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Georgia Today: New congressional maps; Georgia Power price hearings; TIME Mag's Person of the Year

On the Monday, Dec. 4 edition of Georgia Today: Republicans push forward their new congressional maps; public hearings begin on Georgia Power's price hike, which is meant to fund the state's nuclear reactors; and a Georgia resident is shortlisted for Time Magazine's 2023 Person of the Year.

December 04, 2023
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, flanked by Republican lawmakers, speaks Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. Kemp and Republican legislators want to make a further cut to Georgia's state income tax rate in the 2024 legislative session.

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GPB evening headlines for December 4, 2023

Governor Brian Kemp and Georgia's top Republican leaders want to speed up an already-planned cut in the state income tax rate.

The first update in 11 years of the US Department of Agriculture's "Plant Heartiness Zones" shows half the state getting warmer.

The PSC began three-days of public hearings on how much Georgia Power customers should pay for cost overruns at Plant Vogtle.

December 04, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
A group of five children talking

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Here's how to access no-cost counseling and mental health wellness programs in Macon

The Macon Mental Health Matters initiative includes mental health counseling for both individuals and families, financial counseling, conflict resolution and non-traditional mental health activities like yoga, pop-up gyms, training, and parenting. These services are offered in the community at no cost to the client. And they increase the opportunity for access to care.

December 04, 2023
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Four Black Democrats vote against a proposed congressional redistricting plan in a Georgia Senate committee, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023 at the state Capitol in Atlanta. Opponents of the plan argue it illegally breaks up a majority nonwhite district currently represented by Democratic U.S. Rep Lucy McBath.

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In GOP's proposed Georgia congressional map, a key question is which voters are legally protected

Georgia Republicans are advancing a proposed congressional map that maintains their party's 9-5 majority in the state's congressional delegation. A Senate committee voted 7- 4 along party lines on Monday to send the map to the state Senate for more debate.

December 04, 2023
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  • Associated Press
An Apalachicola Red Horse “Sucker” stunned in the shock boat as it is caught by Dr. Steve Sammons near the Waveshaper in Columbus, Ga. on Nov. 29, 2023.

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Dozens of ‘suckers’ but no Shoal Bass. What fish tell us about the Chattahoochee River

Fish sampling is essential to understanding the health of the river but is seldom done in this stretch of the Chattahoochee near Columbus, Ga.

December 04, 2023
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By:
  • Kala Hunter
Medical student Emily Hartley from Reynolds talks to her neighbors at the ribbon cutting for the Mercer Medicine clinic in Taylor County.

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  • Health

After sitting empty for over a decade, a health clinic in Taylor County is opened again with help

 It’s the latest clinic to open as part of the Mercer University School of Medicine's efforts to strengthen rural health care. 

December 04, 2023
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, flanked by Republican lawmakers, speaks Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. Kemp and Republican legislators want to make a further cut to Georgia's state income tax rate in the 2024 legislative session.

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Georgia's governor and top Republican lawmakers say they want to speed up state income tax cut

Georgia's Republican governor and legislative leaders want to speed up an already-planned cut in the state income tax rate. Gov. Brian Kemp, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and House Speaker Jon Burns said Monday that they support a plan to create a flat income tax rate of 5.39% starting Jan. 1.

December 04, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Wide exterior shot of the Georgia state capitol

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GPB morning headlines for December 4, 2023

A proposed redraw of Georgia’s Congressional districts would add more majority black districts but keep the existing split of Republicans and Democrats.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released an updated map showing new zones for plant hardiness.

With help from the Mercer University School of Medicine, a once vacant doctors office in Taylor County is now open again and taking patients.

December 04, 2023
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By:
  • GPB News Radio
A red-headed Woodpecker like the one featured in the logo for Birds Georgia, which announced a name change from Georgia Audubon on Nov. 30

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Bird enthusiasts at Georgia Audubon distance themselves from enslaver’s name with new rebrand

The organization will be rebranding to “Birds Georgia,” but their goal of defending wild birds and their habitats will remain.

December 04, 2023
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By:
  • Ross Williams
The 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map shows shifting zones in much of Georgia. Areas in orange and brown saw a warming of their average lowest winter temperature range, compared to 2012. White denotes no change.

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  • Environment

USDA hardiness map shows Georgia's coldest temperatures are warming

The new map is the first update since 2012.

December 04, 2023
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Four Republican Georgia state Sens., from left, Steve Gooch, John Kennedy, Bill Cowsert and Bo Hatchett vote in favor of their party's plan to draw new voting districts for the state Senate, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. Lawmakers were ordered by a federal judge to draw additional Black-majority voting districts after he found current districts illegally dilute Black voters' power.

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Republicans again target Democrat Lucy McBath in Georgia congressional map that keeps 9-5 GOP edge

Georgia Republicans want to redraw the state's congressional districts to create a new court-ordered Black majority district while maintaining the current 9-5 Republican congressional majority. The proposal released Friday shows they are again targeting Democratic U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath's district for wholesale transformation.

December 01, 2023
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  • Associated Press
A pro-Palestinian protester waves a flag in front of the building housing the Israeli Consulate office in Atlanta on Tuesday evening, May 18, 2021.

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Protester critically injured after setting self on fire outside Israeli consulate in Atlanta

A protester is in critical condition after setting themself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta. A security guard who tried to intervene was also injured.

December 01, 2023
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  • Associated Press

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  • Politics

Georgia Senate passes resolution supporting the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center

A resolution passed the Georgia Senate during the special session today expressing support for the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, also known as Cop City.

December 01, 2023
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
Stone Mountain State Senator Kim Jackson is shown speaking from behind a lectern in the legislative chamber.

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GPB evening headlines for December 1, 2023

The state Senate has passed a resolution supporting the controversial planned police and firefighter training center in Atlanta.

Georgia attorneys are remembering former US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who died today, as a trail-blazer.

A new World AIDS Day report finds if current trends continue, global targets on ending the disease by 2030 might not be met.

December 01, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio

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  • Politics

Georgia House, Senate adopt new district maps

In an October ruling, U.S. District Judge Steve Jones ordered the legislature to draw five additional Black-majority districts in the House and two additional Black-majority districts in the Senate to accommodate increases in Georgia’s Black population in the last decade. On Friday, Republicans said their new maps honor Jones’ ruling.

December 01, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Williams
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