees toppled by Hurricane Helene by loggers in Treutlen County, Georgia.

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  • News

GPB morning headlines for June 20, 2025

GDOT improves emergency preparedness efforts, state lawmakers react after attacks on Minnesota legislators, and two fallen educators are added to a national memorial.

June 20, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
Juneteenthmenu

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The celebratory food traditions of Juneteenth

One of the most prominent ways people celebrate Juneteenth is through food. Juneteenth festivities typically incorporate red foods and usually offer red drinks and cocktails. 

June 19, 2025
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By:
  • Sara Sedghi and
  • Rough Draft Atlanta
Nancy Treaster and Sue Ryan

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  • Health

Decades of caregiving for people with dementia leads friends to share tips on new podcast

Family caregivers, especially of those with long-term illnesses such as dementia, benefit from finding purpose after their loved one dies. 

June 19, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
The National Memorial to Fallen Educators in Emporia, Kansas.

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  • News

Apalachee High School teachers are added to National Memorial to Fallen Educators

The teachers killed in last year's shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., are set to be honored at the site in Emporia, Kansas on June 19, 2025.

June 19, 2025
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By:
  • Chase McGee
A new trash trap installed on the Springfield Canal by the Savannah Riverkeeper as seen on May 28, 2025 in Savannah, GA.

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  • News

'Litter booms' trap trash in Savannah waterways

Savannah Riverkeeper program aims to keep thousands of pounds of waste from the Atlantic.

June 19, 2025
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By:
  • Mary Landers and
  • The Current
Tim Echols

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  • News

GPB evening headlines for June 18, 2025

Primary elections for Georgia’s Public Service Commission have come to a close -- with very low voter turnout across the state.

Georgia U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is questioning the Trump administration's proposed fiscal year 2026 budget for military housing.

Seven students are suing the U.S. Department of Labor over plans to shut down Job Corps centers -- including those in Georgia.

June 18, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio

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  • News

Georgia Today: Public Service Commission Primary Elections; Job Corps students sue Dept. of Labor

On the Wednesday June 18th edition of Georgia Today: Voting in the Public Service Commission primaries come to a close, with low voter turnout; Job Corps students sue the US Department of Labor; and Senator Jon Ossoff criticizes the defunding of maintenance programs for military housing.

June 18, 2025
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer arrives before a House Education and Workforce hearing, Thursday, June 5, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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  • Economy

Job Corps students bring a second suit to stop plans to shutter the program

Two suits have now been filed to stop the federal Department of Labor from ending an almost 60-year-old program for job training for low income young people.

June 18, 2025
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Rosalynn Carter testifies on behalf of the President’s Commission on Mental Health before the Senate Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources on February 7, 1979. She was the second first lady to appear before Congress.

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  • News

How the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers advocates for Georgians caring for loved ones

The Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers is merging with the Carter Center's mental health program. How will the merger help RCI meet its goals?

June 18, 2025
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By:
  • Peter Biello
Marian, left, and Charlie Keen get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Cochran, Ga. in January 25, 2021.  The South Central Health District which includes Cochran was on pace to vaccinate as many as 300 people at the six hour vaccination event.

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  • Health

Georgia department of public health cautions about summer wave of infectious diseases

COVID cases often spike in the summer. Meanwhile reported cases of measles and pertussis have been much higher this year compared to last.  

June 18, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
Vials for the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine are displayed at a clinic in Lubbock, Texas, on Feb. 26, 2025.

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  • Health

A sixth case of measles in Georgia this year infects a member of an unvaccinated family

The Georgia Department of Public Health has confirmed its sixth measles case of 2025. The individual is an unvaccinated family member of a previous case.

June 18, 2025
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
The southern black racer is one of Georgia’s 40 non-venomous snakes that are protected by law from being hunted or killed. Richard Stovall/Unsplash

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Killing GA’s non-venomous snakes may bring more trouble than you think

Georgia ranks eighth among states with the most snake species, according to the World Population Review, but only seven out of 47 are venomous. Despite this, it is illegal to kill non-venomous snakes and most nongame animals in the state of Georgia.

June 18, 2025
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By:
  • Cameron Smith and
  • The Telegraph
Mario Guevara with MGNews is detained by Dekalb County Sheriff's deputies in Dekalb County, during a "No Kings" protest near Atlanta, on Saturday, June 14, 2025.

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  • News

Spanish-language journalist who documents immigration raids detained for ICE after protest arrest

A Spanish-language journalist known for documenting immigration raids could face deportation proceedings after police arrested him on charges of obstructing officers and unlawful assembly as he covered a weekend protest outside Atlanta.

June 18, 2025
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  • Associated Press
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