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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens speaks at the annual State of the City address in downtown Atlanta on March 28, 2023.

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GPB Morning Headlines for September 4, 2024

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens announced Tuesday the city will be dedicating $60 million towards helping Atlanta’s growing homeless population.  

Macon’s Middle Georgia State University has launched a new program to address stubborn local social issues through academic research.

Researchers at Emory University’s School of Medicine are looking for patients to enroll in a new clinical trial to treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

 

September 04, 2024
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Muralist Kevin “Scene” Lewis shows a Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful committee his plan for a Martin Luther King Jr. Mural in the 1400 block of MLK Jr. Blvd. near Downtown Macon. Liz Fabian/ Macon Newsroom

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Kennesaw State University architecture students designing new development as KMBB commissions Martin Luther King Jr. mural

Envisioning a new MLK Blvd. gateway to downtown Macon: A bevy of burgeoning architects gathered on a vacant lot along Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. last week as Macon-Bibb County Commissioner Paul Bronson issued a challenge. 

September 03, 2024
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Close-up of examination table in doctor's office

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GPB morning headlines for September 3, 2024

A new initiative in Southeast Georgia’s Brunswick aims to bring more funding, accountability and focus to help prevent homelessness.

A new health plan available in Georgia offers a zero-dollar deductible and co-pay.

September 03, 2024
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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz talk as they visit SandFly Bar-B-Q in Savannah, Ga., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024.

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GPB morning headlines for August 30, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris wrapped up a two-day campaign tour in southeast Georgia last night with a rally in Savannah.

The leader of the state’s prison system Wednesday provided rare transparency during the second meeting of the state Senate study committee looking into prison safety.

The Georgia state and national Democratic Party filed a lawsuit earlier this week against rules passed by the Georgia State Election Board.

August 30, 2024
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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris boards Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024, as she travels to Savannah, Ga., for a two-day campaign bus tour.

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GPB morning headlines for August 29, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, stopped at a Liberty County High School marching band practice Wednesday as part of a two-day campaign tour of Southeast Georgia.

Family members of a man with a history of mental illness who died in the custody of the Macon-Bibb County Jail say they're still waiting for answers about how he died.

Atlanta is hosting its first Global Black Pride celebration through Labor Day weekend.

August 29, 2024
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Morning Edition host Pamela Kirkland (left) and Lawmakers host Donna Lowry (right)

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Legislative Huddle: What do lawmakers do outside of the session?

When the legislative session ends in Georgia, the work doesn't stop. "Legislative Huddle" is a new series with Donna Lowry, host of GPB's "Lawmakers," that shows the work that goes on when the session ends. 

August 28, 2024
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  • Pamela Kirkland
Paula Platt holds a photo of her son Stephen Fossett during a press conference in which she and attorneys for her family pressed for more details in Fossett's death during detention by the Bibb County Jail.

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The family of a mentally ill man who died in Bibb County Jail custody wants answers

The family of a man with a history of mental illness who died in the custody of the Bibb County Jail says they are still waiting for answers about how he died.

August 28, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
Vice President Kamala Harris waves while boarding Air Force Two as she departs Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport in Westfield, Mass., Saturday, July 27, 2024.

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GPB morning headlines for August 28, 2024

Savannah Democrats gathered Tuesday ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris's two-day campaign swing through the area, wrapping up with a rally in Savannah Thursday.

Two workers were killed and another seriously injured Tuesday in a tire explosion at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport.

The Georgia Senate committee for protecting womens' sports held its inaugaral meeting on Tuesday.

August 28, 2024
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Zo’e Johnson, 13, attends art class at First Presbyterian Day School. It was among the hundreds of private schools that opened during desegregation as white children fled the arrival of Black students.

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What choosing private school means to a Macon family whose matriarch integrated her high school

What is it like for Black students attending one of the formerly whites only private schools created in the South during desegregation?

August 27, 2024
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  • Jennifer Hawes
U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath speaks in Georgia Capitol, August 2024

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GPB morning headlines for August 27, 2024

The Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Party of Georgia are suing to block two recent rules adopted by Georgia's State Election Board.

Democrats in the state legislature are urging Gov. Brian Kemp to investigate and remove three State Election Board members aligned with former president Donald Trump.

Fans set a new attendance record at State Farm Arena Monday as the Atlanta Dream took on Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever.

August 27, 2024
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Fulton County Jail

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GPB morning headlines for August 26, 2024

The Georgia State Senate committee studying conditions at Atlanta’s Fulton County jail released its recommendations Friday.

Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz are campaigning in Georgia this week.

A partnership between Houston County Schools and the county health department is bringing primary health care closer to where children — and their adults — spend time. 

August 26, 2024
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Houston County to offer monthly public health screenings at family resource space

A partnership between Houston County Schools and the county health department is bringing primary health care closer to where children, and their adults, spend time.

August 23, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the Democratic National Convention Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago.

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GPB morning headlines for August 23, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted her party’s nomination for President Thursday evening.

Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance blasted Democrats Kamala Harris and Tim Walz over border security at a rally in Valdosta this afternoon.

The district attorney of Savannah's Chatham County announced Thursday that she is dismissing six murder cases because of misconduct by two former Savannah police officers.

August 23, 2024
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Participants in the recent tour of the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Macon explore the woods around the grave of Blanche Haywood. Until recent work by preservationists in the historically African American cemetery, the grave of the woman born in the 1840s  was completely hidden by the understory.

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Unerasing the history of Macon's Oak Ridge African American cemetery

In Oak Ridge Cemetery in Macon, Ga., efforts to understand a once willfully forgotten Black cemetery are leading people to a new understanding of their history.

August 22, 2024
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  • Grant Blankenship
Jason Carter, 48, serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees at the Carter Center in Atlanta.  He spoke during a mental health forum at  the Center on May 14, 2024.

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GPB morning headlines for August 21, 2024

Former President Jimmy Carter's grandson, Jason Carter, spoke Democratic National Convention in Chicago Tuesday night.

Republican leaders called for stricter border policies during a campaign event Tuesday for former President Donald Trump.

Atlanta’s longtime business owners will now have access to financial assistance through the city’s new Legacy Business Program.

August 21, 2024
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