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U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock

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Georgia Democrats score legislative wins in Senate spending bill

Senate Democrats from across the country are cheering the passage of a massive spending bill that puts billions toward climate change and aims to crack down on prescription drug prices.

August 08, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
A group of people warm up around a fire at a Gainesville encampment during winter months in 2015.

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Georgia lawmakers seek solutions to homelessness after criminalization bill stalled

A state Senate study committee heard from nonprofit and state agencies about a homelessness problem that’s been complicated by out-of-control housing costs, bureaucratic red tape and disagreements over the best ways to help.

August 05, 2022
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Republican Senate challenger Herschel Walker speaks to media in the state Capitol.

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Herschel Walker agrees to a debate — sort of

The Republican Senate nominee has made conflicting claims for months — and still hasn't agreed to three debates with his opponent.

August 03, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler

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Georgia joins lawsuit against USDA school lunch funding changes

Georgia recently joined 22 other states in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture. They’re pushing back against federal guidelines around school lunch funding as schools open across Georgia.

August 03, 2022
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  • Amanda Andrews
Dr. Emily Drwiega from the University of Illinois Health and Maggie Butler, a registered nurse, prepare monkeypox vaccines at the Test Positive Aware Network nonprofit clinic in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., July 25, 2022. REUTERS/Eric Cox

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  • Health Care

Rising monkeypox cases expose the nation’s need for public health funding

A lack of funding in core public health programs slowed the response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and exacerbated its impact, according to a new report from Trust for America's Health — and the pattern is repeating in the latest monkeypox outbreak.

August 01, 2022
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Abortion protest

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Georgia’s abortion law likely to raise flurry of questions in court

Georgia’s new abortion law and controversial personhood language will create a flurry of confusion that experts argue will likely tie up state courts with challenges.

July 23, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
Stacey Abrams

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Georgia Democrats tee up fight over abortion access at ballot box

Abortion access is poised to take center stage in Democrats’ campaign to beat Republicans on the ballot in November after the state’s strict abortion law took effect.

July 21, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
A special edition of the Elberton Star goes deep into the history and significance of the Georgia Guidestones.

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  • Politics

Battleground: Ballot Box | After the Georgia Guidestones bombing, a community picks up the pieces

On this episode, conspiracies and community pride collide after someone bombed the iconic Georgia Guidestones in Elberton.

July 21, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
Hand holding

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  • Mental Health

National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month sees a literal lifeline in 988

Just in time for National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month comes a new national crisis help line: 988. Many mental health care advocates say this could be a literal lifeline for people of color who experience a mental health crisis.

 

 

July 21, 2022
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  • Leah Fleming
Kristy Card, right, protests with her daughter Sierra Worman in front of the Georgia State Capital in Atlanta on Friday, June 24, 2022, against the Supreme Court decision striking down Roe v. Wade.

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Federal appeals court rules Georgia abortion ban can immediately take effect

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Georgia’s 2019 abortion law can immediately take effect after the Supreme Court abolished nearly half a century of abortion rights protections.

July 20, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
A kit with naloxone is displayed at the South Jersey AIDS Alliance in Atlantic City, N.J. on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. An overdose of opiates essentially makes the body forget to breathe. Naloxone works by blocking the brain receptors that opiates latch onto and helping the body "remember" to take in air.

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  • Health

A historic increase in U.S. overdose deaths shows how minorities fare the worst

Disparities in overdose deaths were highest among Black and Indigenous people. 

July 20, 2022
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  • Sofi Gratas
Teresa and Bauer Acosta

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Diabetics pay a high price just to survive. Can Congress finally offer relief?

Georgia Democrats in Congress are pushing for a $35 cap on co-pays for insulin to offer some financial relief for millions who rely on the drug to survive. But the proposal faces obstacles in the U.S. Senate.

July 20, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
David Shafer

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Fake GOP electors targeted in Fulton County special grand jury probe

A new court filing reveals more targets of the ongoing investigation into failed attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

July 19, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
A Generic Photo of Solar Panels (wide-shot)

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  • Energy

Savannah's adding solar panels to 19 public facilities, aiming for 100% renewable energy by 2035

Alderman Nick Palumbo says Savannah is poised to become Georgia's largest municipal provider of solar energy.

July 15, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
Four fires were sparked on St. Catherine's Island by lightning strikes on June 11.

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  • Environment

Georgia forest fires on decline

Last year, Georgia saw 2,444 forest fires burn around 12,500 acres — down from a 10-year-high in 2017.

July 15, 2022
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  • Rebecca Grapevine
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