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GPB morning headlines for December 8, 2023

Billions of dollars in spending for passenger rail announced Friday by the Biden Administration includes the possibility of high speed rail between Atlanta and Charlotte.

The Georgia House has given final passage to a new Congressional map that adds majority Black districts but keeps the existing partisan make-up.

Georgia health agencies want to make preventative medication for HIV more accessible. 

December 08, 2023
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Georgia state Rep. Mack Jackson, D-Sandersville, looks at a map of proposed state House districts before a House hearing, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. State lawmakers were ordered to redraw Georgia's legislative and congressional districts after a federal judge ruled some illegally diluted Black voting strength. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

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GPB evening headlines for December 7, 2023

The Georgia House has given final passage to a new Congressional map that aims to meet a federal judge's order on voting rights.

State assisted living community regulators are proposing rules that would reduce staffing requirements at memory care facilities.

Georgia health agencies are proposing legislation to make HIV prevention medication PEP and PrEP more accessible statewide.

December 07, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Chatham County District Attorney Shalena Cook-Jones

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Controversial Chatham County DA to run for reelection

Democrat Shalena Cook Jones faces federal sanctions and a state ethics complaint, but she touts her record of accomplishments.

December 07, 2023
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  • Jake Shore and
  • The Current
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GPB morning headlines for December 7, 2023

A new pediatric behavioral health unit just opened in Macon. It’s part of an effort to meet the mental health needs of children in the region.

A panel of lawmakers in the state House advanced a Congressional map proposed by Senate Republicans in a party line vote Wednesday.

An Atlanta investment group is highlighting the rising cost of housing in the city through a contest offering free rent for a year.

December 07, 2023
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GPB evening headlines for December 6, 2023

A panel of lawmakers in the state House advanced a Congressional map proposed by Senate Republicans in a party line vote.

An audit says the City of Columbus failed to collect more than $45 million in business license fees over the past five years.

A civil rights attorney says he plans to file a lawsuit in the case of Leonard Cure, the exonerated man fatally shot in Georgia.

December 06, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Shopping scams ramp up during the holidays as more people shop online and in stores. Credit Pexels

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Shopping scams ramp up during the holidays. What to watch for and how to protect yourself

Shopping scams ramp up during the holidays as more people go online and in-store searching for gifts for loved ones. FBI Atlanta has some of the top scams to watch out for this year and how to protect yourself against them.

December 06, 2023
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  • Devon Zwald
Several new warehouses being constructed off of Veteran Parkway near Buckhalter Rd.

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GPB morning headlines for December 6, 2023

Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump said Tuesday he will file a wrongful death lawsuit in the case of Leonard Cure.

Georgia’s special legislative session on redistricting is expected to wrap up Wednesday.

Some residents in Southeast Georgia are pushing back against a tidal wave of new warehouses.

December 06, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
An aerial image of a warehouse under construction is shown.

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Savannah warehouse expansions prompt concerns from Chatham County landowners

Residents fear they are losing the rural and residential character of many parts of Southeast Georgia as warehousing tied to explosive growth the Port of Savannah brings sudden and unwelcome changes.

December 05, 2023
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  • Orlando Montoya
River Street in Savannah

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Savannah lawmakers push River Street, Garden City during special session

A new waterfront tax district may speed improvements for businesses and tourists.

December 05, 2023
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  • Craig Nelson and
  • The Current
Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., speaks during a rally near Capitol Hill in Washington on June 8, 2022. Georgia Republicans on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, proposed to radically transform McBath's current district for the second time in two years during a special legislative session to redraw congressional and legislative maps.

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GPB evening headlines for December 5, 2023

Georgia’s special legislative session on redistricting is expected to wrap up tomorrow.  The Congressional maps are still in play.

Some residents  are pushing back against a wave of new warehouses being driven by massive growth at the Port of Savannah.

Two coal-fired power plants in Georgia rank among the most deadly in the nation because of their smokestack emissions.

December 05, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Unit 3’s reactor and cooling tower stand at Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant on Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Company officials announced Wednesday, May 24, 2023, that Unit 3, one of two new reactors at the site, has reached commercial operation after years of delays and billions in cost overruns.

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GPB morning headlines for December 5, 2023

State utility regulators began three-days of public hearings Monday on how much Georgia Power customers should pay for cost overruns on long-delayed and over-budget nuclear reactors at the company's Plant Vogtle.

A city-funded mental health care initiative in Macon could be a model for other communities in Georgia.

Governor Brian Kemp announced that Republican leaders will file legislation during the special session to further reduce state income tax. 

December 05, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, flanked by Republican lawmakers, speaks Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta. Kemp and Republican legislators want to make a further cut to Georgia's state income tax rate in the 2024 legislative session.

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GPB evening headlines for December 4, 2023

Governor Brian Kemp and Georgia's top Republican leaders want to speed up an already-planned cut in the state income tax rate.

The first update in 11 years of the US Department of Agriculture's "Plant Heartiness Zones" shows half the state getting warmer.

The PSC began three-days of public hearings on how much Georgia Power customers should pay for cost overruns at Plant Vogtle.

December 04, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
A group of five children talking

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Here's how to access no-cost counseling and mental health wellness programs in Macon

The Macon Mental Health Matters initiative includes mental health counseling for both individuals and families, financial counseling, conflict resolution and non-traditional mental health activities like yoga, pop-up gyms, training, and parenting. These services are offered in the community at no cost to the client. And they increase the opportunity for access to care.

December 04, 2023
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  • Ellen Eldridge
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GPB morning headlines for December 4, 2023

A proposed redraw of Georgia’s Congressional districts would add more majority black districts but keep the existing split of Republicans and Democrats.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released an updated map showing new zones for plant hardiness.

With help from the Mercer University School of Medicine, a once vacant doctors office in Taylor County is now open again and taking patients.

December 04, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
The 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map shows shifting zones in much of Georgia. Areas in orange and brown saw a warming of their average lowest winter temperature range, compared to 2012. White denotes no change.

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USDA hardiness map shows Georgia's coldest temperatures are warming

The new map is the first update since 2012.

December 04, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
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