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Food bank

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  • Children's Health

Georgia’s pandemic food stamp benefit ending on May 31

 Georgians who rely on food stamps are set to see a steep decrease in the amount of money they receive each month starting in June. That’s because increased food stamp amounts were tied to Georgia’s COVID emergency. 

May 23, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Hyundai Motor Group president and CEO JaeHoon Chang met at a signing ceremony in Bryan County on Friday, May 20, 2022.

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  • Business

Hyundai to build plant in Bryan County, touted as state's largest-ever economic development project

The planned electric vehicle factory near Savannah is expected to create 8,100 jobs, with construction slated to begin in January 2023.

May 20, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Savannah Ghost Pirates head coach Rick Bennett speaks behind a podium an event at Enmarket Arena, where the team's NHL affiliation was announced. A woman wearing a Las Vegas showgirl outfit stands to the side, holding up the gold-colored right wing of her outfit.

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  • Sports

Savannah Ghost Pirates minor league hockey team announces NHL affiliation with Vegas Golden Knights

Savannah's new minor-league hockey squad will serve as a farm team for the Vegas Golden Knights of the NHL.

May 20, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Gwinnett Board of Elections

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  • Elections

Democratic voters make ‘painful choice’ in McBath vs. Bourdeaux U.S. House race

Congresswomen Carolyn Bourdeaux, Lucy McBath and State Rep. Donna McLeod are on the May 24 ballot as they compete for the Democratic nomination in Georgia's ethnically and racially diverse 7th congressional district northeast of Atlanta. 

May 20, 2022
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By:
  • Jill Nolin and
  • Ariana Figueroa
A voter nears the entrance for a polling location in Atlanta, Georgia.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Only a few days until crucial Georgia primaries; Kemp touts new Hyundai plant

Friday on Political Rewind: Today is the final day of early voting in Georgia’s primary election. More than 700,000 people already cast their ballots – a record for the state, with tens of thousands likely to vote today.

May 20, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 2 more
Herschel Walker

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  • Elections

Time runs short for candidates trailing Herschel Walker in Georgia’s key U.S. Senate race

The candidates in the senate race who did not lead UGA to a national championship have cried foul over Walker’s perceived reticence to appear on the debate stage or put forth a concrete platform.

May 20, 2022
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Governor Kemp Speaks At Georgia GOP Convention on June 5, 2021

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  • Business

Kemp announcement expected to confirm $7B auto plant in Georgia

Governor Brian Kemp is heading to an industrial site outside Savannah to make what his office calls a "special economic development announcement." Sources in Washington and Georgia have told The Associated Press the project is a $7 billion plant where Hyundai Motor Group will manufacture electric vehicles.

May 20, 2022
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  • Associated Press

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  • News

GPB evening headlines for May 19, 2022

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is set to join former Georgia US Senator David Perdue at a campaign event in Savannah tomorrow.

Georgia Congresswoman Lucy McBath shared her personal story of multiple miscarriages before a US House committee yesterday.

Georgia's unemployment rate continues to hover at a record low of 3.1%.

May 19, 2022
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  • GPB News Radio
Henry County Confederate monument

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  • Race

Georgia Supreme Court takes up right to sue over removal of Confederate monuments

Legislation the General Assembly passed in 2019 authorized “any person, group or legal entity” to challenge any acts in violation of the law, which prohibited the desecration or removal of historic monuments from public property.

May 19, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Jena Johnson with UGA

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  • News

Mosquitoes: annoying, sometimes deadly and ... beautiful?

UGA entomologist Jena Johnson studies mosquitoes through macro photography. 

May 19, 2022
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By:
  • Chase McGee and
  • Orlando Montoya
An illustration of many ballots.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: New polling in days before statewide primaries; A look at crossover voting

Thursday on Political Rewind: New polling on Georgia's slate of important primary elections just days away from the end of the voting period. Plus, what is the deal with "crossover" voting?

May 19, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sarah Kallis ,
  • and 2 more
Clinton Vicks

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  • Business

Airbnb partners with African American-owned farms in southwest Georgia for agritourism

The new collection of bookable stays is meant in part to raise awareness of the history and present-day needs of Black farmers.

May 19, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Georgia Elections Board

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  • News

GPB evening headlines for May 18, 2022

The Georgia State Election Board had dismissed claims of illegal ballot harvesting in Georgia's 2020 elections.

Lawyers for two large Metro Atlanta health care players faced off in Georgia's Supreme Court yesterday.

Airbnb is partnering with African American-owned farms in southwest Georgia to promote agricultural tourism. 

May 18, 2022
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By:
  • GPB News Radio
Sarah Suggs

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  • History

Georgia Southern research project seeks to fill in the gaps of African American maritime history

African American maritime history has long gone understudied, says a Georgia Southern history professor. A new research project is meant to help change that.

May 18, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Payne
Board of Elections meeting

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  • Elections

Georgia election board dismisses claims of ‘ballot harvesting’ in 2020 election

The Georgia State Election Board voted unanimously Tuesday to dismiss three cases based on claims of illegal “ballot harvesting” as the baseless conspiracies over the 2020 presidential election still swirl even as the 2022 election season is already well underway and setting records for early voting.

May 18, 2022
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
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