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Rioters burned a police vehicle in Atlanta on Jan. 21, 2023

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Atlanta protest update: Gov. Kemp declares State of Emergency, taps 1000 National Guard troops

Thursday afternoon, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp made a preemptive move to prepare for the possibility of a repeat of the violence last weekend in downtown Atlanta, where protesters destroyed a police vehicle and businesses in response to an activist who was killed Jan. 18 at the planned police training center in Dekalb County known as 'Cop City.'

January 26, 2023
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Ambulances from surrounding counties filled the emergency entrance Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville, Ga.

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GPB evening headlines for January 26, 2023

A stopgap measure will keep ambulance services running in Augusta after the end of January.

Georgia foster care officials have placed more than 400 children in hotels over the past six-months.

State regulators have given Georgia Power a permit to begin long term storage of coal ash at one of its shuttered power plants.

January 26, 2023
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Georgia Governor Kemp delivers the 2023 State of the State address on Jan. 26 as Lt. Gov. Burt Jones looks on.

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Political Rewind: Kemp's State of the State focuses on violent crime, budget; Mining the Okefenokee?

Thursday on Political Rewind: In his State of the State speech, Gov. Brian Kemp pledged to crack down on violent crime and laid out his plan for Georgia's surplus. Democrats responded, saying the funds should strengthen social safety nets. Meanwhile, there are continued efforts to stop mining in the Okefenokee.

January 26, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut and
  • Chase McGee
Georgia Governor Kemp delivers the 2023 State of the State address on Jan. 26 as Lt. Gov. Burt Jones looks on.

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GPB morning headlines for January 26, 2023

Gov. Brian Kemp delivered his annual State of the State address Wednesday, saying Georgia has never been stronger and more resilient.

Details are beginning to emerge about how the Georgia Department of Corrections will use the $600 million allocated to it in last year’s budget to modernize its prisons.

January 26, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Georgia Governor Kemp delivers the 2023 State of the State address on Jan. 26 as Lt. Gov. Burt Jones looks on.

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GPB evening headlines for January 25, 2023

Governor Brian Kemp delivered his annual state of the state address Wednesday, saying Georgia has never been stronger.

DeKalb County prosecutors won't be involved in charging decisions concerning an officer-involved shooting of a protester.

State officials are getting involved after Augusta's ambulance provider said it's ceasing its operations there at the end of the month.

January 25, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Door to the Federal Trade Commission building in Washington, D.C.

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Fulton County nurse practitioner fined for allegedly making false COVID-19 claims about supplements

Penalties arose from Zoom webinars that contained what prosecutors described as false advertising.

January 25, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis watches proceedings during a hearing to decide if the final report by a special grand jury looking into possible interference in the 2020 presidential election can be released Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, in Atlanta.

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GPB morning headlines for January 25, 2023

A Fulton County prosecutor argued Tuesday against immediately releasing a report by a special grand jury.

Sixty Democratic state lawmakers have signed on to a bill to repeal Georgia’s abortion law, which limits the procedure around six-weeks into pregnancy.

Atlanta on Monday began its annual count of people facing homelessness.

January 25, 2023
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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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GPB evening headlines for January 24, 2023

A Fulton County prosecutor today argued against immediately releasing a special grand jury's report on election interference.

Budget experts say Governor Kemp's narrow expansion of Medicaid doesn't save as much money as full Medicaid expansion.

Atlanta yesterday began its annual count of people facing homelessness, with groups working day and night to number their plight.

January 24, 2023
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a woman looks at a chart about Medicaid expansion

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GBPI says full Medicaid expansion is more fiscally responsible than Georgia's waiver plan

Under the American Rescue Plan, the state would qualify for a bump in its Medicaid match for two years if it expanded Medicaid, which the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute estimates would be worth at least $700 million. And that would cover the first two years of enrollment.

January 24, 2023
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Keisha Gibson at the motel room she shares with her seven children. Gibson's children meet the definition of homeless twice over under a federal education law. As a family and under federal housing law they do not, locking Gibson and her kids out of housing aid the could better help her kids succeed in school.

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Housing aid doesn't always reach homeless youth. Here's how educators aim to help

Educators say helping homeless students find a stable address is incredibly important. But before that can happen, there has to be agreement that kids are even homeless in the first place. 

January 24, 2023
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  • Grant Blankenship
PBS NewsWeekend Protest in Atlanta over state police killing of environmental activist turns violent

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GPB evening headlines for January 23, 2023

Violent protest in downtown Atlanta after last week's shooting of an environmental activist is putting political leaders in the spotlight.

A state judge is weighing how much should be made public from a report from a special grand jury probe into election interference.

Law enforcement officers and mental health professionals will create Middle Georgia's first mental health co-responder unit.

January 23, 2023
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Burned car

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Political Rewind: Protests surrounding 'Cop City' turn violent; 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade

Monday on Political Rewind: There's been a dramatic escalation of violence between law enforcement and opponents of the planned Atlanta Police and Fire Training Center. Meanwhile, pro-choice activists protested on the 50th anniversary of the now-defunct Roe v. Wade decision.

January 23, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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A person prepares heroin, placing a fentanyl test strip into the mixing container to check for contamination.

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Free fentanyl tests now available in partnership with Fulton County

The Fulton County Board of Health partnered with local organizations StopHIVATL and the Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition to give out fentanyl test strips to save lives from drug overdose, which continues to add to a decrease in life expectancy nationwide.

January 23, 2023
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Voters in Bibb County take advantage of Sunday Voting on Oct. 23, 2022 in Macon, Georgia, ahead of the November midterm election.

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An earlier presidential primary could be a boon for Georgia's economy

Georgia's rising political prominence could mean more money, attention and investment in businesses across the state.

January 21, 2023
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  • Stephen Fowler
New Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns poses for a portrait at the Georgia State Capitol, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Atlanta.

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GPB evening headlines for January 20, 2023

Authorities say there is no body camera footage of a deadly Wednesday shootout that injured a state trooper and killed an activist.

Georgia's new House Speaker laid out his positions on several key issues in a wide-ranging news conference yesterday.

Fulton County health officials will partner with organizations to provide fentanyl test strips so people can check their drugs.

January 20, 2023
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