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Georgia Republicans purge Black Democrats from county election boards
Protesters filled the meeting room of the Spalding County Board of Elections in October, upset that the board had disallowed early voting on Sundays for the Nov. 2 municipal election. A year ago, Sunday voting had been instrumental in boosting turnout of Black voters.
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Republicans in Missouri and Georgia Turn Their Backs on Democracy
Last August, Missouri voters ignored the state’s Republican leadership and voted by referendum to approve Medicaid expansion, the sixth Republican-controlled state to do so. Now, Republicans appear out for revenge. On Thursday, the House Budget Committee rejected a bill that would have allowed the state “to spend $130 million in state funds and $1.6 billion in federal money to pay for the program’s expansion,” the Kansas City Star reported.
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Georgia House passes election bill that would add restrictions to voting process
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Trump lashes out at Georgia’s Republican governor for not helping him overrule election result
Donald Trump has lashed out at Georgia’s Republican governor, angry at him for not helping to overrule election results in the crucial battleground state. “The governor’s done nothing, he’s done absolutely nothing. I’m ashamed I endorsed him," the president said of Brian Kemp. Mr Trump made the comments during a wild interview — his first since the election — phoning in to speak on-air with Fox News presenter Maria Bartiromo.
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Georgia is gearing up to resume TV and film production. Here are the guidelines for people on set
Georgia is eager to restart its lucrative TV and film production industry. On Friday it became the first state to release safety guidelines for shooting within the state. In the last decade, Georgia has become a hub for Hollywood. The state officers enticing tax incentives, is home to a skilled labor force and has earned a reputation for being a heavyweight in the entertainment industry.
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He didn't file charges in the Arbery case. But he spent years accusing a Black grandma of voter fraud.
DA George E. Barnhill threatened her with 15 years in prison.
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Crypto Miners in Georgia consume 10% of the Entire Nation’s Power
The crypto mining industry is thriving lately with more and more nations joining the bandwagon. Just last month, Bitmain, the world’s leading manufacturer of mining hardware, opened what is supposedly the world’s largest crypto mining farm.
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High school teacher tells class a Confederate flag means "you intend to marry your sister"
A high school teacher in Georgia was placed on administrative leave after allegedly posting a message in her classroom saying the Confederate flag symbolizes one's intent to "marry your sister." The controversial message offended one Hephzibah High School student, who told her mom the teacher put a photo of the Confederate flag on the board with text saying: "A sticker you put on the back of your pickup truck to announce that you intend to marry your sister. Think of it like a white trash 'Save the Date' card."
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‘If we don’t burn it, nature will’: Georgia blazes old fears, leads nation in prescribed fire
In the face of more intense and frequent wildfires, federal land managers consider adopting burning practices the Southeast has been successfully using for decades. By Maya Miller, Samantha Max.
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'A slap in the face': Georgia's film crews caught between abortion ban and boycott | CBC News
Some of the biggest names and networks in Hollywood are trying to apply pressure to stop a restreictive abortion law in Georgia from going into effect. CBC's Eli Glasner visited the state to see how the war of words is affecting the burgeoning TV and film industry.
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‘The Walking Dead’ Threatens To Leave Georgia After Ten Years Due To Abortion Law
The Walking Dead's future could be affected if AMC moves forward with leaving filming Georgia behind due to a restrictive new abortion law in the state.
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Netflix to 'Rethink' Georgia Investment if Anti-Abortion Law Goes Into Effect
The next Zelda game, officially titled Cadence of Hyrule: Crypt of the NecroDancer Featuring the Legend of Zelda, will seemingly launch this week for Nintendo Switch. On the surface, Nintendo of America's website simply states the game will be released this "spring," but inspecting the site's source code reveals a line that reads, "Release date: May 30, 2019."
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Georgia Just Criminalized Abortion. Women Who Terminate Their Pregnancies Would Be Subject to Life in Prison.
On Tuesday, Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed a “fetal heartbeat” bill that seeks to outlaw abortion after about six weeks. The measure, HB 481, is the most extreme abortion ban in the country—not just because it would impose severe limitations on women’s reproductive rights, but also because it would subject women who get illegal abortions to life imprisonment and the death penalty.
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Why are so many people getting rare cancers in this small Georgia town?
After multiple rare cancers have been diagnosed in Waycross, Georgia, the city grapples with a profound question: What if the industries that gave us life are killing us?
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The Weeping Time: A forgotten history of the largest slave auction ever on American soil
The marker was dedicated on March 3, 2008, 149 years after the slave auction occurred
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An editor and his newspaper helped build white supremacy in Georgia
Henry W. Grady wanted to promote northern investment in the South – and he was willing to ignore lynchings and the exploitation of black labor.
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If Trump's talk of Democratic 'mobs' is meant to scare Republicans to the polls, it's working | CBC News
Republicans are repeatedly portraying Democrats as a
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Winder family may be left to foot bill after GSP officer slams into home during high-speed chase
A wild scene unfolded in Winder over the weekend – a Georgia State Patrol car slammed into the front of a house after a high-speed chase, while the renter was sitting on the porch. Luckily, Steven Wilhelm said he was able to jump out of the way and run inside seconds beforehand. “I don’t even think he touched the brake, so I took off into the house,” Wilhelm said. “I no more than closed the glass door and he was up on the porch.”
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Georgia university cuts ties with Nike over Kaepernick ad; says he's "mocking our troops"
A small Christian college in Georgia has said it is cutting ties with Nike over its Colin Kaepernick ad campaign, claiming the former NFL player was "mocking" law enforcement and the military by protesting during the national anthem. Truett McConnell University (TMU) in Cleveland announced Friday that it will stop carrying Nike products in its campus store, and donate the proceeds from any remaining products to Wounded Warriors, a veterans charity, and the Fraternal Order of Police.
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Georgia police defend tasing 87-year-old grandmother
A police department in Georgia is defending its decision to tase a 87-year-old grandmother who was cutting dandelion greens outside her house. Martha Al-Bishara was tased outside her Chatsworth home when she was encountered by a local police officer as she was cutting leaves with a knife last week. After noticing the tool, the officer asked the woman to drop the knife and when she didn’t, he tased her.
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