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News Articles: Tifton

Ana Garcia, a farm worker who lives in South Gerogia, stands in her dining room, newly sheet rocked by her husband in the days after Hurricane Helene. Many farm workers live in trailers or housing that's not fit to weather natural disasters, but because of their legal status, they cannot access help.

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Georgia farm workers feel the burden of disaster recovery

It will take years before farms hit hard by Hurricane Helene can recover. That devastation extends to communities of immigrant farm workers, who have largely been left out of storm relief programs. 

December 18, 2024
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee presides over a hearing is to determine whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be removed from the case because of a relationship with Nathan Wade, special prosecutor she hired in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump, Friday, March, 1, 2024, in Atlanta.

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Georgia Today: Trump lawyers in court; Macon wants your doorbell video; Natural disaster in N. Ga.

On the Thursday, March 28 edition of Georgia Today: Lawyers for Donald Trump were in a Fulton County courtroom again today; Macon-Bibb County wants access to your doorbell cameras; 17 North Georgia counties have been declared natural disaster areas because of severe drought conditions.

March 28, 2024
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By:
  • Orlando Montoya and
  • Jeremy Powell
Tifton Mayor Julie Smith

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State senators asked to fix contentious talks over local sales tax money

The mayor of Tifton asked Georgia lawmakers Monday to fix a system of distributing local sales tax dollars that favors counties at the expense of cities.

August 15, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
Clayton County Schools

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Georgia schools struggle with how to stop violence at their doors

In a moment where gun violence has reached record highs, educators say they alone can’t keep students safe.

October 19, 2022
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  • Riley Bunch
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Political Rewind: Abortion, inflation, COVID and decriminalizing marijuana: Georgia mayors weigh in

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Bill Nigut welcomes East Point Mayor Deana Holiday Ingraham, Athens-Clarke County Mayor Kelly Girtz, and Tifton Mayor Julie Smith to the panel. With 80 days left until the midterms, we'll talk to these city leaders about what their communities want out of candidates. But first, Tamar Hallerman provides an update on the latest in Fani Willis' probe in Fulton County.

August 23, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
An illustration of different Georgia cities on a map.

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Political Rewind: For local leaders, city governance is a laboratory of democracy

Wednesday on Political Rewind: We spoke with a panel of mayors from across Georgia to take the temperature of each of their communities. What are the key issues they are confronting as 2021 comes to an end?

November 10, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sarah Kallis ,
  • and 1 more
The ongoing government shutdown could affect victims of sexual assault.

Shutdown Jeopardizes Help For Sexual Assault Victims

As the government shutdown stretches on, it may begin to affect how communities are able to help victims of sexual assault. The $3.2 billion the...

January 17, 2019
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue greets participants in the roundtable discussion put on by the Task Force on Rural Prosperity, a project of President Trump which Perdue heads, in Tifton, Ga.

Sonny Perdue Listens To Farmers At Home

Dependable sources of labor and a fresh look at international trade topped the wish list of farmers and other stakeholders when they met with U.S....

August 25, 2017
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship

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