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News Articles: Jon Ossoff

Memorial to the Six Million at Greenwood Cemetery.

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Child survivor, U.S. senator speak at Holocaust Remembrance Day event

About 500 people, including U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, Deputy Consul General of Israel Anna Shteingart, a handful of state and local politicians, and dozens of Jewish community leaders gathered at Greenwood Cemetery in Southwest Atlanta today to mark Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.

May 06, 2024
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Sen. Warnock (right) and Vice President Harris (left) at the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs.

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Taxpayer dollars at work: Warnock at The Stitch, Ossoff on youth program, big push for National Park

For the week ending May 3, 2024, Sens. Warnock and Ossoff worked on improving youth mentorship, reconnecting undeserved communities in Atlanta, creating Georgia's first National Park and Preserve and expanding nursing programs in West Georgia.

May 03, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
Senator Reverend Warnock (right) greeting Pope Francis (left).

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Taxpayer dollars at work: Warnock visits Vatican, Ossoff pushes teacher tax cuts

For the past week, Georgia's U.S Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock discussed global issues with Pope Francis, expanded tax deductions for Georgia teachers, worked to improve the water structure in Bulloch County and provided resources to Georgia’s busiest water ports.

April 26, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
Landmark Restoration of Savannah led the project to restore the Memorial to the Six Million.

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Sen. Jon Ossoff to speak at Atlanta Holocaust memorial on Yom HaShoah

After a year of restoration, the Memorial to the Six Million will reopen in time for Yom HaShoah, the commemoration of the Holocaust. Sen. Jon Ossoff, the first Jewish senator from Georgia, will speak at the event.

April 24, 2024
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  • Logan Ritchie
A splitscreen image of Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff.

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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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  • Ambria Burton
Senator Jon Ossoff

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WATCH: Ossoff presses postmaster general on Postal Service delays at tense Senate hearing

Sen. Jon Ossoff and a bipartisan panel of U.S. senators questioned Postmaster General Louis DeJoy during a Senate hearing Tuesday on U.S. Postal Service delays.

April 16, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
The Springer Theatre shows the play The Minutes by Tracy Letts in an April 11th, 2024 photo.

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Ossoff delivers repair funding to Springer Theatre, the state theater of Georgia

Last week, on April 5, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff announced that he is delivering resources through federal funding to the historic Springer Theatre in Columbus to help cover the cost of repairs to the theater's roof and drainage system.

April 16, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
Jon Ossoff Post Debate Press Conference: asset-mezzanine-16x9

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GPB evening headlines for April 11, 2024

Senator Jon Ossoff’s subcommittee investigation into Georgia’s foster care system released a report of its findings showing systemic failures.

Two Georgia Republicans are headed to a May 7th runoff in a special election to replace state Representative Richard Smith of Columbus, who died in January.

Governor Brian Kemp has suspended a south Georgia mayor who was indicted on charges that he stole nearly $65,000 from his town.

April 11, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
 Sen. Jon Ossoff holds a press conference in Atlanta about children missing from Georgia DFCS care Oct. 27, 2023. Ossoff’s Senate subcommittee released its full findings into deficiencies at DFCS Tuesday. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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Georgia child welfare agency defensive after Ossoff Senate panel reports neglect and exploitation

The Georgia Division of Family and Children Services consistently fails to protect children from abuse, and mismanagement at the division is “a key contributor” to child deaths and serious injuries, according to a U.S. Senate report released Tuesday.

April 10, 2024
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  • Ross Williams
The U.S. Postal Service delivery is experiencing delays caused by processing issues. U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is demanding answers. for Georgians.

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Sens. Ossoff and Warnock, Georgia reps demand answers to U.S. Postal Service delays across state

The United States Postal Service is experiencing mail delays throughout Georgia, causing a surplus of issues for those who need their mail for personal, business or even legal matters.

March 21, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
Sen. Jon Ossoff

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U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff introduces legislation to protect election workers, polling places from threats

This week in Congress, Sen. Jon Ossoff introduced legislation that would prevent acts of violence and threats against election workers and at poll places after Georgia election workers Shaye Moss and her mother Ruby Freeman were threatened after the 2020 election.

March 15, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
Former President Jimmy Carter, arrives to attend a tribute service for his wife and former first lady Rosalynn Carter, at Glenn Memorial Church, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Atlanta.

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Rosalynn Carter honored by family, friends, first ladies and presidents — including husband Jimmy

Rosalynn Carter was memorialized with classical music and beloved hymns, some of her favorite Biblical passages, and a rare gathering of all living U.S. first ladies and multiple presidents, including her 99-year-old husband Jimmy Carter.

November 28, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Organizers with Jewish vocies for peace walked down 17th street in Midtown Atlanta to protests outside Senator Jon Ossoff's office. The group is demanding the Democrat call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

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Jewish organizers in Atlanta call on Ossoff to support ceasefire

Protesters gathered outside Sen. Jon Ossoff’s Atlanta office Wednesday. GPB’s Amanda Andrews reports they’re demanding the Democrat and state’s first Jewish senator join their calls for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

November 09, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., arrives before a subcommittee hearing, Sept. 13, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. During a subcommittee hearing on Monday, Oct. 30, chaired by Ossoff in Atlanta, two Georgia juvenile court judges said the head of the state's child welfare agency asked judges in an August meeting to illegally jail foster children while officials looked for other places to house them.

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Judges say Georgia's child welfare leader asked them to illegally detain children in juvenile jails

Two Georgia juvenile court judges say the head of the state's child welfare agency asked judges to violate state law. They say Human Services Commissioner Candice Broce asked judges to keep some children inappropriately locked in juvenile detention centers.

October 31, 2023
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Ossoff and Dr. Alie Redd

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Nearly 1800 foster children in Georgia reported missing over past 4 years, new report says

An analysis from the National Center from Missing and Exploited Children found that a staggering number of children in Georgia’s foster care system were reported missing. 

October 27, 2023
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