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Vice President Kamala Harris admires the crowd during a campaign rally, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Atlanta.

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Kamala Harris is headed to Savannah — along with her yet-to-be-announced VP pick

Vice President Kamala Harris is set to launch a battleground tour next week with her yet-to-be-named running mate, with stops in seven swing states stretching from Pennsylvania to Nevada.

August 01, 2024
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The USPS 2024 Hank Aaron Stamp features artwork by Chuck Styles.

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GPB morning headlines for August 1, 2024

Agriculture is one of Georgia’s leading industries, bringing in roughly $80 billion a year. Now state senators are considering legislative approaches to curb agricultural land loss over a series of committee meetings that started on Tuesday in Statesboro. 

Stamp collectors and baseball fans converged at Truist Park in Atlanta Wednesday to witness the unveiling of the new Hank Aaron stamp.

August 01, 2024
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Kamala Harris

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Georgia Today: VP Harris visits Atlanta; Voting machine checks in Bibb County; New Hank Aaron stamp

On the Wednesday, July 31 edition of Georgia Today: Vice President Kamala Harris energizes Georgia voters with a stop in Atlanta; the Georgia's secretary of state's office holds surprise voting machine checks in Bibb County; and a new stamp celebrates baseball legend Hank Aaron.

July 31, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Harris in Atlanta

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Atlanta voters say they are 're-energized' after Kamala Harris rally

Vice President Kamala Harris visited Atlanta for a Tuesday evening rally that supporters called "energizing."

July 31, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
Billye Aaron, Hank Aaron's widow, speaks at Truist Park at the unveiling of the new Hank Aaron stamp on Wednesday, July 31, 2024.

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USPS unveils new Hank Aaron 'Forever' stamp at Truist Park

Stamp collectors and baseball fans converged at Truist Park in Atlanta on Wednesday morning to witness the unveiling of the new stamp honoring the legendary Braves player.

July 31, 2024
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  • Peter Biello
Kamala Harris is shown waving to a large crowd.

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GPB evening headlines for July 31, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris rallied voters in Atlanta, the first such event in Georgia since she became a presidential candidate.

An Atlanta man has pleaded guilty in a federal courtroom to making threats against Rome Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Georgia's Secretary of State is making surprise checks of county election boards to ensure voting machines are working accurately.

July 31, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
High angle view of a red tractor in a green field

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‘Sustainable future will depend on land.’ Group studies 50 years of agriculture, changes in land use

The Georgia Conservancy environmental organization highlighted the trends and changes to Georgia's agriculture and land at the first meeting of the Senate Study Committee on Preservation of Georgia's Farmlands on Tuesday, July 30, 2024.

July 31, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
Joan Browning and Charles Person chat at Emory University in Atlanta, Fridy, July 26, 2024. They were Freedom Riders. activists who rode buses into the Deep South in 1961, aiming to desegregate interstate transportation. Browning and Person are donating their archives to the university's Rose Library.

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Civil Rights Movement Freedom Riders urge younger activists to get out the vote

During the Civil Rights Movement, young people put their bodies on the line as Freedom Riders, boarding buses to protest segregation. One of those riders spoke to young leaders in Atlanta as Democrats adjust to the entry of Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential race.

July 31, 2024
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger attends the National Association of Secretaries of State winter meeting, Feb. 16, 2023, in Washington. A lawyer for Raffensperger said on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, that a bill is unconstitutional to give Georgia's appointed State Election Board the ability to investigate Raffensperger. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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Georgia website that lets people cancel voter registrations briefly displayed personal data

Georgia election officials are encouraging people to use a state website to cancel voter registrations when someone moves out of state or dies. But Monday's rollout by Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was marred by a glitch that allowed people to access a voter's date of birth, driver's license number and last four numbers of a Social Security number.

July 31, 2024
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Passengers wait in line for assistance at the Delta Terminal, Friday, July 19, 2024, at Logan International Airport in Boston.

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Delta CEO says airline is facing $500 million in costs from global tech outage

Delta CEO Ed Bastian says the airline is facing $500 million in costs for the global technology breakdown this month.

July 31, 2024
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 Protesters lodged accusations of open meetings violations at three conservative State Election Board members on July 12. Board member Rick Jeffares, right, responds by threatening to remove people for being disruptive while Janelle King (left) looks on. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder

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Georgia election board walks back rules approved at meeting flagged by state AG

The nonprofit government watchdog group that sued to overturn votes taken at a Georgia State Election Board meeting earlier this month, held despite warnings from the Georgia Attorney General, says it will continue to monitor the board’s actions after the panel rescinded its earlier vote during a virtual meeting Tuesday afternoon.

July 31, 2024
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  • John McCosh
Vice President Kamala Harris waves while boarding Air Force Two as she departs Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport in Westfield, Mass., Saturday, July 27, 2024.

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GPB morning headlines for July 31, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris was in Atlanta Tuesday evening for a rally to energize Georgia voters.

The Georgia State Election Board voted Tuesday to redo some of its actions amid a lawsuit accusing it of meeting illegally.

Ahead of the November election, the Georgia office of the secretary of state is making surprise spot checks of county boards of elections to ensure voting machines are working fairly and accurately.

July 31, 2024
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Parul Kapur is the author of "Inside the Mirror."

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Twin sisters pursue dreams of becoming artists in 1950s India in Atlanta author's debut novel

In Parul Kapur's debut novel, twin sisters in 1950s India pursue their dreams of becoming artists at the risk of bringing social disgrace to their family.

July 30, 2024
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  • Peter Biello
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger gives an afternoon update on the Georgia Primary Election at the election command center in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alyssa Pointer

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New website allows Georgia voters to cancel their own registration if they move out of state

The Georgia Secretary of State’s office has launched a new way for Georgia voters to cancel their own voter registrations. 

July 30, 2024
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Georgia Today: Pres. candidates will appear in GA; UGA student protesters face disciplinary panel

On the Tuesday, July 30 edition of Georgia Today: Both Presidential candidates will make appearances in Georgia this week; a disciplinary hearing against six UGA students suspended for their roles in an on-campus protest began today; and the Atlanta Falcons have reached a milestone for the first time in nearly two-decades.

July 30, 2024
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  • Orlando Montoya and
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