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News Articles: Public Policy

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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By:
  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Chase McGee
The line to vote at the board of elections in Macon, Ga. stretched around the corner from the front door and into a half hour wait by around 1pm on the final day of early voting Friday.

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  • Politics

Kemp signs near-total ban on outside money for Georgia elections offices

The further ban comes after DeKalb County received a grant by following new restrictions that changed in 2021.

May 03, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Fani Willis

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  • News

DA Fani Willis says Georgia indictment decisions will come this summer

Willis says the announcement on charges will come in the court term that runs mid-July to Sept. 1.

April 24, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
The Trump Impeachment Trial - Day 3: asset-mezzanine-16x9

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  • Politics

2020 election lies about Georgia could soon finally face legal reckoning

More than two years after some Republicans tried to overturn Georgia's presidential election, courtrooms could bring some accountability.

April 19, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
 A hemp store in Acworth. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • News

Georgia lawmakers try to wrap heads around regulating hemp-based recreational products

In the final days of this year’s legislative session, a bill aimed at regulating hemp products fell short after lawmakers tried to insert language banning Delta-8 THC and similar products that are often used recreationally.

April 10, 2023
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Elementary schoolchildren in a row

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  • Education

General Assembly passes two bills aimed at improving Georgia’s reading rates

The legislation would require schools to screen students from kindergarten to third grade on their reading proficiency three times a year. 

March 29, 2023
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By:
  • Rebecca Grapevine
High angle view of a red tractor in a green field

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  • News

Rural Georgians call for economic investment, better broadband and health care

A group of rural Georgians outlined their policy priorities Wednesday, calling on state policymakers to prioritize rural agriculture, broadband and education.  

March 09, 2023
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By:
  • Rebecca Grapevine
Yard signs supporting the initiative to incorporate Buckhead as a distinct city. Proponents of the effort have fielded thousands of requests for yard signs during the first three weeks of availability, pictured on Monday, Sept. 27, 2021 in Atlanta.

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  • Politics

Buckhead cityhood bill that 'makes no sense' fails in the Senate

Some Republicans' push to de-annex part of Atlanta was denied after a bipartisan vote. 

March 03, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Hundreds of local elections officials from across the state gathered for an annual training conference on Jekyll Island in February 2023.

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  • Elections

Battleground: Ballot Box | There is no offseason in elections administration

On today’s special episode, we take stock of the state of elections in Georgia, roughly one year before the presidential race begins in earnest.

February 28, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Georgia state Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick

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  • Politics

Georgia Senate on the brink of regulating Delta-8 sales, adding testing requirements

Georgia senators pressed pause Tuesday on a bill that may have banned the marijuana-adjacent gummies, oils and vape cartridges now on sale at Georgia retailers.

February 22, 2023
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By:
  • Ross Williams
A man in gloves tests a patient for HIV

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  • Health

Proposed bill would expand Medicaid to Georgians with HIV

The bill to expand Medicaid to Georgians living with HIV passed committee and now moves to the House.

February 20, 2023
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Jason Sheffield of the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

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  • News

The ripple effects of Georgia's public defender shortage

A shortage of public defenders in Georgia is leaving attorneys overburdened and those accused of crimes waiting for a proper defense. Some public defender advocates say its time for the state to fund them properly.

February 17, 2023
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By:
  • Peter Biello
 Lisa Newbern, whose son Griffin has Down Syndrome, says she worries about her son’s ability to obtain services when he becomes an adult. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

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  • News

New commission, pay hike for caregivers proposed to help Georgians with disabilities

Advocates for people with disabilities and their caregivers spoke Thursday at the state Capitol.

February 17, 2023
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney instructs potential jurors during proceedings to seat a special purpose grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, on Monday, May 2, 2022, to look into the actions of former President Donald Trump and his supporters who tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

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  • News

Some of the Fulton County special grand jury report into election interference has been released

Here's what we know (and don't know) after a partial release of the Fulton County special purpose grand jury report detailing its investigation of election interference in 2020.

February 16, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
The Georgia Association of Voter Registration and Election Officials conference meets on Jekyll Island this week to train local officials ahead of the 2024 presidential cycle.

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  • Elections

Georgia elections officials flock to Jekyll for annual training conference

There are no major elections in 2023, but that doesn't mean the work stops for hundreds of local elections officials across the state.

February 13, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
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