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News Articles: Public Policy

 On Sept. 12, Atlanta city officials, nonprofit housing advocates and representatives with health care provider CareSource gathered on site of one of the homes that will provide more affordable rental housing through an Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership campaign. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder

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  • Economy

Nonprofits, governments team up to help people keep a roof overhead amid Georgia housing crisis

Housing insecurity is not just an Atlanta issue, but a problem across Georgia and many other areas of the country, increasing the need for partnerships between government and other entities to address it.

September 23, 2022
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, left, and gubernatorial Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams.

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  • Politics

Battleground: Ballot Box | The positives and pitfalls of political polling in Georgia

On this week's episode, we look at the good, the bad and the statistically significant parts of polling.

September 21, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock raised $17.2 million for his Senate reelection bid in 2022′s second quarter, while Republican challenger Herschel Walker raised $6.2 million. Georgia will be a key battleground in these 2022 midterm elections to determine which party controls the U.S. Senate.

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  • Elections

Monmouth poll finds Georgians divided on trusting Walker, Warnock to handle key issues in Senate

A new survey of Georgia voters finds Sen. Raphael Warnock is viewed more favorably than Herschel Walker in the tight race.

September 21, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
The qualifying period for Georgia candidates seeking to run in 2022 elections began Monday. Democrats and Republicans, including Senate candidate Herschel Walker, arrived at the state Capitol to fill out their required paperwork.

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  • Elections

Walker, Warnock finally agree on U.S. Senate debate in Savannah

Georgia voters will have an opportunity to see both major U.S. Senate candidates face off after months of angst over debates.

September 14, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
More than 550,000 ballots were returned using secure absentee drop boxes in the November 2020 presidential election.

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  • Elections

See where Georgians used drop boxes in the 2020 presidential election

More than 550,000 absentee ballots were returned using a drop box in the 2020 presidential race, mainly in metro Atlanta.

September 02, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Democratic nominee for governor Stacey Abrams leads a slate of candidates for statewide office hoping to flip control of Georgia's government.

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  • Politics

Battleground: Ballot Box | Georgia Democrats see an opening in 2022's midterm elections

On this week's episode, we visit the Democratic Party of Georgia's convention in Columbus to hear Democrats' vision for November and beyond.

August 31, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
pills on a table next to a clipboard

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  • Health Care

New UGA study: Much of rural Georgia lacks nearby access to essential addiction treatment

Methadone helps people quit addictions to drugs like heroin, oxycodone and fentanyl. But for the first three months of treatment, patients must report daily to a clinic to get methadone — a problem for rural Georgians.

August 25, 2022
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  • Rebecca Grapevine
Bagged lunches await stapling before being distributed to students at Jefferson county's Tri-Plex Campus involving the students from the Jefferson County Elementary School, the Jefferson County Upper Elementary School and the Jefferson County Junior High School, March 3, 2021 in Fayette, Miss. 

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  • News

'Lunch debt' in Georgia returns after the end of free lunch for all

Federal funding helped schools provide free lunch to all students regardless of income for most of the pandemic, but now that Congress has let that funding expire, students once again have to apply for free or reduced price lunch. That change has some worried about whether kids in Georgia schools are getting enough to eat, or whether schools will once again start putting families in debt over their daily school meals. GPB's Peter Biello spoke about this with Alessandra Ferrara-Miller, founder of All For Lunch, a nonprofit dedicated to wiping out lunch debt.

August 23, 2022
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  • Peter Biello
Stacey Abrams with a south Georgia farmer

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  • Politics

Abrams’ environmental focus: resilience, green jobs, lower energy costs

Democratic candidate for governor unveils policies, promises for climate, disaster preparation.

August 23, 2022
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  • Mary Landers

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Kemp files to block Fulton subpoena; Biden signs new law; Pence calls for calm

Thursday on Political Rewind: Gov. Brian Kemp has filed to block the subpoena calling him before the Fulton County special grand jury. Meanwhile, President Biden has signed an expansive law, addressing tax, climate and drug prices. Plus, Mike Pence asks Republicans to stop harsh rhetoric against the FBI.

 

August 18, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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Gov. Brian Kemp speaks about the economy in McDonough July 29, 2022.

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  • Politics

Kemp blasts subpoena in Fulton election probe as tensions mount

An investigation into political election interference in Georgia is being accused of becoming political itself.

August 18, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks to the media after Special Counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence of collusion between U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia in the 2016 election on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters

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  • Politics

Judge says Sen. Lindsey Graham must testify in Fulton County grand jury investigation

The South Carolina Senator made calls to Georgia's Secretary of State after the 2020 election.

August 15, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler

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  • Politics

Battleground: Ballot Box | Why Georgia's economy is good/bad for Democrats/Republicans

On this week's episode, we look at how Georgia's top candidates are talking about local and national economic issues.

August 10, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
Stacey Abrams

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  • Politics

Stacey Abrams says it’s time for Georgia to support casino gambling and sports betting

With the economy, fears of inflation, and the constant blame of President Joe Biden’s policies tagged to Democrats across America during the midterm election season, Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams unveiled her economic plan.

August 10, 2022
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By:
  • Itoro Umontuen
High school students in classroom

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  • Education

What do Georgia public schools teach in sex education? It depends on the school system

Georgia’s sex education rules, part of the state board of education’s overall health and physical education policy, require schools to teach AIDS prevention and abstinence, but many other specifics — such as who will teach it, when and how — are left up to the discretion of each of the state’s 181 school districts.

August 10, 2022
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  • Laura Corley
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