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Georgia Today: Democrats recalibrate; Lawmakers reassess disaster plans; John Lewis biography author

On the Friday, Nov. 8 edition of Georgia Today: Georgia democrats look to recalibrate after Tuesday night's election; state lawmakers reconsider how to plan for natural disasters. and a new biography profiles the life and legacy of civil rights hero John Lewis. 

November 08, 2024
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
 A successful 2024 election was declared by Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Tuesday night after announcing a record number of voters participated in the election. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder

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Georgia’s record early voting, post-2020 stress tests helped to defuse election rules overhaul

Democrats and Republicans in Georgia and across the country have fought for four years in the courts and in Washington, D.C. over changes to election rules enacted by the state’s GOP Legislature following the election of Joe Biden in 2020. 

November 08, 2024
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Timber. (Pexels)

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Georgia lawmakers looking to promote emerging markets for timber

The state should actively promote developing sustainable aviation fuel and mass timber construction as emerging markets for a struggling timber industry, a legislative study committee recommended Thursday.

November 08, 2024
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By:
  • Dave Williams
The picture of the women with the red and white pompoms is of NPHC of Dekalb members preparing to cheer newly registered high school students  before they vote.

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  • Elections

After Harris' loss, Black communities aim to remain energized about political issues

Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign fired up Georgia's Black communities with enthusiasm not seen since Barack Obama's first campaign 16 years ago. 

November 08, 2024
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By:
  • Donna Lowry
Three sheriff-elects in Coastal Georgia elevated by voters seeking change, reform in their communities in the 2024 election.

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Three new sheriffs elected in Coastal Georgia as voters seek change

Three first-time or non-incumbent candidates for sheriff in Coastal Georgia won these powerful law enforcement posts, as voters chose change and reform in these positions that control jails and solve crimes within county lines.

November 08, 2024
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By:
  • Jake Shore
File photo of a loggerhead sea turtle nesting at dawn on Ossabaw Island, Georgia.

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Georgia closes out a slow sea turtle nesting season, but long-term success of species remains bright

Slow seasons, including this year's, are much higher than they were in decades past.

November 08, 2024
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
The Temple Mound Complex at the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park in Macon in May. (Grant Blankenship/GPB News)

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GPB morning headlines for November 8, 2024

State lawmakers to consider how Georgia should plan for natural disasters, Georgia Democrats look to recalibrate after Tuesday's election, and the effort to establish Georgia’s first national park at Macon’s Ocmulgee Mounds site is one Middle Georgia’s congressional delegation hopes to finish by year's end. 

November 08, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio

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Analysis: Government lacks the resources to fulfill Trump's 'mass deportation' promise

President-elect Trump has promised a mass deportation effort to remove the 11 million or so unauthorized migrants living in the U.S. What will such an effort entail? 

November 07, 2024
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By:
  • Peter Biello
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a presidential debate hosted by ABC with Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 10, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

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Georgia Today: Trump's mass deportation plan; GA could get first national park; Psilocybin mushrooms

On the Thursday, Nov. 7 edition of Georgia Today: President-elect Donald Trump promised mass deportations. Does he have the resources to pull it off? Georgia could be closer than ever to having its first national park. And new research shows psilocybin therapy could help treat mental illness.

November 07, 2024
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
The Temple Mound Complex at the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park in Macon in May. (Grant Blankenship/GPB News)

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GPB evening headlines for November 7, 2024

Two members of Georgia's U.S. House delegation are prioritizing help for farmers and a national park in the lame duck Congress.

The Ogeechee Riverkeeper is challenging state permits allowing large water withdrawals for a new Hyundai electric vehicle plant.

A new Emory University study shows psilocybin-assisted therapy could help more than five million Americans with mental illness.

November 07, 2024
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By:
  • GPB News Radio
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Atlanta Beltline, Inc. President & CEO Clyde Higgs, and other community leaders pictured breaking ground on Northwest Trail—Segment 1 in Buckhead on Oct. 31, 2024. Photo by Erin Sintos

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Atlanta Beltline breaks ground for Buckhead expansion

On Oct. 31, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Atlanta Beltline Inc. president and CEO Clyde Higgs, and other community leaders gathered to break ground on Northwest Trail Segment 1, the first expansion in that area of Buckhead.

November 07, 2024
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By:
  • GPB News Staff
Gared Hansen cuts psilocybin mushrooms in his Uptown Fungus lab to prepare for distribution in Springfield, Ore., Monday, Aug. 14, 2023.

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  • Mental Health

Emory study estimates millions with depression could benefit from psychedelic mushrooms

Psilocybin-assisted treatment currently has a breakthrough designation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, meaning that it will expedite a review of the Phase III clinical trial results because of its potential as a therapeutic for depression, the study author says.

November 07, 2024
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
A yard sign in front of the Graball Country Store in Hogg Hummock encourages McIntosh voters to vote yes and repeal rezoning on Sapelo Island. Credit: Jazz Watts/SICARS

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Judge stalls permits for larger homes on Sapelo

New zoning is put on hold while the Georgia Supreme Court weighs the validity of a referendum on the same issue.

November 07, 2024
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By:
  • Mary Landers and
  • The Current
Fulton County Jail

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Fulton County Jail detention officers targeted in murder-for-hire conspiracy

Six people have been indicted in a murder-for-hire conspiracy targeting two Fulton County Jail detention officers.

November 07, 2024
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By:
  • Bob Pepalis
Donald Trump

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Georgia Today: Donald Trump elected president; Hurricane Helene's effect on the timber industry

On the Wednesday, Nov. 6 edition of Georgia Today: Donald Trump has once again been elected president, winning Georgia in the process; a new report details just how much Georgia's timber industry lost from Hurricane Helene; and a trial date is set for the Georgia district attorney accused of interfering in the Ahmaud Arbery murder case. 

November 06, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
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