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GPB morning headlines for February 7, 2025

On Thursday, the Georgia Senate passed a controversial bill banning transgender girls from participating in school sports while the House approved the amended fiscal year 2025 budget. On Saturday, an 11-story tower opens at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville.

February 07, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
Patrick Sullivan, a professor of epidemiology at Emory University, leads the AIDSVu and PrEPVu projects, which track data on PrEP access. (Courtesy of Emory University)

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Georgia leads in U.S. HIV cases. Here’s why the lifesaving drug PrEP faces barriers in the state

A rule enacted by the Biden administration that took effect for many Affordable Care Act plans on Jan. 1 should make it easier for people like Wilkins to get long-acting PrEP injectable drugs — a new Trump administration adds an X factor to this and other federal health programs. 

February 06, 2025
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  • Rebecca Grapevine
Doug Collins, President Donald Trump's pick to be Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, appears at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025.

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Doug Collins confirmed as veterans affairs secretary as Trump Cabinet takes shape

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Doug Collins as secretary of veterans affairs, putting the former congressman and Iraq War veteran at the helm of a department that provides crucial care to America’s veterans.

February 06, 2025
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  • Associated Press
The morning dawns on the Georgia Capitol on the first day of the 2022 legislative session.

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GPB evening headlines for February 6, 2025

Democratic state senators want Georgia voters to decide abortion access. The measure is unlikely to make it out of the legislature.

The Georgia House today approved an amended budget for the fiscal year that ends in June, with more relief for hurricane victims.

Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones is pushing a regulatory roll-back he's calling a state-level Department of Government Efficiency.

February 06, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
 Protesters outside the Georgia Capitol decry President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda as part of the 50501 movement. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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Georgia Today: Protests against Trump at the state capitol; Public housing lawsuits; Abortion access

On the Thursday, Feb. 6 edition of Georgia Today: Hundreds of people show up to the state capitol to demonstrate against president Donald Trump; legal challenges from local public housing authorities could hurt the way landlords are held accountable under law; and Democratic state senators want Georgia voters to decide on abortion access.

February 06, 2025
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  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Jake Cook
Carlos Ross holds the box containing the ashes of his son. Carmelo Ross was 15 when he was shot and killed. Carlos says he hasn't heard from homicide investigators for two years.

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Public housing authorities are angling for more legal protections. Where does that leave tenants?

How the legal precedent of sovereign immunity could change the way housing authorities in Georgia are held responsible in cases where tenants allege harm.

February 06, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
Senior Wildlife Biologist Jessica Thompson and Wildlife Technician Trip Kolkmeyer try use to photography and a drone to help identify an endangered North Atlantic right whale near St. Marys on Jan. 26, 2025.

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Right whales face uncertain future, but research continues

Georgia scientists who study highly endangered North Atlantic right whales may be preventing their extinction or documenting their demise.

February 06, 2025
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  • Mary Landers and
  • The Current
Multi-time WNBA All-Star and United States Olympian Brittney Griner (center) was all smiles during a press conference at Ventanas on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice

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Atlanta Dream sign the firm of Griner, Jones & Walker-Kimbrough to shore up lineup, postseason expectations

Griner, Jones, and Walker-Kimbrough were officially announced as the team’s newest members on Tuesday, Feb. 4.

February 06, 2025
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  • Donnell Suggs
Sen. Sally Harrell (D-Atlanta) joined a group of Senate Democrats to announce a new measure to create a ballot referendum on abortion access for Georgia voters on February 5, 2025. Credit: Screenshot

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‘Lawmakers’ Day 12: Anti-Trump protests for immigration, abortion access ballot referendum

Today at the Capitol, another cultural celebration and a protest against President Trump. The day kicked off with another Latino celebration, this time outside the Capitol at Liberty Plaza. Advocacy groups and lawmakers celebrated contributions from the Latin American community in Georgia and used the opportunity to condemn President Trump's immigration policy.

February 06, 2025
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  • Sarah Kallis and
  • Tristan Smith
 Protesters outside the Georgia Capitol decry President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda as part of the 50501 movement. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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Protesters at Georgia Capitol decry Trump policies ranging from deportation to trans restrictions

Demonstrators gathered in Atlanta Wednesday afternoon to protest President Donald Trump’s actions in the early weeks of his second term.

February 06, 2025
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  • Ross Williams
GPB morning headlines

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GPB morning headlines for February 6, 2025

Hundreds protested President Donald Trump and his administration at the Georgia Capitol on Wednesday; sheriff’s offices in Georgia slowly ramping up immigration enforcement as mandated by a state law passed last year; and state Senate Democrats look to create a ballot referendum allowing voters to decide on abortion access.

February 06, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
Jail cell. Credit: Pexels

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House committee hears legislation on pretrial hearings for death penalty for intellectually disabled

On Tuesday, Rep. Bill Werkheiser (R-Glennville) introduced legislation to the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee that would provide pretrial proceedings in death penalty cases when the accused has an intellectual disability.

February 06, 2025
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  • Ambria Burton

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Georgia Today: Ga. sheriff's offices to comply with HB 105; Arbery prosecutor meddling case dismissed

On the Wednesday, Feb. 5 edition of Georgia Today: Georgia sheriff's offices get ready to work with federal immigration law enforcement; the Georgia prosecutor accused of meddling in the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial has her remaining charge dismissed; and the Rockdale County fire chief is stepping down.

February 05, 2025
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  • Peter Biello
Jackie Johnson testifies in her own behalf in her trial on the single remaining charge of violating her oath of office, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Brunswick, Ga.

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GPB evening headlines for February 5, 2025

The trial against former Glynn County District Attorney Jackie Johnson ended today with the last charge against her thrown out.

As the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement nationally, sheriff’s offices in Georgia are slowly doing the same.

Barrow County schools are expanding a weapons detection program to middle schools after implementing it in county high schools.

February 05, 2025
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  • GPB News Radio
Students and community members visit booths at the Georgia State University Clarkston Campus’ Health and Wellness Expo on Wednesday. (Allen Siegler / Healthbeat)

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Atlanta public health workers consider how Trump’s threatened cuts could affect their communities

At a health expo in Clarkston, workers offering services expressed pride in their efforts to contribute to metro Atlanta’s well-being. But many worried whether moves by newly elected President Donald Trump could hamper their mission.

February 05, 2025
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  • Allen Siegler
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