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Governor Brian Kemp is shown speaking at the State of the State address at the state Capitol on January 16th, 2025.

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GPB morning headlines for May 2, 2025

People statewide gathered Thursday for May Day labor rally; Kemp signs a series of health care bills; Historic Savannah Foundation releases first Endangered Places list.

May 02, 2025
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Flannery O’Connor, smiling, sitting by a window.

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Georgia Today: Americorps workers laid off; New police training; Flannery O'Connor paintings exhibit

On the May 1 edition: Americorps volunteers across Georgia face layoffs; Georgia Alzheimers Association partners with state law enforcement; a Milledgeville farm shows paintings by author Flannery O'Connor.

May 01, 2025
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp speaks at the March for Life held outside the state Capitol on March 6, 2025.

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Kemp signs in vitro fertilization bill and others at Savannah convention center

After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are children, many states, including Georgia, moved to protect IVF.

May 01, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
A young woman is shown in a classroom holding a sign that says "Round up 567."

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GPB evening headlines for May 1, 2025

AmeriCorps workers across Georgia laid off; Kemp sign a series of bills in Savannah; Georgia law requiring parental consent for children's social media use is challenged in court.

May 01, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
Kerry Washington as Syrah in Shadow Force.

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‘I love this town’: Kerry Washington brings new action film 'Shadow Force' to Atlanta premiere

Actor Kerry Washington talks motherhood, action scenes, and why premiering Shadow Force in Atlanta means so much to her.

May 01, 2025
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By:
  • Pamela Kirkland
A man in the driver's seat of a car wearing a black jacket and looking out of the open car door

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Georgia Peace Officer Standards & Training certification now requires training on dementia

The Georgia Alzheimer’s Association is partnering with state law enforcement on a new mandatory curriculum for Georgia Peace Officer Standards & Training (POST) certification.

May 01, 2025
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  • Ellen Eldridge
A young woman is shown in a classroom holding a sign that says "Round up 567."

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AmeriCorps volunteers in Georgia receive layoff notices

AmeriCorps supported about 300 volunteer workers across Georgia. Their services have ended because of federal budget cuts.

May 01, 2025
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  • Orlando Montoya
Von Tran speaks at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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Vietnamese Americans gather at Georgia senior center to mark 50th anniversary of fall of Saigon

Dozens of Vietnamese Americans gathered at a senior center in Norcross on Wednesday to mark the 50th anniversary of what Von Tran called a dark day in history.

May 01, 2025
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  • Ross Williams
A group of visitors return to Stephen C. Foster State Park after an overnight camping trip on the Red Trail in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, April 6, 2022, in Fargo, Ga. Conservation groups filed suit Tuesday, Nov. 15, against a U.S. government agency challenging its decision to allow a mining project to move forward without federal permits near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge.

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Sonny Perdue backs World Heritage status for the vast Okefenokee Swamp

Former Georgia Governor and  Donald Trump's former agriculture secretary wants the administration to support adding the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge to a United Nations list of World Heritage site. The refuge was nominated at the tail end of the Biden administration, whose priorities Trump has worked to dismantle.

May 01, 2025
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  • Associated Press
The LCP Chemicals Superfund Site, Feb. 7, 2024, Brunswick, GA.

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GPB morning headlines for May 1, 2025

Study says coastal Brunswick's been exposed to toxic chemicals; Americorps programs across Georgia face layoffs; Georgia Alzheimer’s Association is partnering with state law enforcement.

May 01, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
Flannery O’Connor’s portrait of herself with a pheasant, on display with many other paintings by the author often touted as the finest writer of the Southern Gothic, on the grounds of the farm in Milledgeville where she spent her adult life.

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Georgia writer Flannery O’Connor was also an artist. Here’s where her paintings were discovered

Andalusia, the farm where O'Connor spent her last years, is hosting an exhibit of 70 of her artworks, which had been hidden away for decades.

May 01, 2025
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  • Devon Zwald
Hercules 009 Landfill Superfund Site, Feb. 7, 2024, Brunswick, GA.

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GPB evening headlines for April 30, 2025

A scientific journal has published an Emory University report on the health effects of polluting industries in coastal Brunswick.

The US Supreme Court seems likely to issue a narrow ruling in a Georgia case over an FBI raid that targeted the wrong house.

Civil rights groups in Atlanta condemned actions taken by President Donald Trump during his first 100 days in office.

April 30, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio

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Georgia Today: SCOTUS could rule on FBI raid case; Brunswick pollution report; Georgia's trade war

On the April 30 edition: The Supreme Court could rule in a Georgia case of a botched FBI raid; Emory University details health effects of pollution in coastal Brunswick; and the Georgia Chamber reports on the trade war. 

April 30, 2025
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By:
  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Margaret Huang

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Civil rights groups in Atlanta condemn actions taken by Trump in his first 100 days in office

Civil rights groups in Atlanta condemned actions taken by President Donald Trump’s during his first 100 days in office during a press conference Wednesday.

April 30, 2025
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  • Sarah Kallis
The LCP Chemicals Superfund Site, Feb. 7, 2024, Brunswick, GA.

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Still more to learn about human exposure to toxic contaminants in Brunswick

A report from Emory University scientists shows some people in the Coastal Georgia city have been exposed to toxic chemicals left over from Superfund sites.

April 30, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
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