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The mock-up of KAT-5 Studios' vision for the sound stage in Savannah, located on their website. / The Current

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What’s missing for Savannah film success?

Sound stage project stalls, leaving gaps in area’s production portfolio

July 28, 2023
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  • Audrey Gibbs

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GPB evening headlines for July 28, 2023

Scores in Georgia’s end of the year, high-stakes testing show some progress in at least one key area for the state’s students.

Georgia's attorney general has signed off on a planned partnership between Wellstar and Augusta University Health Systems.

Georgia ranks among the nation's top states for economic development around clean energy, according to a green energy group.

July 28, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
A map from advocacy group Climate Power shows a sector-by-sector breakdown of new jobs from clean energy projects announced between Aug. 16, 2022, and July 25, 2023.

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Analysis: Georgia's the No. 2 state for green tech projects since Inflation Reduction Act's passage

22 private-sector projects catapulted Georgia toward the top of the list.

July 28, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
The Partnership for Southern Equity partnered with local organizations to assemble and distribute hurricane preparedness kits to historically disenfranchised communities in coastal Georgia. Credit: The Partnership for Southern Equity.

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GPB morning headlines for July 28, 2023

Georgia ranks among the top states for economic development around clean energy.

Some parents, teachers and bookstores are planning events this weekend to support an elementary school teacher in Cobb County.

A contractor has now been selected to build a new, state of the art prison in Georgia.  

As hurricane season moves forward, a non-profit is handing out preparedness kits to historically disenfranchised communities in coastal Georgia.

July 28, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio

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GPB evening headlines for July 27, 2023

Georgia prison officials have selected a contractor to build a new $320 million state-of-the-art prison at location to be determined.

Some parents and bookstores are planning events to support an elementary school teacher facing termination for reading a book.

As hurricane season continues, some of coastal Georgia's most vulnerable residents will be getting hurricane preparedness kits.

July 27, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
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Medical cannabis producer opens first dispensary near Savannah

One of the two medical cannabis manufacturing companies awarded licenses to operate in Georgia thus far opened its first dispensary Wednesday during a dedication ceremony in Pooler.

July 27, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Williams
A mock-up of a horned, winged dragon sits on a work table with tools underneath a canopy.

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Plan to build massive dragon sculpture on Georgia mountaintop scrapped

The sculpture would have been half the size of a football field and some residents interpreted it as "scary" and "nightmarish."

July 27, 2023
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  • Orlando Montoya
Activist Hannah Riley works on her laptop at Muchacho, a local taco restaurant, while gathering signatures from fellow voters, in Atlanta, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Organizers are trying to force a referendum that would allow voters to decide the fate of a proposed police and training center, but attorneys for the city say the petition drive is invalid.

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GPB morning headlines for July 27, 2023

Forty Georgia pediatricians are warning about a rise in children coming into emergency rooms with gunshot wounds.

Opponents of a new police training center in Atlanta have gathered 30,000 signatures to get what they are calling a Cop City referendum on the November ballot

The Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students is in its 11th year hosting the Mayor’s Summer Reading Club.

July 27, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Activist Hannah Riley works on her laptop at Muchacho, a local taco restaurant, while gathering signatures from fellow voters, in Atlanta, Thursday, July 13, 2023. Organizers are trying to force a referendum that would allow voters to decide the fate of a proposed police and training center, but attorneys for the city say the petition drive is invalid.

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GPB evening headlines for July 26, 2023

Opponents of a planned police training in Atlanta say they've gathered 30,000 signatures to get a referendum on the ballot.

Former Georgia Tech tennis star and Wimbledon phenom Chris Eubanks dominated his opening match at this year's Atlanta Open.

A North Carolina man is backing down from a proposal to build a massive dragon sculpture on top of a North Georgia mountain.

July 26, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Aircraft within a building.

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In Savannah, a Georgia Senate study committee looks at how to end workforce shortages statewide

At the second meeting of the Georgia Senate Study Committee on Expanding Georgia's Workforce in Savannah, representatives from regional companies detailed their work to grow and improve the local workforce.

July 26, 2023
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  • Ambria Burton
Mental Health Parity Act

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New federal mental health parity rule matches Georgia's moves to strengthen social safety net

President Joe Biden's new rule requires health plans to evaluate their coverage for compliance, set out-of-network payments, and it closes a coverage loophole in the original act for state and local governments.

July 26, 2023
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  • Ellen Eldridge
A person walks into a mental health clinic.

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GPB morning headlines for July 26, 2023

Georgia is getting $2 million in federal funding to address lead in drinking water consumed by children.

Georgia businesses are breathing a sigh of relief as shipping giant UPS and the Teamsters union reached a tentative deal Tuesday to avert a strike.

The Biden Administration is imposing a new rule to better clarify and enforce the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. The language closely mirrors standards set by Georgia lawmakers in 2020.

July 26, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
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GPB evening headlines for July 25, 2023

Georgia businesses are breathing a sigh of relief as UPS and the Teamsters union reached a tentative deal to avoid a strike.

The Biden administration has set a new rule to clarify and enforce a 2008 mental health parity law, closely mirroring Georgia rules.

The Georgia Ports Authority is reporting its second-busiest year, despite a decline in retail goods moving through their seaports.

July 25, 2023
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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 ports had their 2nd-busiest year despite a decline in retail cargo

The Georgia Ports Authority said Tuesday that the Port of Savannah handled 5.4 million container units of imports and exports in the 2023 fiscal year that ended June 30.

July 25, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Chatham County District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones speaks during a roundtable discussion of legal issues hosted by the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus at Savannah State University on July 21, 2023.

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Savannah DA slams Georgia's new prosecutor oversight board as ‘dangerous’ to criminal justice reform

The Republican-appointed body can begin investigating local prosecutors in October.

July 25, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
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