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TaxScout, has now entered into its fourth market - Atlanta.

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Georgia tax revenue down 16.5% compared to April 2022, Kemp's office says

State tax collections slipped significantly in April, Gov. Brian Kemp's office said Tuesday. Revenues decreased by more than $800 million, or about 16%, compared to April of last year.

May 09, 2023
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  • Sarah Kallis and
  • Orlando Montoya
A child walks toward a yellow school bus stopped in a residential street.

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GPB evening headlines for May 9, 2023

Workers at Fort Valley based school bus maker Blue Bird Corporation are set to vote this week on whether to join a national union.

Many Medicaid recipients remain confused or unaware of a benefits redetermination coming with the end of the Covid emergency.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has named a Georgia cemetery as one of the country's 11 most endangered places.

May 09, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Plant Bowen

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In the Southeast, where big utilities rule, calls for a real power market persist

A report prepared for the South Carolina state legislature and released last week determined that a range of electric market and transmission reforms — including creating a new independent organization to run the electric grid or joining an existing one — would bring  “substantial benefits” for customers, potentially as much as $362 million a year.

May 09, 2023
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  • Robert Zullo

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GPB morning headlines for May 9, 2023

Courtroom proceedings in a civil suit brought by an Athens business owner against local District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez began Monday.

Conservation groups are applauding a new law signed by Gov. Brian Kemp last week to guarantee fishing rights in Georgia.

May 09, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
Two adult female loggerhead turtles were released into the surf Friday on the beach at Jekyll Island.

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US agency plans deeper study of sea turtles, dredging threat

A U.S. agency is agreeing to participate in an in-depth study on whether dredging a Georgia shipping channel in the spring and summer would pose threats to rare sea turtles. The Army Corps of Engineers' announcement prompted a conservation group to dismiss a federal lawsuit that asked a judge to order such a study.

May 08, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez faces a lawsuit over how her office has functioned in recent cases.

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GPB evening headlines for May 8, 2023

Courtroom proceedings began today in a civil lawsuit brought against embattled Athens District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez.

Conservation groups are applauding a new law signed by Governor Brian Kemp last week to guarantee fishing rights in Georgia.

Law enforcement officials in Atlanta are collaborating on a program aimed at stemming summer gun violence among young people.

May 08, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
bobcat

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Are bobcats dangerous or just oversized cats? Here are some tips to stay safe

They are shy, but sneaky. They prey on mice, rats and rabbits. They have bobbed tails and tufted ears.

May 08, 2023
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  • Chelsea Madden
Gov. Brian Kemp

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Kemp issues nearly two dozen legislative and budget vetoes

Gov. Brian Kemp has been busy exercising his veto pen.

May 08, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
This photo released by the Atlanta Police Department of video footage on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, shows a suspected shooter. Police said Wednesday afternoon that they were investigating an “active shooter situation” in a building in Atlanta's Midtown neighborhood and that multiple people had been injured.

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Political Rewind: Georgia still reeling after Midtown shooting; Kemp signs new budget

Monday on Political Rewind: Lawmakers and citizens fear not much will change after last week's Midtown shooting. Meanwhile, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens proposes the largest budget in the city's history. And Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger sets a date for Georgia's primary. 

May 08, 2023
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  • Donna Lowry ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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A schoal bass in the Flint river

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Turbulence roils waters despite Georgia law to calm tensions between anglers, riverside landowners

A dispute over whether a popular stretch of the Flint River in Upson County can be the exclusive fishing hole of those who own the shoreline drove a frenzied last-minute push to protect the public’s access to Georgia’s streams earlier this year.

May 08, 2023
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  • Jill Nolin
Customers line up outside the Marietta Trulieve store on its first day of operation.

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New challenge filed asking court to open up Georgia’s secretive medical cannabis regulations

State’s first two licensed dispensaries now open.

May 08, 2023
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  • Ross Williams
Wide Shot of Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia

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GPB morning headlines for May 8, 2023

A program from Atlanta law enforcement officials is aimed at stemming gun violence among young people during the summer months.   

Governor Brian Kemp signed the $32.4 billion state budget Friday.

May 08, 2023
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  • GPB News Radio
State Sen. Elena Parent

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General Assembly legalizes lemonade stands

Who knew a kid in Georgia is supposed to have a permit to set up a lemonade stand at the end of their driveway?

May 05, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
A loggerhead sea turtle is seen nesting at dawn.

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‘Everyone always wants to find the first nest’: a new sea turtle nesting season begins in Georgia

After a record year, the 2023 outlook calls for low-to-medium sea turtle nest production this year

May 05, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
Two adult female loggerhead turtles were released into the surf Friday on the beach at Jekyll Island.

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GPB morning headlines for May 5, 2023

Georgia's presidential primary date for next year is March 12. 

Sea turtle nesting season is officially underway in coastal Georgia.

A program designed to give aspiring educators classroom teaching experience before they ever leave high school is graduating its first students in Macon this month.

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