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News Articles: Macon

 Republican candidates for Georgia's Second House District Jeremy Hunt, left, and Chris West.

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  • Politics

Battleground: Ballot Box | On the high-stakes primary runoff debates for key Georgia elections

On this week's episode, we look at some of Georgia's primary runoff debates, from Democratic secretary of state to several Republican Congressional races.

June 08, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Voting machines

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  • Elections

New Georgia election board chair takes helm ahead of midterms

A newly rebuilt State Election Board is positioned to determine whether the state takes over Fulton County election operations, oversee Georgia’s pivotal midterms, and investigate election security challenges.

June 07, 2022
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
People in Georgia voting

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  • Elections

Dekalb County vote system problem sparks challenges in Chatham

Skeptics about Georgia’s voting systems are mounting an array of challenges in Chatham County and statewide to the outcome of the May 24 primary election.

June 07, 2022
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By:
  • Craig Nelson
 Republican candidates for Georgia's Second House District Jeremy Hunt, left, and Chris West.

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  • Politics

Republicans for 2nd Congressional District spar over who is the most Georgian

The two Republicans vying to replace Democratic Rep. Sanford Bishop in Georgia’s 2nd Congressional District sparred over which was the true conservative or even a real Georgian in their debate Monday. 

June 06, 2022
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Dominion voting machine

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Questions over voting machines; SCOTUS set to release opinions; Gas giveaway

Monday on Political Rewind: Congress negotiates gun safety laws in the wake of mass shootings. Meanwhile, the U.S. Supreme Court considers a major Second Amendment case and a PAC supporting Herschel Walker fuels controversy over a gas giveaway. 

 

June 06, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 2 more
 Dozens of faith leaders, including Christian ministers, rabbis and imams, added their name to a letter opposing a proposed mining project near the Okefenokee Swamp.

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  • News

GPB evening headlines for June 6, 2022

A federal agency has dealt a major setback to a proposed titanium oxide mine near Georgia's protected Okefenokee Swamp.

Democrats and voting rights groups are criticizing a gas giveaway organized by an outside group campaigning for Republican US Senate candidate Herschel Walker.

The board that oversees the popular state-owned park on Jekyll Island is considering a series of fee increases.

 

June 06, 2022
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  • GPB News Radio
Facebook political ads

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  • Elections

Georgia’s high-dollar election campaigns now waged in your social media feeds

Over 7,000 groups ranging from political parties to environmentalists and anti-union coalitions spent money to beam Facebook ads to Georgians’ screens last month during the buildup to the May 24 primary election.

June 06, 2022
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge

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  • Environment

U.S. Army Corps revokes approval of mining near Okefenokee

The US Army Corps of Engineers on Friday reversed its approval of a mining project threatening the Okefenokee Swamp.

June 06, 2022
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By:
  • Mary Landers
Daniel Defense will create 120 new jobs with its newest expansion in Black Creek.

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  • News

GPB evening headlines for June 3, 2022

The Georgia-based company that manufactured the gun used in last week's school shooting in Texas could face a lawsuit.

Georgia's supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children has expanded the number of baby formula options parents now have as the national baby formula shortage continues.

New research is shedding light on how Georgia’s coastal residents adapted to climate change thousands of years ago.

June 03, 2022
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  • GPB News Radio
Chickens

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  • Animals

Hundreds of birds euthanized after avian flu outbreak on south Georgia farm

A Toombs County farmer alerted the state Department of Agriculture over the Memorial Day weekend when he noticed birds in his varied flock becoming ill and dying. At least 350 animals have been culled so far to stop the spread, with crews still searching for a few stray chickens as of Thursday.

June 03, 2022
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
Three geographic markers on a white background.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Three Georgia mayors outline issues facing their communities

Friday on Political Rewind: Our panel of Georgia mayors on the top issues facing their constituents, including school safety following the Uvalde shooting, policing, and a post-pandemic economy.

June 03, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 2 more
File photo of several dozen pills containing fentanyl. They are circular and blue, with one side showing a capital letter M and the other side showing the number 30.

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  • Law

Charges filed in alleged international fentanyl drug ring that killed two Navy officers in Georgia

Put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic, a federal case against two foreign nationals is proceeding after charges were first filed in 2019.

June 02, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Incumbent Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger talks with journalists as he arrives for an election night party Tuesday evening, May 24, 2022 in Peachtree Corners, Ga. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

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  • Elections

Secretary of State Raffensperger testifies before grand jury probe of 2020 Trump election meddling

A Fulton County special grand jury is investigating potential election interference in the aftermath of the 2020 election in Georgia.

June 02, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Three AR-15 rifles.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Calls for gun safety continue after mass shooting in Tulsa

Thursday on Political Rewind: The Tulsa shooting raises the stakes in the gun control debate as the U.S. House prepares to pass bills in response. Our guests weigh in on how it'll impact Georgia races this fall.

June 02, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 2 more
Photo of Monkeypox

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  • Health

A case of monkeypox may be in Georgia. Here's what you need to know

A metro Atlanta man with a history of international travel may have the state's first confirmed case of monkeypox virus, which belongs to the orthopoxvirus genus in the family poxviridae, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Georgia's state health department sent a sample to the CDC after the state laboratory confirmed the Atlantan has orthopoxvirus.

June 02, 2022
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
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