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Bibb County middle school student Sade Veal gets her first dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine at a back to school event sponsored by Bibb County Schools in 2021.

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  • Health Care

A Georgia bill to head off COVID vaccine 'passports' lands very wide of the mark

Although sponsors say it's aimed at preventing government overreach on COVID-19 vaccinations, a bill filed this week in the Georgia Senate would end the longstanding schedule of mandatory vaccinations for school-children.

January 26, 2022
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Republican state Sen. Jason Anavitarte of Dallas speaks to a House subcommittee on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, at the capitol in Atlanta. Anavitarte is sponsoring a bill that would give parents a way to ask school officials to remove obscene or inappropriate materials from classes.

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  • Education

Proposed bill gives Georgia parents way to quash school materials

Republicans in the Georgia House say they will push forward with a proposal that would allow parents to protest books and other materials that they believe are harmful to minors.

January 26, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Young person sitting on couch

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  • Health Care

Georgia House mental health omnibus bill focuses on equal access to care for behavioral treatment

Lawmakers in Georgia are expected to introduce an omnibus mental health bill at the steps of the Capitol at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. House Speaker David Ralston will announce the bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Todd Jones and Democratic Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver.

January 25, 2022
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Gwinnett County delegation of the Georgia House

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  • Politics

Lawmakers: On Day 6, Dems lay out 'white power' accusations; Senate majority lays out its priorities

State Rep. Sam Park (D-Lawrenceville) did not mince words at a press conference.

January 25, 2022
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  • Brenda Waters
The container ship CMA CGM Laperouse, left, docks at the Georgia Ports Authority's Port of Savannah, Sept. 29, 2021, in Savannah, Ga. The Port of Savannah saw a whopping 20% increase in shipping containers moving across its docks in 2021 as U.S. seaports scrambled to keep up with a surge in cargo that crammed container yards and forced ships to line up and wait at sea.

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  • Business

Cargo surge pushes Port of Savannah to 5.6M container record

The Port of Savannah is reporting record cargo volumes for 2021 thanks to a surge in trade that saw its container yard cramped for space and ships waiting at sea.

January 25, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Gov. Brian Kemp

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  • Politics

Top Georgia GOP candidates woo party faithful with culture war visions

Republican candidates for Georgia’s highest offices made their cases in front of some of the party’s most dedicated voters Monday at the Georgia Faith and Freedom Legislative Luncheon in Atlanta.

January 25, 2022
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  • Ross Williams
Speaker Ralston speaks to media.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Speaker Ralston on his priorities for General Assembly as election cycle looms

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Speaker David Ralston joined us to discuss one of the most contentious sessions in his 12 years of holding the gavel in the General Assembly. We asked Ralston how he intends to navigate through hot button issues like a ban on the teaching of critical race theory and book bans in schools, while keeping the 2022 session focused on the issues that matter to him most.

January 25, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes ,
  • and 1 more
Atlanta Mayor Anthony Dickens talks to GPB Lawmakers and other media after his speech on the House floor on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022.

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  • Politics

Lawmakers: Mayor Dickens speaks and non-citizen voter ban gets nixed on Day 5

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens highlighted the importance of state and city collaboration in his speeches to the Georgia General Assembly on Monday morning. Meanwhile, the Senate General Assembly voted on a resolution that would amend the Georgia Constitution to bar non-citizens from voting.

January 24, 2022
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  • Sarah Kallis
Georgia Department of Corrections cadets and trainers before the 2010 ribbon cutting for the department's training facility and offices in Forsyth. A labor strike of the incarcerated would come about month later. GDC lost over 2,000 correctional officers in the following year.

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  • News

What's behind the understaffing at Georgia prisons? Ask the staff

Understaffing is acknowledged problem in Georgia prisons that's likely at the root of a lot of dysfunction. When did the staffing crisis start? And why?

January 24, 2022
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  • Grant Blankenship
The morning dawns on the Georgia Capitol on the first day of the 2022 legislative session.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Getting back to the budget under the Gold Dome

Monday on Political Rewind: We are back under the Gold Dome! The state Capitol is buzzing again as lawmakers get to work on Gov. Kemp's proposed budget. We took a look at the different parts of the budget and how lawmakers will likely alter its contents.

January 24, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Donna Lowry ,
  • and 2 more
Red mortarboards fly into the evening sky at Heritage High School's commencement ceremony Friday, July 24, 2020, in Maryville Tenn. High school graduation rates dipped in at least 20 states after the first full school year disrupted by the pandemic, according to a new analysis by Chalkbeat.

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  • Education

Graduation rates dip across US as pandemic stalls progress

An analysis shows high school graduation rates dipped in at least 20 states after the first full school year disrupted by the pandemic.

January 24, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Cherokee Northside Hospital

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  • Health Care

Anthem names new chief in Georgia amid dispute with Northside

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has named a new president of its Georgia operation just days before a possible contract cutoff with Northside Hospital.

January 24, 2022
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  • Andy Miller
Traffic flows in and out of Helen, Ga., Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. Helen is located in White County, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northeast Georgia, where officials were stunned when the 2020 census said the county had 28,003 residents. A Census Bureau estimate from 2019 had put the county's population at 30,798 people.

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  • News

'Whoa, that's not right': Georgia towns lead census appeals

When officials in Chester, Georgia, heard that the 2020 census had pegged their small town at 525 people, their jaws dropped; they believed the town was almost triple that size. Chester and two other small municipalities in Georgia are the first communities in the U.S. to challenge the accuracy of their numbers from the once-a-decade head count that determines political representation and federal funding.

January 24, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Georgia Department of Driver Services sign

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  • Politics

Driver Services proposes self-service kiosks to address staffing shortage

For Georgians who dread waiting in long lines to get their licenses renewed, relief could be around the corner. A new proposal includes self-service kiosks at the state’s busiest driver services centers and some grocery stores. 

January 24, 2022
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By:
  • Taylor Reimann
An illustration of Fani Willis, Brian Kemp and suburban homes.An illustration of Fani Willis, Brian Kemp and suburban homes.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Fulton DA calls grand jury to investigate Trump; Primary sees focus on crime

Friday on Political Rewind: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has called for a grand jury to investigate former President Donald Trump's attempts to meddle in the 2020 election. Plus, A fiery gubernatorial election drives the Republican primary to hot-button issues.

January 21, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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