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 Gov. Brian Kemp has said he plans to use his “leadership committee” to influence state legislative races this year. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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Federal lawsuit challenges constitutionality of blank check ‘leadership committees’

The Democratic Party of Georgia is challenging the constitutionality of a 2021 state law that allows Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and others to raise and spend unlimited campaign funds.

July 19, 2024
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  • Jill Nolin
Courtroom (Pexels)

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Lawsuit charges State Election Board with meeting illegally

A nonprofit nonpartisan watchdog group filed a lawsuit Friday charging the State Election Board with violating Georgia’s Open Meetings Act after meeting last week without legally required public notice or a quorum.

July 19, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
Headstones from the Woolfolk family sit overturned in the Rose Hill Cemetery on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Macon, Georgia. The Woolfolk family marker includes nine family members who were murdered in 1887. The area was vandalized this month. Katie Tucker/The Telegraph

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Macon graves linked to infamous Georgia murder were vandalized. Investigation underway

A gravesite in Macon’s Rose Hill Cemetery containing the remains of a family killed in a grisly murder more than a century ago was vandalized earlier this month, and investigators are looking for the suspects.

July 19, 2024
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  • Lucinda Warnke
Unused privacy booths are seen at a voting site in Tripp Commons inside the Memorial Union building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Election Day in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, U.S. November 3, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan

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If a presidential nominee drops out, what happens to states’ ballots?

The Electoral College could help Democrats avoid a complicated situation in the event President Joe Biden withdraws from the race after his name is printed on ballots. States Newsroom reporters and editors in the network’s 39 states explored how a presidential candidate could be replaced on ballots — should the nominee drop out or become unable to continue their campaign following the party conventions.

July 19, 2024
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  • Jennifer Shutt
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

Donald Trump breaks (his own) record for longest acceptance speech

July 19, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

Donald Trump's favorite speech of the night? Probably Hulk Hogan

Hogan said he was proud to support "his hero" to be the next president. He also ripped his shirt off on stage -- unsurprisingly.

July 18, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

Eric Trump's RNC speech paints his father as the people's hero

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's son claims his father has been "ruthlessly attacked" by the current administration.

July 18, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Delta ramp workers and their supporters rallied near Hartsfield Jackson on July 17, 2024 as part of a larger push for unionization.

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Delta workers rally in support of unionization during ongoing labor campaign

Delta Air Lines ramp workers and their supporters gathered near Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Wednesday to rally for union representation.

July 18, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
Team USA weightlifting athlete, Hampton Morris reads an encouraging note from a local high schooler as they depart from the airport for the Summer Olympic Games, on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Atlanta.

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Delta organizes send-off for Team USA Olympic athletes at Atlanta airport

Delta Air Lines is celebrating members of Team USA as the athletes head off to Paris for the Summer Olympic Games. The airline organized a send-off Wednesday for archers, fencers and other U.S. athletes at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

July 18, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Georgia state Sen. Jen Jordan poses for a portrait at the capitol on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, in Atlanta. Campaign finance results show incumbent Republican Attorney General Chris Carr has been outraised by Jordan in the two months that ended June 30. That's one of the campaign finance results for Georgia's statewide races reported Friday, July 8, 2022.

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GPB evening headlines for July 18, 2024

Georgia Democrats are challenging a 2021 state campaign finance law in federal court. They say it unfairly advantages incumbents.

Delta Air Lines ramp workers and supporters rallied for union representation near Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

Six Georgia environmental groups are asking federal officials to take management of coal ash disposal back from state regulators.

July 18, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
A tug driver pushes a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 back from a gate, Thursday, July 7, 2022, at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Delta Air Lines said Wednesday, July 13, 2022, that it earned $735 million in the second quarter. Earnings per share fell short of Wall Street expectations, however, which the airline blamed on high fuel prices and more than 4,000 canceled flights in May and June.

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Georgia Today: Delta workers union; Ebenezer Church could become World Heritage site; Book author

On the Thursday, July 18 edition of Georgia Today: Delta is the only major U.S. airline where most workers are not in a union, but some are hoping to change that; an iconic Atlanta church may soon be a UNESCO World Heritage site; and best-selling author, and former GPB host, Denene Milner joins the podcast to talk about her latest book.  

July 18, 2024
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  • Peter Biello
A photo of the outside of Emory University and Emory Saint Joseph's hospitals in Atlanta

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  • Health

Emory University and Emory St. Joseph hospitals in Atlanta rank highest in Georgia

U.S. News for the first time ranked hospitals on their work caring for patients in under served communities. Atlanta’s Grady Hospital received top honors in that category. 

July 18, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Police pulling over driver. (Georgia Governor's Office of Highway Safety/Facebook)

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Operation Southern Slow Down warns Georgia drivers to slow down or get a ticket

From Monday, July 15 to Sunday, July 21, Operation Southern Slow Down launched in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee. The weeklong speed awareness and enforcement campaign warns drivers to slow down or be prepared to get a speeding ticket. 

July 18, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
Inside Fiserv Forum at the 2024 Republican National Committee Convention

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  • Politics

RNC convention pushes party unity following the assassination attempt on their nominee

GPB's Pamela Kirkland speaks with Kiera Butler, a senior reporter and editor for Mother Jones who has been on the ground all week at the Republican convention, about some of the themes coming out of the convention.

July 18, 2024
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  • Pamela Kirkland
J. Harrison Ghee performs as The Lady Chablis in a scene set at Savannah's Bonaventure Cemetery, surrounded by ensemble members.

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  • Performing Arts

Review: ‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil’ takes the stage in lively musical adaptation

The musical's producers hope to bring Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil to Broadway after its initial run in Chicago. GPB Savannah reporter Benjamin Payne attended opening night in Chicago, and has this review.

July 18, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
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