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News Articles: Macon

Mental health counselor Gloria Cissé facilitated the first Macon forum on solutions to violence.

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Ahead Of Macon Violence Forum: 'Come Not Looking To Win, But For Solutions'

Mental health counselor Gloria Cissé facilitated the first Macon forum on solutions to violence. She has advice for those attending the second: "Come not looking to win, but to look for solutions that benefit all of us."

July 14, 2021
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  • Grant Blankenship

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  • National

After Record Voter Turnout, Youth Activists Turn Energy To 2021 Redistricting

In Georgia, students are showing up to public redistricting meetings and voicing their concerns about how politicians and mapmakers draw political lines in the future.

July 14, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Demonstrators join a rally to protest proposed voting bills on the steps of the Texas Capitol, Tuesday, July 13, 2021, in Austin, Texas.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: State Election Law Changes In Georgia, Texas Draw Strong Pushback Nationwide

Wednesday on Political Rewind: In a fiery speech in Philadelphia, President Joe Biden reasserted his contention that Republican-backed election bills passed in Georgia and other states amounted to "Jim Crow 2.0." Meanwhile, Texas Democratic legislators have blocked the GOP effort to pass a controversial election bill by fleeing to Washington and denying state House leaders the quorum needed to pass legislation.

July 14, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
State lawmakers who will redraw Georgia’s district lines later this year hold a joint town hall hearing to gather public input June 29, 2021, at South Forsyth High School in Cumming.

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  • Politics

Georgians Call for Unifying ‘Communities of Interest’ at Redistricting Hearings

As Georgia lawmakers prepare to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative districts later this year, people from around the state are weighing in with their thoughts on issues they say should be considered in the process.

July 14, 2021
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  • Sherry Liang
Graphic of COVID-19

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  • Health

Georgia Among 47 States Seeing Troubling Rise In COVID Infections

Georgia’s color-coded county map has begun to show shades that reflect an uptick of COVID cases. And the state’s graph that tracks daily infections has turned upward after a June bottom.

July 14, 2021
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  • Andy Miller
Joe Biden

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GPB Morning Headlines for July 14, 2021

President Biden says the Justice Department is targeting several laws nationwide, like Georgia's S.B. 202, that make it harder for mostly Black and Brown communities to vote.

State and federal transportation planners have chosen a route for a high-speed rail line that would connect Atlanta to Charlotte, North Carolina.

July 14, 2021
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  • GPB News Radio
Members of the Georgia Mental Health Policy Partnership and the substance use disorder community introduce their "unified vision" for transforming mental health and substance use care Monday July 12, 2021, at the state Capitol..

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  • Health Care

Georgia Leaders Share Vision For Transforming Mental Health, Substance Use Care

The Georgia Mental Health Policy Partnership and Substance Use Disorder Community shared a vision Monday for moving through the COVID-19 pandemic and shift perceptions around mental health, substance use, and well-being.

The coalition is offering positive policy solutions based on the American Rescue Plan funds for the 2022 Georgia legislative session to reform policies impacting the Georgia Mental Health Policy Partnership and Substance Use Disorder Community.

July 14, 2021
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  • Ellen Eldridge
A pill with a 512 imprint.

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GPB Evening Headlines for July 13, 2021

Authorities are offering a $50,000 dollar reward for tips leading to an arrest and conviction in the slaying of a gas station clerk in northeast Georgia. 

Investigators want tips, after someone defaced a war monument and destroyed American flags at a soldier's gravesite.

New numbers show opioid overdoses skyrocketed across Georgia last year.

Some Georgia hospitals are now requiring employees to get vaccinated against Covid-19.

July 13, 2021
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  • GPB News Radio
Macon road where old grenade was found

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Suspicious Device Dug Up Along Macon Road Turns Out To Be 'Old Grenade'

The “old, military-style grenade” may be a relic from nearby Camp Wheeler. Wheeler was established in 1917 as one of 16 Army National Guard Mobilization and Training Camps. 

July 13, 2021
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By:
  • Joe Kovac
Cardboard cutouts of fans in the otherwise empty seats face the fie a baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and Tampa Bay Rays in Atlanta, in this Thursday, July 30, 2020, file photo. Truist Park was to host Major League Baseball's All-Star Game until league officials moved the game to Denver in April to protest Georgia's new state election law.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: With Upcoming Elections, The Politics Of Baseball, Ballots and Police Budgets

Tuesday on Political Rewind: With the first pitch in Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game set to be thrown in Denver tonight — not Cobb County — Republicans have launched a blistering campaign blaming Democrats for the move. MLB moved the game in response to the state's new election law, which league officials insist discriminates against minority voters.

July 13, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
A person walks into a mental health clinic.

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GPB Morning Headlines for July 13, 2021

A coalition of Georgia legislators and mental health advocates are calling for better access to mental healthcare as the state emerges from the COVID pandemic.

Despite being challenged by the coronavirus pandemic, Georgia raked in a record amount of revenue for this past fiscal year.

July 13, 2021
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  • GPB News Radio
St. Mary's Piedmont

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  • Health Care

Vaccine Mandates: Some Georgia Hospitals Move Ahead

The Piedmont Healthcare system will require doctors, hospital leaders and new employees to get vaccinated for COVID-19 by Sept. 1, the Atlanta-based nonprofit organization said Monday.

July 13, 2021
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By:
  • Andy Miller
Cannabis

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  • Health

Georgia Cannabis Commission Inches Closer To Issuing Grow Licenses

The Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission took a step toward approving cannabis cultivation licenses earlier this month, but stopped short of announcing winners.

July 13, 2021
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  • Allexa Ceballos

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GPB Evening Headlines for July 12, 2021

Georgia’s suspended insurance commissioner is set to stand trial on federal charges related to an alleged embezzlement scheme. 

British online fashion and beauty retailer ASOS is investing $100 million to automate its Union City warehouse, south of Atlanta.

Georgia's oldest public art museum has hired a new chief curator from the Smithsonian.

July 12, 2021
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  • GPB News Radio
Gov. Kemp at a recent economic development announcement.

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GPB Morning Headlines for July 12, 2021

Republican Brian Kemp kicked off his second run for the Governor's Office in Perry, Georgia on Saturday.

The possibility of building a commercial spaceport in Georgia just took a giant leap forward.

July 12, 2021
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