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VDL Groep plans to invest $77 million and add 120 jobs in Hall County. Plus, Keisha Lance Bottoms debates an empty podium after Rick Jackson skips a gubernatorial forum, detainees at a Coastal Georgia ICE facility launch a hunger strike, and Gibbs Gardens helps migrating monarch butterflies refuel.
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Georgia broke its first-day early voting record for a midterm election as Georgia Tech and Emory announced more than $1 billion in AI investments. Plus, Jon Ossoff and Mike Collins clashed in a Senate debate, and health officials confirmed another measles case in Georgia.
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A new report projects job losses and higher energy costs for Georgia under federal energy policies. Plus, President Trump plans a campaign rally in Dalton, Delta cuts its profit forecast amid rising fuel costs, and changes to federal endangered species protections could threaten iconic Georgia wildlife.
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Jon Ossoff and Mike Collins debated key issues ahead of Georgia’s midterms, early voting begins statewide, Red Cross volunteers deployed to hurricane-hit communities, and Georgia Tech researchers examined whether presidents influence gas prices.
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Hyundai Transys plans to invest nearly $560 million and add 320 jobs at its West Point manufacturing facility. Georgia gubernatorial candidates Keisha Lance Bottoms and Rick Jackson debate public safety and health care, Mableton swears in its first police chief, and Georgia beaches record 4,292 loggerhead sea turtle nests this year.
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Plans for a proposed ICE detention facility in Oakwood may be stalled as federal officials consider selling the property. Gov. Brian Kemp declares a state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Isaias, the National Park Service allows private development on Cumberland Island, and former President Barack Obama endorses Keisha Lance Bottoms for Georgia governor.
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This episode covers the Atlanta Pride Festival, including weekend marches, the Pride Parade and road closures. We also report on Georgia’s diesel relief measures, a Forsyth County summit on teen vaping and mental health, the Zadie Project’s community food efforts, and Zoo Atlanta’s two new pandas.
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Georgia NOW News covers new election rules requiring handwritten voter logs, lawmakers’ review of new voting machines, efforts to preserve affordable homes, a deadly Dooly County shooting and rural voters’ views on immigration policies.
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Georgia’s ACA open enrollment begins Nov. 1, with Georgians urged to compare more than monthly premiums when choosing coverage. The episode also covers a Georgia Power data breach, efforts to help formerly incarcerated Georgians vote, changes to SNAP costs and Georgia students’ latest SAT scores.
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Georgia voters are meeting candidates face to face ahead of the November midterm elections. The episode also highlights breast cancer survivors in Newnan, a new “I Voted” sticker for Georgia’s 2026 election and a new metal fabrication facility planned for McDuffie County.
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