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Doctor: Removing fluoride from drinking water dangerous for poor children and adults

Some states have banned or are considering banning fluoride from drinking water. One doctor explains why that's a bad idea.

April 16, 2025
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By:
  • Peter Biello
 Members of the Georgia Opioid Settlement Advisory Commission listen as a list of recommended grant award winners was read aloud at a meeting held Thursday in Atlanta. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

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State panel steering Georgia opioid settlement money recommends initial round of projects

A state panel has made its recommendations for how the first round of funding from a major $638 million settlement with opioid manufacturers and distributors should be spent, backing a wide range of projects.

November 15, 2024
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
Cypress Bend Mobile Home Park labeled its two non-working fire hydrants. Credit: Robin Kemp/The Current GA

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Private fire hydrants pose public danger in Hinesville

The fire chief describes the situation as ‘scary’ because it means far too few hydrants available to address fire emergencies. 

January 17, 2024
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By:
  • Robin Kemp and
  • The Current
Propel ATL is looking for public input on their policy recommendation draft.

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An Atlanta transit advocacy group seeks public input for policy recommendations

An Atlanta nonprofit is working to improve the streets for people walking, rolling or riding. This month the group released a draft of its annual list of policy recommendations to improve city infrastructure.

January 16, 2024
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
An empty blue recycling bin on Wildwood Avenue was knocked over from the recent storms moving through Columbus. 01/09/2024 Kala Hunter khunter@ledger-enquirer.com

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Trash pick up problems plague Columbus residents. City Council wants answers

Columbus' new garbage trucks rolled out, heralding the dawn of a re-imagined citywide refuse collection. One person will operate each of the new “Columbus Blue” automated side loaders instead of the three-person team it once took to collect the city’s tons of garbage. But all is not well, residents say.

January 12, 2024
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  • Kala Hunter
FILE - Dozens of boxes full of signed petitions are delivered to Atlanta City Hall, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, to force a referendum on the future of a planned police and firefighter training center. While city officials have not yet tried to count the petitions, an analysis by four news organizations finds it’s unclear whether petitions have enough valid entries to force the citywide vote, with nearly half the entries unable to be matched to eligible registered Atlanta voters.

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Analysis: It's uncertain if push to 'Stop Cop City' got enough valid signers for Atlanta referendum

An analysis by news organizations finds it's unclear if enough eligible Atlanta voters signed a petition to force a citywide referendum on a police training center. 

December 13, 2023
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By:
  • Jeff Amy and
  • Stephen Fowler
Representatives from the Georgia Secretary of State's office and Dominion Voting Systems appear before a Georgia Senate committee to answer questions about an election system software update.

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  • Elections

GOP state senators spar with state officials over the security of Georgia's election system

Republicans on the Senate Ethics Committee aggressively questioned the secretary of state's office's decision-making around a software update to Georgia's voting system.

November 02, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
A proposed map of Georgia's 180 state House districts sits outside the chamber before lawmakers approved it on a mostly-party line vote.

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  • Politics

Georgia will appeal redistricting ruling, but won’t ask for a pause before special session

The appeal of an order requiring new congressional and state legislative political maps also postpones another trial over other redistricting claims.

November 02, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Former President Donald Trump's indictment in Georgia has opened up an already-deepened rift in the state GOP.

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  • Elections

Battleground: Ballot Box | The push to punish DA Fani Willis widens a Republican rift

On this episode, we look at how Georgia's indictments are deepening the Republican rift between Trump’s biggest supporters and the rest of the GOP.

September 19, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Chase McGee
Nineteen people, including former president Donald Trump, have been indicted in a sprawling racketeering case stemming from attempts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election.

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  • Politics

What indictments did (and didn't) come from the special purpose grand jury's report?

An investigative jury recommended a broader scope of charges in its probe of 2020 election interference than what Georgia prosecutors ultimately sought.

September 12, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a press conference about Tropical Storm Idalia on Aug. 31, 2023.

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  • Politics

How Trump’s indictment is inflaming Georgia Republican infighting

Gov. Brian Kemp and other top Republicans are pushing back against members of their own party's demands to punish Fulton DA Fani Willis.

August 31, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
The Trump Impeachment Trial - Day 4: asset-mezzanine-16x9

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  • Politics

Battleground: Ballot Box | Why Trump's grand election plan now goes to a grand jury

On this episode, we go deeper into Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of Georgia’s election and how prosecutors are likely to show those actions were tantamount to a criminal enterprise.

August 14, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Chase McGee
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was a lawyer for former President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, on Nov. 19, 2020. Giuliani is scheduled to appear in an Atlanta courthouse on Aug. 17, 2022, to testify before a special grand jury in an investigation into possible illegal attempts to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.

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  • Politics

Battleground: Ballot Box | How false claims fanned post-election flames in Georgia

On this episode, we’ll start to untangle a complicated web spun by some of the Trump allies who may face charges here in Georgia in the coming days.

August 10, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Chase McGee
Voters wait in line at Park Tavern in Atlanta.

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  • Politics

Battleground: Ballot Box | How Georgia's recent elections planted seeds for future conspiracies

On this episode, we’ll turn back the clock to understand how we got here and why Georgia’s election system became ground zero for election conspiracies.

August 07, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
A new season of GPB's "Battleground: Ballot Box" tracking anticipated indictments in the 2020 election interference probe launches Aug. 7, 2023

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  • Elections

New season of GPB’s ‘Battleground: Ballot Box’ to follow Georgia Trump election case

GPB's Battleground: Ballot Box podcast will return to cover likely indictments stemming from an investigation into election interference in Georgia starting Aug. 7, 2023.

July 31, 2023
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  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Chase McGee
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