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the Stitch will create approximately 14 acres of urban greenspace and transportation enhancements atop a new, 3⁄4-mile platform spanning the Downtown Connector between Ted Turner Drive Piedmont Avenue.

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Greenspace project designed to reconnect downtown Atlanta receives long-term funding

The Stitch project that will build a pedestrian-friendly greenspace over parts of Interstate 75 and 85 received funding from Atlanta City Council this week.

April 23, 2025
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  • Amanda Andrews
Sen. Bill Cowsert (center) cast the decisive vote Thursday to keep a Medicaid expansion proposal from advancing out of his committee. Cordele Republican Sen. Carden Summers (left) was one of two Republican senators who voted for the bill.

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State Sen. Bill Cowsert announces run for Georgia Attorney General

Cowsert, a Republican, has served in the Georgia Senate since 2006.

April 23, 2025
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  • Emma Auer
Senate Democrats

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Georgia Democrats propose legislation aimed to protect citizens from deportation

Georgia Senate Democrats say they will take action at the state level to attempt to protect U.S. citizens and those legally in the country from deportation.

Georgia Democrats propose legislation aimed to protect citizens from deportation

April 23, 2025
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  • Sarah Kallis

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GPB evening headlines for April 23, 2025

The air we breathe every day is getting worse, according to the American Lung Association's 2025 State of the Air report, released today.

A south Georgia sheriff is dropping a charge against a Minnesota man whose tribally-issued license plate wasn't recognized by a deputy.

Democratic state senators are promising state-level action to try to protect US citizens and those legally in the country from deportation.

April 23, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
Front end loaders are dwarfed by the coal field at Georgia Power's Plant Scherer.

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Atlanta area fails in air quality report as U.S. sees pollution rise over time

The report, in its 26th edition, uses data collected by air quality monitors run by the Environmental Protection Agency.

April 23, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
Denene Millner won the The Atlanta Writers Club-Georgia Writers Museum Townsend Prize for Fiction on April 16, 2025.

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Georgia author Denene Millner says winning top literary prize 'gives you wings'

The Townsend Prize selection process involved 50 nominated books from authors in Georgia. Millner's winning novel, One Blood, traces four generations of Black mothers and their trials and secrets.

April 23, 2025
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  • Orlando Montoya
Pope Francis smiles after celebrating Easter mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 31, 2024.

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In Georgia? Here's how to stream or attend services honoring Pope Francis

Dioceses across Georgia are remembering Pope Francis, history's first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was 88.

April 23, 2025
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  • Associated Press and
  • Chase McGee
A house along State Route 36 in Upson County, across the street from the industrial park, with a sign opposing Brigthmark’s plastics plant. It’s one of 300 signs distributed throughout Thomaston-Upson County by the Upson Environmental Government Transparency Group. Kala Hunter

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Why this small, Middle Georgia town remains divided about a $1B plastics plant

A year after its proposal, a California-based plastic-waste solution company still is pushing to build what it calls the Thomaston Circularity Center.

April 23, 2025
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  • Kala Hunter and
  • The Ledger Enquirer
Peaches

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GPB morning headlines for April 23, 2025

Mourners around the world and here in Georgia are paying their respects for Pope Francis; The air we breathe every day is overall getting worse, says the American Lung Association in its 2025 State of the Air report; Many of Georgia's favorite fruits and vegetables are looking good this year, thanks to favorable weather conditions during the growing season.

April 23, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio

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Georgia Today: Kemp signs tort reform bills; Georgia crop outlook; Atlanta Beltline rail link

On the April 22 edition: Kemp signs two new bills limiting lawsuits in Georgia; this could be a good year for Georgia crops; and will the imagined rail link for Atlanta's Beltline ever come to fruition?

April 22, 2025
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  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Jake Cook
Governor Brian Kemp signs a bill on a desk, with dozens of supporters standing behind him.

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GPB evening headlines for April 22, 2025

Kemp signed into law two bills limiting lawsuits in Georgia; former archbishop of Atlanta is now in Rome to help elect the next pope, and many of Georgia's favorite fruits and vegetables may do well this year.

April 22, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio

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Winter respiratory illnesses winding down in Georgia, but some COVID and flu still circulating

As spring temperatures rise along with pollen counts in Georgia, the state is seeing a decline in winter respiratory infections.

April 22, 2025
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  • Rebecca Grapevine
Peaches sit in boxes on a shelf at Dickey Farms.

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2025 promises to be a great year for Georgia's peaches

Many of Georgia's favorite fruits and vegetables are looking good this year, thanks to favorable weather conditions during the growing season.

April 22, 2025
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  • Chase McGee
Wesley Reimer feeds his son Marshall from a bottle in their Macon home. Reimer partially blames the current baby formula shortage on panicked shoppers stockpiling formula and on profiteers selling formula online.

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Healthy Start for families in South Georgia plans to bring birth support on board

Nationally, the largely federally funded initiative links families with case managers who can help monitor their health and look out for their needs during the transition of childbirth.

April 22, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
Adair Park resident Matthew Garbett stands on the Beltline in front of two light rail tunnels next to the path.

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'I think the promise was broken.' South Atlanta residents weigh in on Beltline rail changes

Atlanta officials said the city supports light rail on the Beltline, but the project will be shifted to build it in South Atlanta instead of the original east side plan.

April 22, 2025
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  • Amanda Andrews
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