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News Articles: Georgia

From left, State Election Board members Janice Johnston, Janelle King, board chair John Fervier and Mike Coan

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  • Elections

State Election Board passes new rule ordering hand count of ballots. Election officials aren't happy

Georgia’s State Election Board passed arguably the most contentious of the new rules it had been considering for conducting elections in the state on Friday over the objections of county-level election directors and over the advice of Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr. 

September 20, 2024
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. Lawsuits have been filed in West Virginia and North Carolina challenging the states' restrictions on the use of abortion pills.

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  • Law

Stories of pregnant women’s deaths after Georgia’s strict abortion ban reignite debate over law

Harris plans Georgia Friday visit to campaign for reproductive rights

September 20, 2024
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By:
  • Jill Nolin and
  • Ross Williams
New affordable housing in Macon

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New affordable Pleasant Hill Landing housing planned for historically Black neighborhood in Macon

Macon-Bibb County government has announced a new affordable housing development in the heart of one of the city’s most prominent historically Black neighborhoods.

September 20, 2024
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Georgia Supreme Court Credit: Georgia Recorder

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  • Law

GA Supreme Court skeptical in appeal by man convicted of killing 3 in Savannah car chase

A man serving multiple life sentences challenged Savannah police identification in deadly 2017 chase. 

September 20, 2024
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By:
  • Jake Shore and
  • The Current
Autum Humphries, a student at the Morgan Oliver School, speaks to legislators during a meeting at the state Capitol, where children spoke to legislators about gun violence, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

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Young students protest against gun violence at Georgia Senate meeting

Students as young as five demanded stricter gun laws Thursday at the Georgia Capitol, weeks after a deadly school shooting northeast of Atlanta. They marched around the building and into the a senate committee meeting on safe gun storage legislation.

September 20, 2024
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  • Associated Press
The distinctive stair-stepped Georgia-Pacific tower has been part of the Atlanta skyline since 1982. (Courtesy Georgia-Pacific)

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  • News

Georgia-Pacific tower to become mixed-use development with 400 apartments

Downtown Atlanta’s 52-story Georgia-Pacific headquarters will be transformed into a mixed-use development, including 400 apartments.

September 20, 2024
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By:
  • Collin Kelley
Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant’s Tale (Courtesy Center for Puppetry Arts)

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  • News

Atlanta celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with events and festivities

National Hispanic Heritage Month is being celebrated now through Oct. 15 with events happening around metro Atlanta. 

September 20, 2024
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By:
  • Lola McGuire
Vice President Kamala Harris talks about climate change at Georgia Tech on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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  • News

GPB morning headlines for September 20, 2024

Oprah Winfrey hosted an online event with Vice President Kamala Harris from Michigan Thursday. Several guests, including some from Georgia joined to discuss gun violence and access to reproductive care.

Officials in Macon-Bibb County have announced a new affordable housing development in the heart of one of the city’s most prominent historically Black neighborhoods.

The Atlanta Dream have clinched a spot in the WNBA playoffs.

September 20, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio

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  • News

Georgia Today: Ossoff pushes for USPS legislation; Election board changes; Braves fan fave to retire

On the Thursday, Sept. 19 edition of Georgia Today: Sen. Jon Ossoff pushes legislation that he says will help fix the Postal Service; the State Election Board is set to vote on more rule changes ahead of the November election; and a Braves fan favorite is hanging up his cleats for good. 

September 19, 2024
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Sen. Jon Ossoff at the Fulton County Courthouse on June 25 for a press conference to discuss to continued USPS mail delays.

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  • News

GPB evening headlines for September 19, 2024

US Senator Jon Ossoff is pushing legislation that he says will address "leadership failures" at the United States Postal Service.

Macon-Bibb County will get new affordable housing units in one of the city’s most prominent historically Black neighborhoods.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Office of Rural Health has released a plan to address health care disparities.

September 19, 2024
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By:
  • GPB News Radio
Historic Atkins Park is a century-old intown Atlanta neighborhood. (Photo by Dyana Bagby)

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  • News

Atlanta neighborhood rededicates name to honor pioneer in library science

Atkins Park has been rededicated to honor Dr. Eliza Atkins Gleason, the first African American to earn a PhD in library science, after originally being named for a Confederate colonel.

September 19, 2024
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By:
  • Dyana Bagby
Eric Arnold, owner of 1151 Sunnydale Drive, holds a phone with a picture of what the house he was renovating used to look like before it got demolished by Macon-Bibb County. He’s filing a lawsuit against them for “unconstitutionally” destroying his house. Institute of Jusice

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  • News

Renovator says Macon violated his rights when city tore down his property, wants payment

A man who bought a blighted property in Macon with plans to renovate it is suing Macon-Bibb County because he says they “unconstitutionally” destroyed the site.

September 19, 2024
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By:
  • Alba Rosa
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Drone captures the Phenix City Waste Water Treatment Plant, 1600 E. State Docks Road, Phenix City, AL, on 6/10/24. The plant is accused of violating the Clean Water Act and Alabama Water Pollution Control Act Henry Jacobs, CRK

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  • Environment

‘Time for Phenix City to step up.’ City sued twice over wastewater in Chattahoochee River

Phenix City is facing two lawsuits, one from the state of Alabama, over allegedly violating the Clean Water Act.

September 19, 2024
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By:
  • Kala Hunter
Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., speaks before President Joe Biden at a campaign rally Saturday, March 9, 2024, at Pullman Yards in Atlanta.

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  • News

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff seeks more control over postmaster general after mail meltdown

As the U.S. Postal Service faces delivery slowdowns, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Democrat from Georgia, has proposed legislation to impose stricter oversight on who leads the agency.

September 19, 2024
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  • Associated Press
The Nathan Deal Judicial Center, home of Georgia's Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, is seen on May, 1, 2024, in Atlanta.

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  • News

Georgia court rejects local Republican attempt to handpick primary candidates

 Georgia's Supreme Court is rejecting an appeal from a county Republican Party that tried to keep four candidates from running on the local GOP ballot.

September 19, 2024
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  • Associated Press
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