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Reason Foundation Ranks Georgia Highways Among the Best

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Georgia receives a C+ on infrastructure report card. But it's not all bad news

The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the State of Georgia a C+ on its annual infrastructure report card.

July 09, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
 First lady Jill Biden speaks to supporters in Columbus on Monday as part of a three-stop swing in battleground states to launch Veterans and Military Families for Biden-Harris. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

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Jill Biden rejects calls for president to step aside at rally near Georgia’s largest military base

First lady Jill Biden rallied Democrats in a west Georgia community that’s home to one of the country’s largest military bases Monday as the Biden-Harris campaign works to tamp down concerns after President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance in Atlanta more than a week ago.

July 09, 2024
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  • Jill Nolin
Journey (top) and Def Leppard (below) are in the midst of a 23-night summer stadium tour across the U.S.tour

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WATCH: Journey and Def Leppard guitarists plan to rock at Truist Park concert, rain or shine

The Rock and Roll Hall of Famers will be joined by the legendary Steve Miller Band on their summer stadium July 13 at the home of the Atlanta Braves. Journey guitarist Neal Schon and Def Leppard guitarist Phill Collen talked with GPB's Kristi York Wooten about their bands' history and which songs they hope will be the biggest singalongs.

July 09, 2024
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  • Kristi York Wooten
Runners at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race

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GPB morning headlines for July 9, 2024

The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the State of Georgia a C+ on their annual infrastructure report card.

The Atlanta School Board voted unanimously Monday to approve Bryan Johnson as the next superintendent for Atlanta Public Schools.

Organizers for the Peachtree Road Race ended the event early after heat and humidity reached unsafe levels.

July 09, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
The Georgia Department of Agriculture shared images of a yellow-legged hornet nest that its scientists removed Wednesday from a tree on a Wilmington Island residential property located near the Savannah Bee Company's garden.

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Georgia Today: 3D-printed splints; Subcommittee for funding prison reform; Yellow-legged hornets

On the Monday, July 8 edition of Georgia Today: Georgia Tech engineers and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta team up to help get kids off ventilators using a new technology; Georgia creates a new subcommittee for funding improvements to the state's deadly prison system; and yellow-legged hornets are a big problem on Georgia's coast. Now a state agency is asking the public for help fighting them. 

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Jake Cook
FILE PHOTO: U.S. first lady Jill Biden speaks during a Jewish American Heritage Month celebration at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 16, 2023. Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/REUTERS

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GPB evening headlines for July 8, 2024

Jill Biden plans to to rally veterans and military families in Columbus tonight as Joe Biden's team seeks to rebound his campaign.

Georgia US Senator Raphael Warnock used his sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church on Sunday to warn of the danger of kings.

A team of engineers and doctors with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta have developed new technology to get kids off ventilators.

July 08, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Elton John is collaborating with eBay to auction off his fashionable belongings to support the Elton John AIDS Foundation. (Courtesy of eBay)

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Elton John partners with eBay to auction his 'Atlanta treasure'

In honor of Pride Month in June, legendary singer and performer Elton John announced his partnership with eBay to auction off his Atlanta fashion, including clothes, shoes, and accessories. 100% of sales will benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

July 08, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
a close-up view of an airway support device that was created with a 3D printer

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Doctors in Atlanta use 3D-printed devices to help infants with airway disease breathe on their own

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is one of a handful of places in the United States where 3D-printing technology is used to help patients on ventilators. And Georgia Tech is the only location capable of custom-printing it.

July 08, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge
The Ramblin’ Reck Garage (Photo by Garey Gomez)

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Perspectives in Architecture: Georgia Tech’s Ramblin’ Reck showcased in net-zero garage

The journey to create a permanent home for the Ramblin’ Reck has been paved with unwavering Georgia Tech spirit for over 100 years. Students first gave the Ramblin’ Reck moniker to the Ford Model T, Ford Model A, and Ford V8 cars driven by Georgia Tech Dean Floyd “Bob Cat” Field on campus and with trips during his tenure from 1900-1945.

July 08, 2024
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  • Melody Harclerode
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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Groups readying mass voter challenges in Georgia’s 2024 elections. There’s an app for that.

The age of technologically assisted mass voter challenges is well upon us, and these tools could have a major impact on the 2024 elections. Fans of the apps say they will help prevent cheating by removing invalid voters from the rolls, making it harder for bad actors to cast fake votes. Opponents say all they will do is insert chaos into the process.

July 08, 2024
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  • Ross Williams and
  • Stanley Dunlap

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Artificial intelligence to affect broad range of public services

Georgia lawmakers may or may not develop legislation this summer and fall to establish state standards for regulating emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

July 08, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
First Lady of the United States Jill Biden

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GPB morning headlines for July 8, 2024

First Lady Jill Biden is traveling to Columbus Monday.

As the Atlantic hurricane season ramps up, the Georgia Department of Public Health is encouraging qualified residents to sign up for the agency's hurricane registry if they'll need evacuation assistance ahead of severe storms.

A team of engineers at Georgia Tech and doctors with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta developed a 3-D printed device to get kids off ventilators.

July 08, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
A Georgia restaurant was rated one of the best places for fried chicken, according to Yelp. Rock's Chicken & Fries Bacon Cheddar sub Swiss sandwich. Rock's Chicken & Fries/X

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Best fried chicken in Georgia is at this restaurant, Yelp says. Why folks love it

Fried chicken lovers can’t get enough of this Georgia chicken joint. So it’s no surprise that Rock’s Chicken & Fries in Atlanta was rated as serving the best fried chicken in the Peach State, according to Yelp.

July 06, 2024
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  • Tanasia Kenney
Graphic text reading "hurricane registry" on the top line and "for those with functional, access, or medical needs" on the bottom line. A hurricane symbol is between the words "hurricane" and "registry."

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Georgia public health officials push hurricane evacuation assistance program for at-need residents

Applications close 72 hours before the projected arrival of tropical-storm-force winds associated with a given storm.

July 05, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Photo by Getty Images

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Georgia Today: Supreme court on EMTALA; MARTA halts renovations; DNC chair on pres. debate

On the Friday, July 5 edition of Georgia Today: The U.S. Supreme Court and some federal health agencies are at odds over a federal statute; MARTA pauses plans to disrupt service at its busy downtown Atlanta rail hub; and the chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia says she will continue to support the Biden campaign after last week's debate.

 

July 05, 2024
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
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