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News Articles: Macon

Anti-choice protesters outside a Macon clinic then slated to become an abortion provider in 2018. The protesters won, leaving the closest abortion provider two hours away in Columbus.

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  • Health

In Macon, maternal health experts see differing implications post Roe

The Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade came during a symposium of maternal health experts on Mercer’s Macon Campus. Reactions by attendees were mixed. 

June 24, 2022
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  • Sofi Gratas and
  • Grant Blankenship

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  • News

GPB evening headlines for June 24, 2022

Georgia Power wants to raise customer bills 12 percent over the next three years.

Savannah will hold an event next month to support local Black business owners and aspiring Black entrepreneurs. 

A North Carolina global logistics provider is moving its home base to Metro Atlanta, after several years of rapid growth in the area.

June 24, 2022
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  • GPB News Radio
Brian Kemp

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Kemp will testify in Fulton probe; Supreme Court's new gun rights ruling

Friday on Political Rewind: Gov. Brian Kemp will appear before the Fulton County special grand jury, potentially revealing more about Trump's attempt to interfere with state elections. Plus, the Supreme Court ruled against New York in a landmark ruling that could broaden gun carry rights.

June 24, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
School safety conference

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Shootings hot topic in Columbus during state’s school safety conference

The conference hosted by the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency has been held every year since 2009, offering a chance to share knowledge on matters ranging from bullying prevention and emergency weather preparation to gang activity, student drug use and mass shootings.

June 24, 2022
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  • Ross Williams
Teacher and students in classroom

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  • Education

State awards teacher tax credits in hopes of recruiting more educators

Each teacher selected for the program will receive a $3,000 credit on their state income taxes each year for five consecutive school years.

June 23, 2022
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  • Dave Williams
David Shafer

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  • News

GPB evening headlines for June 23, 2022

The U-S Justice Department has subpoenaed two Georgia Republicans in the widening probe over "false electors" in the 20-20 election.

Crews in Macon began moving a pair of monuments to the Confederacy Wednesday.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a man on Georgia's death row who wants to die by firing squad.

June 23, 2022
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  • GPB News Radio
Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, testifies as he mother, Ruby Freeman listens, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.

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  • Elections

Battleground: Ballot Box | The path to understanding Jan. 6 runs through Georgia

On this week's episode, we look at Georgia’s role in understanding the leadup to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

June 23, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
Confederate monument in Macon being removed

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  • History

Crews begin moving two Confederate monuments in Macon after years of legal battles

Their removal is the culmination of years of efforts by Bibb County residents that were renewed during the summer of 2020. The Macon-Bibb County Commission approved moving the monuments in July of 2020, but a lawsuit stalled the efforts.

June 22, 2022
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By:
  • Micah Johnston and
  • Caleb Slinkard
Democratic candidate Bee Nguyen, running for Secretary of State of Georgia, talks to media members during the primary election in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. May 24, 2022. Photo by Dustin Chambers/REUTERS

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GPB evening headlines for June 22, 2022

Atlanta Democratic State Rep. Bee Nguyen secured the party’s nomination to launch her general election bid for secretary of state.

Donald Trump’s hand-picked candidates lost their runoff elections yesterday. 

June 22, 2022
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  • GPB News Radio
Wandrea Moss and Ruby Hunt

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Abrams and Dems win big; Trump-backed candidates lose; Shaye Moss' testimony

Wednesday on Political Rewind: Stacey Abrams' three endorsed candidates win their runoffs. Plus, Trump-endorsed candidates lose races, a sign that state Republicans are moving away from the former president. Meanwhile, the Jan. 6 committee hearing featured compelling testimony from Georgians.

June 22, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Candidate Chris West

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  • Elections

An upset: Chris West defeats Jeremy Hunt in Georgia’s 2nd Congressional District runoff

Hunt, 28, finished first in May’s primary with 37% of the total ballots cast and was the favored candidate of several national Republican politicians, carrying endorsements from U.S. Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Josh Hawley of Missouri, former U.N ambassador and S.C. governor Nikki Haley as well as GOP operative Karl Rove.

June 22, 2022
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  • Nick Wooten
Herring and Carter

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  • Elections

Wade Herring to face Buddy Carter in November

Wade Herring overtakes frontrunner Joyce Griggs in Democratic hunt for U.S.House seat.

June 22, 2022
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  • Craig Nelson
State Rep. Bee Nguyen

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  • Politics

Nguyen wins SOS nomination; Democrats celebrate runoff victories

A handful of Democratic primaries advanced to runoffs after frontrunners failed to earn enough votes to win outright in the primary election in May. Voters cast their ballots again in key statewide races like secretary of state and lieutenant governor. Two congressional seat nominees were also decided in runoffs.

 

June 22, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
Posing for pictures by the Black Lives Matter themed art around the base of a Confederate monument on Cotton Avenue in Macon in the summer of 2020. The statue is one of two soon to be moved from downtown Macon.

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  • History

Two of Macon's Confederate monuments begin moving this week

A pair of monuments to the Confederacy in downtown Macon will be moved starting Wednesday morning.  

June 21, 2022
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  • Grant Blankenship
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his deputy Gabriel Sterling testify on June 21, 2022 at the US House committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol.

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  • News

GPB evening headlines for June 21, 2022

The US House January 6th committee is hearing from Georgia officials who fended off Donald Trump's pressure to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

As the country waits on the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion rights, local officials are preparing to respond.

Georgia voters are at the polls today for a primary run-off to decide the Democratic nominee for Secretary of State, among other races.

June 21, 2022
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