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A new historical marker on Macon's Poplar Street describes the slave market on the site of the brick building in the left background of the image which at one time recently was a yoga studio.

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  • History

'A long time coming': How Macon is preserving Black history in bronze and QR codes, one by one

New historical markers unveiled Monday in Macon are the first to present the city’s Black history solely for its own sake. 

April 22, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
Terminal Station

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DC’s new ‘Superman’ movie will film in Macon

Casting directors posted an open call for actors interested in working as extras on a new Warner Bros. Superman movie filming in Georgia, including in the Macon area at the end of May. 

April 22, 2024
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By:
  • Liz Fabian
FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden walks past solar panels while touring the Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative in Plymouth, New Hampshire, U.S., June 4, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

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GPB evening headlines for April 22, 2024

An Earth Day announcement from the Biden administration is bringing Georgia $156 million to accelerate solar panel adoption.

A new study finds continuing pervasive disparities in access to in-network behavioral health care services, including in Georgia.

Delta Air Lines is raising pay for flight attendants and other non-union workers by 5% as the company faces another union push.

April 22, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Georgia TikTok Creators Glennda Baker, Paul Tran, Lynda Truong, Josh Wikoff, and Robert Lucas met in Atlanta to speak about running their small businesses on the app on April 18, 2024.

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  • News

Congress could ban TikTok in America. Concerned Georgia creators weigh in on the proposal

TikTok Parent company ByteDance will have 165 days to sell the app if Congress moves forward with a bipartisan bill to ban it. Local creators and small business owners are concerned.

April 22, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
6-Acre Solar Farm Will Soon be Constructed in East Georgia

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  • News

Georgia Today: Solar panels boosted; Certificate of Need requirements ended; Voter reg. deadline

LISTEN: On the Monday, April 22 edition of Georgia Today: Georgia is getting a big financial boost from the White House to help with solar panel adoption; Gov. Brian Kemp signs a law relaxing some requirements for the construction of rural county hospitals; today is the deadline to register to vote in May's upcoming primary election. 

April 22, 2024
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Gov. Brian Kemp

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  • Politics

Kemp signs bill to ease limit on new health care facilities, restates opposition to Medicaid expansion

The governor signed into law a high-profile health care measure Friday that is seen as a potential pathway to passing full Medicaid expansion next year — but not before casting fresh doubts on whether another year will change his mind.  

April 22, 2024
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  • Jill Nolin

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GPB Morning Headlines for April 22, 2024

GPB headlines for the morning of April 22, 2024.

April 22, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio

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  • Environment

Earth Day report card: Georgians battle threats to state’s natural wonders year-round

Activities promoting environmental protection will be held across Georgia on Monday to celebrate Earth Day. However, for many conservationists the day of recognition is met with lingering concerns about decision makers who support plans they argue could have long-term detrimental effects on Georgia’s ecosystem.

April 22, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
The Lithonia lynching marker before it's disappearance

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  • National

Historical markers memorialize forgotten Black history. Why are they being destroyed?

Vandalism and violence against markers to Black history are fairly widespread, and Georgia is no exception. In February, a historical marker memorializing Black victims of lynching in DeKalb County was stolen. Organizers who worked to install the marker feel the disappearance is about more than just a missing piece of metal. GPB’s Pamela Kirkland explains.

April 19, 2024
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  • Pamela Kirkland
Kevin Tanner, commissioner of the state Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, speaks at Addiction Recovery Awareness Day in 2024.

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  • News

GPB evening headlines for April 19, 2024

Georgia’s DBHDD is moving forward with recommendations from a long-awaited state-wide salary study it completed last year. 

Two Georgia incumbents in the US House are dominating the race for campaign dollars as this year's election cycle heats up.

The US House this weekend is expected to consider a bi-partisan bill to require TikTok parent company Byte Dance to sell the app.

April 19, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed TikTok logo in this illustration taken February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

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  • News

Georgia Today: TikTok ban; Orange Crush festival; Rico Wade remembered

On the Friday, April 19 edition of Georgia Today: How the federal legislation on TikTok could affect Georgia content creators; a look at how organizers of Tybee Island's Orange Crush festival could be on the hook for costs to taxpayers; and we remember Atlanta rap pioneer Rico Wade.

April 19, 2024
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Welcome sign to Tybee Island, with a sea turtle sculpture above.

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  • Politics

‘This bill is not designed to stop Orange Crush’: Lawmaker shares outlook on Tybee Island gathering

Senate Bill 443 empowers local governments to seek financial damages from unpermitted event organizers.

April 19, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
A splitscreen image of Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff.

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  • Politics

Taxpayer dollars at work: What your U.S. senators from Georgia are up to

The senator round-ups are back! For the past few weeks, Ossoff and Warnock have been helping Georgians across the state with issues, including addressing USPS mail delays; investing in clean drinking water; pushing for student loan debt relief; ensuring veterans' support in maternal health care; and planning to meet with the pope.

April 19, 2024
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By:
  • Ambria Burton
Fletcher Henderson Home

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  • Music News

Two Cuthbert residents want to save the home of a jazz legend

Two Cuthbert residents want to restore the childhood home of a legendary figure in jazz.

April 19, 2024
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya
This is a rendering of what a portion of Golden Park is projected to look like after the renovation and upgrades. Courtesy of Diamond Baseball Holdings.

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  • News

Braves minor league baseball updates on Columbus move. What will new Golden Park look like?

The $50 million project to upgrade Golden Park into the new home of the Atlanta Braves’ Class AA minor league baseball affiliate took a major step forward.

April 19, 2024
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  • Mark Rice
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