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FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk listens to U.S. President Donald Trump speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 11, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

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These 2 Georgia districts hold 40% of state’s federal employees. How many have lost jobs?

With increasing reports of Elon Musk’s efforts to slash the federal workforce, officials haven’t been able to clarify how many government employees in Middle Georgia have left or lost their jobs.

March 03, 2025
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By:
  • Lucinda Warnke
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday on the role of the First Amendment in the internet age.

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  • Law

Supreme Court seems wary of barring government contacts with social media

At issue was a sweeping Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that barred government officials from having contacts with social media platforms.

March 19, 2024
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Trump mug shot

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  • News

Top 10 stories that shaped 2023: Trump’s mug, Vogtle’s sticker shock and raging culture wars

Ten stories left a mark on the world of Georgia politics this year, whether in jaw-dropping fashion or through the void left behind — or were notable simply because they represent the smaller, incremental twists that simply moved a long-running story on to a new chapter. 

December 29, 2023
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By:
  • Jill Nolin ,
  • Stanley Dunlap ,
  • and 1 more
 Silvia Moreno Ayala says she loves her work as field crew leader for a South Georgia family owned farm, but she has struggled with kidney--and heat-- related health issues for years. Her doctor has told her that means the work she loves is very dangerous for her. Grant Blankenship/GPB

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  • Climate

Too hot to work: how climate change is driving calls for worker safety

This summer has been shockingly hot. What does that mean for the people who take out our trash, clean our yard, deliver our mail or pick the food we eat? In a story told in collaboration with reporters from TIME, GPB’s Sofi Gratas explores what some employers are doing to mitigate the damage heat can cause to the many essential workers who can't escape hazardous heat.

August 03, 2023
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  • Aryn Baker ,
  • Sofi Gratas ,
  • and 1 more
One of the warehouses where stockpiled medicine, and medical supplies, are kept.

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  • Health

Why does the U.S. government lock medicine away in secret warehouses?

Launched in 1999, the Strategic National Stockpile squirrels away huge quantities of medicine and medical supplies in case a mass outbreak or other health crisis occurs.

December 23, 2022
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By:
  • Giulia Heyward
Boxes of unclaimed human ashes, or cremains, on the shelves of the Macon-Bibb County Archive.

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  • Family

Macon is looking for loved ones to claim boxes of human ashes

Macon-Bibb County is hoping to find people to accept 166 sets of human ashes that remain unclaimed in county archives ahead of a ceremony to disperse them later this year. 

August 11, 2022
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By:
  • Evey Wilson Wetherbee
FILE - Argentina's Economy Minister Martin Guzman walks outside of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, building during the IMF Spring Meetings, in Washington, April 21, 2022. Guzman announced his resignation on Saturday, July 2, via twitter.

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  • Latin America

Argentine economy minister resigns amid peso, diesel woes

Argentina's economy minister resigned unexpectedly Saturday, dealing a fresh blow to the government of President Alberto Ferández as the country struggles with economic problems.

July 03, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Two people on foot, one with a walker, negotiate the dirt path on Pio Nono Avenue in Macon after it passes under Interstate 75. The spot is one of the most deadly for pedestrians in Macon with five people killed within about a quarter mile of it since 2006.

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  • Architecture

Free training in Macon teaches how to identify and document pedestrian safety hazards

The Macon-Bibb County Pedestrian Safety Review Board is set to offer a public training session to teach locals how to identify safety concerns in their own neighborhoods through group walking audits.

June 14, 2022
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  • Laura Corley
President says an executive order he signed Monday will "make the government work more effectively for American citizens."

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  • Politics

Frustrated that you can't schedule an IRS call back? Biden signed an order to do that

The provision is part of an order Biden signed to make the government more consumer friendly. It also makes it simpler for disaster survivors to apply for help. The order covers 17 federal agencies.

December 13, 2021
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By:
  • Brian Naylor
President says an executive order he signed Monday will "make the government work more effectively for American citizens."

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  • Politics

Frustrated that you can't schedule an IRS call back? Biden signed an order to do that

The provision is part of an order Biden signed to make the government more consumer friendly. It also makes it simpler for disaster survivors to apply for help. The order covers 17 federal agencies.

December 13, 2021
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By:
  • Brian Naylor
At petrol station in Manchester, England is tapped out on Tuesday. In greater London, however, the vast majority of service stations remained dry for yet another day.

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  • Europe

The British Government Prepares To Use Army Truck Drivers To Help With Gas Crisis

Motorists roam greater London in search of open gas stations. The government insists the U.K. is not facing a fuel shortage, just a shortage of drivers who can deliver it to the pump.

September 28, 2021
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  • Frank Langfitt
Macon-Bibb Mayor Lester Miller during the unveiling of his plan for reinvesting $100 million into the Macon Mall.

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  • Business

Macon To Invest $100 Million Into Aging, Largely Vacant Mall

How to repurpose empty or nearly empty shopping malls is a question being asked in many communities. In Macon, the answer is "amphitheater."

September 16, 2021
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Eric Dossekpli, 49, is a farmer and father of six in the town of Anfoin Avele,Togo. He says he can no longer sell his crops as a result of the pandemic.

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  • Technology

The Pandemic Pushed This Farmer Into Deep Poverty. Then Something Amazing Happened

Togo wanted to distribute millions of dollars to its citizens in dire straits. There was just one daunting problem: How could it identify the neediest of the needy?

February 15, 2021
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By:
  • Malaka Gharib
The Khaliq Dina Hall and Library building in Karachi, Pakistan, has been converted into a COVID-19 vaccination center.

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  • Global Health

Pakistan's Vaccine Worries: Rich People And Conspiracy Theorists

The fifth most populous country has put strategies in place to address anti-vaccine sentiment and prevent elites from using their influence to obtain government vaccines.

January 29, 2021
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By:
  • Diaa Hadid
People queue to be tested for the coronavirus in a sports arena on Tuesday in Lyon, France. The World Health Organization said there were more than 700,000 new coronavirus cases reported in Europe last week.

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  • World

Europe Reports Record-High 700,000 COVID-19 Cases Last Week, WHO Says

Europe's cases surged by 36% compared with the prior week. Across Europe, many countries are trying to slow the spread of the coronavirus but avoid a national lockdown.

October 13, 2020
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  • Reese Oxner
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