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News Articles: Macon

More than one in three people sleep less than seven hours a night. That's the minimum that's recommended by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Tricia Hersey with The Nap Ministry says, rest is not only necessary, it can be revolutionary.

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From a historic perspective, rest can be a form of resistance

More than one in three people sleep less than seven hours a night. That's the minimum that's recommended by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. But Tricia Hersey, founder of The Nap Ministry, says rest isn't just necessary: It can be revolutionary.

October 08, 2021
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By:
  • Leah Fleming and
  • Tiffany Griffith
BJay Pak

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  • Politics

Georgia U.S. attorney quit after Trump pressure to reject election results, new report confirms

Trump’s attorney general, William Barr, asked Pak to make an investigation of supposedly illegal ballots carried around in suitcases “a top priority,” Pak told committee investigators in an interview made public for the first time Thursday.

October 08, 2021
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By:
  • Jacob Fischler
BJay Pak

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Report confirms former Georgia U.S Attorney resigned after pressure from Trump

Friday on Political Rewind, a newly released transcript of former Georgia U.S. Attorney Bjay Pak’s testimony before a Senate committee reveals what many already suspected. Pak’s abrupt resignation early this year came after he was told that former President Donald Trump was pushing to have him fired.

October 08, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sarah Kallis ,
  • and 1 more
Atlanta elections near

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Atlanta mayoral candidates plead their cases in final stretch before election

With less than a month before Atlanta’s municipal elections, candidates face the task of swinging undecided voters who, polls show, have a dim view of the city's future.

October 08, 2021
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By:
  • Riley Bunch
Law enforcement and community members touch elbows at a 2020 National Faith & Blue Weekend event in Washington, D.C.

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Law enforcement and faith leaders will participate in community outreach weekend

The second annual National Faith & Blue Weekend is happening this weekend in cities across the state of Georgia and the nation.

October 08, 2021
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By:
  • Allexa Ceballos
Georgia Today: Georgia Teachers' Long Wait For The Vaccine

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GPB Morning Headlines for October 8, 2021

Pfizer and BioNTech are asking the government to allow use of their COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11, which Atlanta's Emory University played a key role in.

More than a thousand Afghan refugees will be housed in Georgia as they escape the Taliban takeover in their home country.

Senator Jon Ossoff will tour Central and Southeast Georgia with U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm today.

October 08, 2021
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  • GPB News Radio

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: DeKalb vaccine incentives yield results. But U.S. rural and urban homicides are up

Georgia political experts discuss COVID-19 vaccine incentives, rising homicide rates, and more. 

October 07, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sarah Kallis ,
  • and 1 more
Atlanta City Council President Felicia Moore, City Council member Antonio Brown and City Council member Andre Dickens have deficiencies with legally-required personal financial disclosures, a Georgia News Lab investigation found.

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  • Politics

Atlanta mayoral candidates who tout transparency have disclosure problems of their own

A Georgia News Lab investigation finds three of the five top candidates in the Atlanta mayor’s race have failed to provide complete and timely accounts of their personal financial interests, as required by law.

October 07, 2021
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By:
  • Liset Cruz and
  • David Armstrong
Pamela Winn

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  • Law

Solitary confinement in prison can lead to long-term health issues. The pandemic may make it worse

Research has long shown that solitary confinement — isolating prisoners for weeks, months, years and sometimes decades — has devastating effects on their physical and mental health. 

October 07, 2021
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By:
  • Katja Ridderbusch
Ahmaud Arbery protest

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As the Arbery case looms, here's what Glynn County's doing to prep amid the COVID-19 pandemic

It will be more than 600 days since the killing of Ahmaud Arbery when those accused of his murder finally go to trial, which is now set to start on Oct. 18, following a lengthy delay brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The court and Glynn County is prepping for the national attention, even as the pandemic endures.

October 07, 2021
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By:
  • Riley Bunch
Georgia Department of Labor headquarters

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  • Economy

State lawmakers protest Georgia labor department's new secrecy rules

Georgia House Democrats are calling on Republican Labor Commissioner Mark Butler to press pause on a new online portal that requires legislators to sign a confidentiality agreement to obtain unemployment information about constituents who ask for help securing benefits. 

October 07, 2021
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Okefenokee swamp

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Georgia faith leaders appeal to officials to spare 'sacred' Okefenokee from mine

The allure of new jobs in a rural corner of the state has won over supporters hoping for an economic boost. But the project is controversial, with Alabama-based Twin Pines Minerals planning to mine for titanium dioxide along the edge of the wildlife refuge.

October 07, 2021
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
A voter leaves a polling booth.

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GPB Morning Headlines for October 7, 2021

Mask mandates are staying in place in Fulton County Schools and for City of Augusta facilities.

Governor Brian Kemp is demanding the Biden administration build a border wall along the U.S. Mexico border.

Senator Jon Ossoff is introducing legislation to protect the people that help you cast a ballot after many, including Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his family, received death threats.

 

October 07, 2021
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  • GPB News Radio

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Kemp takes a trip to Texas; the FBI investigates threats against Ga. school boards

Georgia political experts discuss Kemp's trip to the border, threats against school board members, and more. 

October 06, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sarah Kallis ,
  • and 1 more
Oysters in bags

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  • Environment

Fear of blue crabs grows stronger oysters

In Georgia, oyster reef restoration typically relies on natural recruitment. The process involves putting shell or other material into tidal water and waiting for tiny oysters to settle there.

October 06, 2021
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By:
  • Mary Landers
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