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News Articles: Savannah

Former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a rally at the Waco Regional Airport on March 25, 2023 in Waco, Texas. Former U.S. president Donald Trump attended and spoke at his first rally since announcing his 2024 presidential campaign. Today in Waco also marks the 30 year anniversary of the weeks deadly standoff involving Branch Davidians and federal law enforcement. 82 Davidians were killed, and four agents left dead. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

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GPB evening headlines for March 28, 2024

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump told a Georgia court the charges against him are based on protected political speech.

Hyundai is re-evaluating its decision to produce only electric-only vehicles at its plant under construction in Southeast Georgia.

Harm reduction advocates celebrate the 10-year anniversary of a law encouraging people to call for help during a drug overdose.

March 28, 2024
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Wide Shot of Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia

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GPB morning headlines for March 28, 2024

Today is the last day of Georgia's two-year legislative session.

The state Senate has given final passage to a bill that would ban what it calls quote "foreign adversaries" from buying certain pieces of property.

Georgia Power and state regulators have reached a tentative agreement on Georgia Power’s request to update its integrated resource plan, or IRP, and ramp up energy production in the face of new demand from things like data centers and electric vehicle manufacture.

March 28, 2024
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(L to R) Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, William "Roddie" Bryan

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Georgia Today: Ahmaud Arbery killers appeal; Banning foreign land owners; Transgender bathroom bill

On the Wednesday, March 27 edition of Georgia Today: Ahmaud Arbery's killings have filed an appeal; lawmakers want to prevent foreign governments from buying farmland in Georgia; Peter Biello talks with the mother of a transgender student about a proposed bill that focuses on transgender kids and the bathrooms they should use. 

 

March 27, 2024
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  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Jeremy Powell
People rally to protest the Trump administration's reported transgender proposal to narrow the definition of gender to male or female at birth, in Los Angeles, California, United States, October 22, 2018. Photo by Lucy Nicholson/REUTERS

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GPB evening headlines for March 27, 2024

Georgia's Republican state senators are making another attempt to impose a conservative stamp on the state's public schools.

Georgia Power and state regulators have reached a deal on the company's request to ramp up energy production with fossil fuels.

Communities across Georgia soon will decide how to spend their share of millions of dollars from a massive opioid settlement

March 27, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
The container ship Marius sails toward the Talmadge Memorial Bridge en route to the Port of Savannah's Ocean Terminal on Feb. 20, 2023.

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‘Our residents can feel safe’: Savannah mayor expects port uptick after Baltimore bridge disaster

Both of Georgia's seaports could see an influx of cargo traffic, amid the Port of Baltimore's indefinite closure.

March 27, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
A view of lawmakers inside the capitol.

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GPB evening headlines for March 27, 2024

Enrollment in the federal marketplace continues to grow nationally.

The Georgia Senate has passed a controversial bill that would place restrictions on LGBTQ students.

The City of Roswell is making a bid for two professional soccer teams.

March 27, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Glass recycling collection container at Bacon Park Transfer Station in Savannah.

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Savannah suspends its glass recycling

Savannah’s recycling efforts have taken a step backward with the suspension of a popular glass recycling program. For about 15 months, residents have been bringing glass bottles and jars to drop-off sites around the city. That program abruptly shut down last week.

March 27, 2024
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  • Mary Landers
Wide exterior shot of the Georgia state capitol

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GPB morning headlines for March 27, 2024

The three white men convicted of murder and hate crimes in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year old Black man, are asking an appeals court Wednesday to throw out their hate crimes conviction. 

The Georgia Senate has passed a controversial bill that could place restrictions on LGBTQ students.

The Georgia Senate passed their version of the fiscal year 2025 budget.

The Association of County Commissioners of Georgia is hosting elections for regional advisory councils this month. Those selected will recommend how best to spend their communities’ share of opioid settlement money.

March 27, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Bottles of prescription painkiller OxyContin pills, made by Purdue Pharma LP sit on a counter at a local pharmacy in Provo, Utah, U.S., April 25, 2017. Photo by: George Frey/File Photo/Reuters

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Georgia Today: Opioid settlement dollars; Expanding the Port of Savannah; More pro soccer in Atlanta

On the Tuesday, March 26 edition of Georgia Today: Opioid settlement dollars are headed to Georgia; some lawmakers are calling for an expansion of the Port of Savannah; more professional soccer could be coming to metro Atlanta. 

March 26, 2024
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  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Jeremy Powell
A helicopter flies over the scene of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 26, 2024. Photo by Julia Nikhinson/ Reuters

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GPB evening headlines for March 26, 2024

The Georgia Ports Authority is reacting to a bridge collapse in Baltimore, pointing out major differences with a bridge in Savannah.

The state Senate has passed a $36 billion fiscal year 2025 state budget that includes state employee and teacher pay raises.

More Georgians are signing up for health insurance in the federal marketplace, in part because they were kicked off of Medicaid.

March 26, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
In this photo provided by the Georgia Ports Authority, a vessel is loaded with containers by a ship to shore crane at the Georgia Ports Authority's Port of Savannah Garden City Terminal, on Oct. 21, 2021, in Savannah, Ga.

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Georgia officials pushing to study another deepening of Savannah's harbor get a key endorsement

Georgia officials asking the federal government to study another deepening of Savannah's harbor have picked up a key endorsement in Congress. Republican U.S. Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri threw his support behind the study Monday while visiting the Port of Savannah.

March 26, 2024
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U.S. Postal Service vehicles

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GPB morning headlines for March 26, 2024

The Atlanta Veteran’s Affairs office has a new name honoring the late Georgia senator and veteran.

Georgia U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is demanding answers from the U.S. Postal Service about reported delays at a new processing and distribution center in Palmetto, southwest of Atlanta.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens announced new transportation projects in his State of the City address Monday.

March 26, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
FILE PHOTO: A mail carrier delivers the mail in Pearl, Mississippi, U.S. January 15, 2020. Picture taken January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Veronica G. Cardenas/File Photo

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GPB evening headlines for March 25, 2024

US Senator Jon Ossoff is demanding answers from the US Postal Service about delays at a new Georgia processing center.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens says the city will partner with Metro Atlanta's transit authority MARTA to build four new rail stations.

A new report from the Alzheimer’s Association says 70% of caregivers are stressed by arranging care for someone with dementia.

March 25, 2024
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More than 1,000 people age 50 or older took one of four versions of the SAGE test.

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GPB morning headlines for March 25, 2024

A new report from the Alzheimer’s Association estimates 70% of family caregivers are stressed by coordinating care for someone with dementia. In Georgia, that’s about 374,000 family caregivers.

Georgia lawmakers are considering a new effort to block a proposed titanium mine near the Okefenokee Swamp.

Researchers from Emory and Georgia Tech are working together on a device that would help prevent heat related injuries.

March 25, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Republican John Oxendine talks to reporters in Atlanta, July 20, 2010, during his unsuccessful bid for the GOP nomination for Georgia governor. Oxendine agreed on Thursday, May 12, 2022 to settle a state ethics case that alleged Oxendine was misusing leftover money from that campaign by giving $128,000 to the state of Georgia.

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GPB evening headlines for March 22, 2024

Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has pleaded guilty in a federal case accusing him of health care fraud.

Rome Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has filed a motion to oust US House Speaker Mike Johnson. She calls it a warning.

A January 6th defendant who at the time of the attack was a Savannah car salesman is showing interest in taking his case to trial.

March 22, 2024
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