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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 ,
  • and 1 more
An Atlanta home from which people were removed

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Georgia Today: One metro Atlanta landlord filed more evictions during the moratorium than any other

An investigation finds one apartment complex in Clayton County has filed more evictions against tenants than any other landlord across metro Atlanta — including during the federal government's pandemic eviction ban that was designed to keep people in their homes and stem the spread of COVID-19.

January 21, 2022
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  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Jess Mador
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  • Health Care

No break from COVID: Metro Atlanta medical officials urge vaccinations

Georgia recently has set records in numbers of infections reported daily. The current surge, ignited by the Omicron variant, has generated an extraordinary spread of the disease, Dr. Kathleen Toomey, Georgia’s Public Health commissioner, told state lawmakers earlier Thursday. 

January 21, 2022
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  • Andy Miller
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  • News

Judge: Georgia county can move ahead on land for spaceport

A judge has denied a request to stop a county from buying land for a planned spaceport near the Georgia coast, dealing the latest blow to the project's opponents. The ruling now allows the county to close on the property, barring unforeseen circumstances.

January 20, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., speaks to reporters alongside Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., during a press conference regarding the Democratic party's shift to focus on voting rights at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Federal voting rights bill blocked as Biden marks first year in office

Thursday on Political Rewind: President Joe Biden faced a series of daunting challenges since taking office one year ago, including a dramatic resurgence of the coronavirus and a unified GOP Senate minority determined to block the president’s agenda. Plus, former Sen. David Perdue is calling for a new police unit to monitor state elections, based on his continuing lies about massive election fraud costing Donald Trump the state in 2020.

January 20, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis poses for a photo at her office, Feb. 24, 2021 in Atlanta. The Georgia prosecutor who’s investigating possible attempts to interfere in the 2020 general election by former President Donald Trump and others has asked for a special grand jury to aid the investigation. Willis, on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, sent a letter to Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Christopher Brasher asking him to impanel a special grand jury.

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  • Politics

Georgia DA asks for special grand jury in election probe

The Georgia prosecutor investigating possible attempts to interfere in the 2020 general election by former President Donald Trump and others has asked for a special grand jury to aid the investigation.

January 20, 2022
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  • Associated Press
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  • Energy

How a powerful company convinced Georgia to let it bury toxic waste in groundwater

For the past several years, Georgia Power has gone to great lengths to skirt the federal rule requiring coal-fired power plants to safely dispose of massive amounts of toxic waste they produced.

January 20, 2022
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  • Max Blau
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  • Energy

Federal pipeline standards backed by top energy regulator after Colonial Pipeline hack

The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, when Russian hackers shut down a key pipeline owned by Alpharetta-based Colonial Pipeline, affected a conduit for gasoline to 17 states in the South and East and the District of Columbia. Shortages and panic buying ensued.

January 20, 2022
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  • Jacob Fischler
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  • Politics

Voting rights activists temporarily delay poll closures in Lincoln County

The majority-white, majority Republican rural county planned to move from seven to one polling place because of scarce resources and a change in voter behavior. 

January 19, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
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  • History

Newly reopened, revamped Georgia Historical Society building boasts twice as much archival storage

The Georgia Historical Society's research center in Savannah reopened Wednesday to the public, after being closed for three years for renovation. Historians and amateurs alike can access more materials than ever before.

January 19, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
The U.S. Capitol dome is seen in Washington, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Push to get voting rights measure to Senate floor; Kemp heads to Vegas

Wednesday on Political Rewind: The fight to pass a federal voting rights law is now taking center stage in the U.S. Senate. Meanwhile, Gov. Brian Kemp and David Perdue are trading charges of illegal campaign fundraising activities.

January 19, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
President Joe Biden calls for the Senate to pass voting rights legislation during remarks

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  • Politics

Battleground: Ballot Box | Putting Biden's Georgia voting rights visit into context

On this week's episode, we look at President Joe Biden's speech on voting rights in Georgia, the filibuster and why Democrats' new push for federal legislation is stalling.

January 19, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
President Joe Biden speaks to the media after meeting privately with Senate Democrats, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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  • News

WATCH: Biden highlights progress, ask for patience over setbacks in wide ranging news conference

President Joe Biden held a rare and wide ranging news conference at the one-year mark in his presidency to try to talk anxious Americans through the challenges of delivering on his lengthy to-do list.

January 19, 2022
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  • Associated Press and
  • GPB News Staff
Georgia State Prison

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  • Politics

Georgia corrections prepares to spend $600M to replace older prisons

Georgia’s prison system could undergo a radical change with Gov. Brian Kemp’s proposal to spend $600 million to open two new prisons that would replace four outdated correctional facilities with the aim to make prisons safer and cut costs.

January 19, 2022
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  • Stanley Dunlap
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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Author Farah Stockman talks class divide and the politics of blue-collar America

Tuesday on Political Rewind, we talk one-on-one with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Farah Stockman. Her book "American Made" explores how the loss of manufacturing jobs changed the political landscape of the early 21st century. But first: a look at the latest in voting rights.

January 18, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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