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News Articles: Savannah

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Savannah Civic Center on Tuesday, Feb. 6.

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  • Politics

Kamala Harris speaks in Savannah on abortion rights, bringing VP's new campaign push to the South

Polls show Georgians disapprove of the state's abortion law, even as Trump leads Biden in popularity.

February 07, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Wide Shot of Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia

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GPB morning headlines for February 7, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Savannah Tuesday for an event on abortion rights in Georgia.

The Georgia Senate passed a bill along party lines that would allow an annual break from sales tax for guns, ammunitions, and gun safes.

The state House has given final passage to a bill requiring cash bail for 30-more crimes.

February 07, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
John Simon, a teenager who had a bariatric surgery in 2022, watches as his sister, Haley, opens a refrigerator for food in their apartment in Los Angeles, Monday, March 13, 2023.

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  • Children's Health

Preventative action is needed now to reduce Georgians' risk of disease in the future

Georgia ranks 49 in overall prevalence with 37.3% of children considered either overweight or obese. The Georgia prevalence of overweight and obese children has risen since 2003.

February 06, 2024
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  • Ellen Eldridge

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  • News

GPB evening headlines for February 6, 2024

The state House has given final passage to a bill requiring cash bail for 30 more crimes. Governor Kemp is expected to sign it.

A South Korean auto parts supplier plans to build a $30 million manufacturing facility in Southeast Georgia's Candler County.

Georgia is suing the federal government over its handling of Georgia's partial Medicaid expansion program, Pathways to Coverage.

February 06, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
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GPB morning headlines for February 6, 2024

Gov. Brian Kemp announced last week the state is suing the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, alleging the agency isn’t giving the governor enough time to test out his partial Medicaid expansion program. 

Algae levels in West Point Lake, on the Chattahoochee River downstream of Atlanta, are at their highest in more than a decade.

The White House says Black business ownership is growing at its fastest pace in 30-years.

February 06, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
FILE PHOTO: Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott running for re-election as Governor of Texas in the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, speaks during a rally, in Conroe, Texas, U.S., January 29, 2022. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo

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GPB evening headlines for February 5, 2024

Governor Brian Kemp joined more than a dozen other Republican governors at a US-Mexico border crossing in Texas on Sunday.

The head of the US Small Business Administration visited Clark Atlanta University on Monday to promote small business resources.

Algae levels in West Point Lake, on the Chattahooeee River downstream of Atlanta, are at their highest in more than a decade.

February 05, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
 An overdose reversal kit was installed next to emergency medical equipment and a fire extinguisher near the main public entrance at the state Capitol. It’s one of five on site.

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  • Health

Bipartisan bill to expand access to free drugs like Narcan makes its way through Georgia House

Vending machines carrying opioid-overdose reversal drugs are the center of a bill moving through the Georgia House that aims to make more drugs available to combat deaths from overdose.

February 05, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
Mercedes-Benz stadium is seen, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, in Atlanta. Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta will host the opening game and South Florida's Hard Rock Stadium gets the final when Copa América returns to the United States in 2024. A joint announcement was made Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, by CONMEBOL and CONCACAF, the governing bodies of South American and North American soccer, respectively. Other sites and scheduling for the 16-team tournament will be revealed later.

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GPB morning headlines for February 5, 2024

Atlanta will host eight-matches of the FIFA World Cup in 2026, including a semi-final match.

Vending machines carrying opioid-overdose reversal drugs are the center of a bill moving through the Georgia House that aims to make more drugs available to combat deaths from overdose. 

More and younger people are struggling with obesity and diabetes, especially in rural parts of the South.

February 05, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Fani Willis, the district attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, poses for photos in her chambers at the Fulton County Court House in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday, August 8, 2023. Photo by Megan Varner for The Washington Post via Getty Images

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  • News

GPB evening headlines for February 2, 2024

Fulton County DA Fani Willis is confirming she's in a "personal relationship" with a special prosecutor in the Trump election case.

President Biden will get a chance to fill a vacancy on the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit US Court of Appeals, where a judge is retiring.

The annual Health Georgians report from Augusta University offers policy-makers advice on obesity, diabetes and other concerns.

February 02, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
This combination of photos shows, from left to right, Specialist Kennedy Sanders, of Waycross, Ga, Sgt. William Jerome Rivers  of Carrollton, Ga. and Spc. Breonna Alexsondria Moffett of Savannah, Ga.

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GPB morning headlines for February 2, 2024

The remains of the three service members killed in a drone attack in Jordan this weekend are returning to U.S. soil today.

When a new nuclear reactor in Georgia can begin generating power has been delayed again. 

State Senators are backing a measure that could create a new city in Gwinnett County.

February 02, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Members of JROTC at Savannah's Windsor Forest High School salute during a memorial for one of there former members, Breonna Moffett, an Army Reservist killed in Jordan in late January.

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  • News

GPB evening headlines for February 1, 2024

Students and staff at Windsor Forest High School in Savannah gathered this morning to pay tribute to Sergeant Breonna Moffett.

The state Senate has passed a bill to allow sports gambling -- but only after adding a measure that dims its chances for passage.

The state Senate has passed a measure that could allow citizens of Gwinnett County's wealthiest enclave to form their own city.

February 01, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
Breonna Moffett was a leader in JROTC and the drum major in the band during her time at Windsor Forest High School.

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  • Middle East

A Savannah high school mourns the loss of a soldier and friend

23-year-old U.S. Army Specialist Breonna Moffett was killed in a drone attack in Jordan last weekend. Today Windsor Forest High School remembers a promising young leader.

February 01, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Wide exterior shot of the Georgia state capitol

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GPB morning headlines for February 1, 2024

Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill creating a state definition of antisemitism into law on Wednesday

Macon's nearly $2 million investment in addressing youth violence is working, according to city leaders.

Georgia is getting a 16% annual increase in federal funds to combat homelessness.

February 01, 2024
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  • GPB News Radio
U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge, center, presents a ceremonial check at Savannah City Hall, corresponding to $4.1 million in HUD funding for the Chatham-Savannah Interagency Council on Homelessness.

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  • Economy

Georgia's federal funding for homelessness to increase by 16%, as HUD secretary visits Savannah

All nine continuums of care in Georgia will see an increase in their HUD funding.

February 01, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Special prosecutor Nathan Wade listens during a motions hearing for former President Donald Trump's election interference case, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024 in Atlanta.

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  • News

GPB evening headlines for January 31, 2024

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has been called to testify at a hearing over claims that she had an improper relationship.

A state House panel is advancing a proposal to reduce the legal burden for proving private ownership of Georgia's coastal marshes.

Members of a union representing Georgia university system faculty and staff gathered at the state capitol to present their demands.

January 31, 2024
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