| Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Georgia Newsletter for Saturday December 06, 2025 ( 17 items ) |
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ACIP Changed Hepatitis B Birth Dose Recommendations. Now What?
ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 5 -- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health posted the following news release:
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ACIP Changed Hepatitis B Birth Dose Recommendations. Now What?
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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) made some big decisions this week that carry significant implications for America's babies and children. The meeting, which took place December 4 and 5 at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), brought together the committee members (all adde
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Alabama Job Openings and Labor Turnover -- August 2025
ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report:
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Alabama Job Openings and Labor Turnover -- August 2025
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Alabama had 105,000 job openings in August 2025, compared to 110,000 openings in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the job openings rate in Alabama was 4.5 percent in August and 4.
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CNN SEES STRONG AUDIENCE GAINS IN NOVEMBER ON TV, STREAMING AND DIGITAL PLATFORMS FOLLOWING STREAMING EXPANSION
ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 5 [Category: BizMedia] -- CNN posted the following news:
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CNN SEES STRONG AUDIENCE GAINS IN NOVEMBER ON TV, STREAMING AND DIGITAL PLATFORMS FOLLOWING STREAMING EXPANSION
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December 5th, 2025
DIGITAL VIDEO CONTINUES TO DRIVE INCREASED AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT
DOUBLE DIGIT MONTH-OVER-MONTH GROWTH ACROSS DAYPARTS
NEW YORK, NY - (December 5, 2025) - In CNN's first full month following the launch of a streaming subscription offering, audiences came in increased number
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Deep Sea Mining Tests Impact Third of Seabed Animals - Greenpeace Comment
LONDON, England, Dec. 6 (TNSrep) -- Greenpeace UK issued the following statement:
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Deep sea mining tests impact a third of seabed animals - Greenpeace comment
Responding to reports that machines mining minerals in the deep ocean have been found to cause significant damage to life on the seabed (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cedx2p8gnx9o), reducing the number of animals found in the tracks of the vehicles by 37% compared to untouched areas, Georgia Whitaker, Deep Sea Mining Campaigner
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Extending Obamacare COVID Subsidies Will Result In Employers Dropping Insurance Coverage
ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 4 -- The Georgia Public Policy Foundation posted the following news release:
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Extending Obamacare COVID Subsidies Will Result In Employers Dropping Insurance Coverage
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Washington is currently focused on whether to extend COVID-era Obamacare subsidy add-ons. Democrats demanded these supposedly temporary subsidies be extended, leading to the recent government shutdown. Even after the end of the shutdown, there is talk in Washington of finding a way to extend these
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For the Seventh Consecutive Year, Kilpatrick's Antitrust Team Ranked Among the World's Best in the GCR 100 2026
ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 5 -- Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton, a law firm, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2025:
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For the Seventh Consecutive Year, Kilpatrick's Antitrust Team Ranked Among the World's Best in the GCR 100 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Kilpatrick announced today that its distinguished Antitrust Team has once again been recognized among the world's top antitrust practices by Global Competition Review (GCR) 100 - 26th Edition, the leading international journal of comp
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Georgia: Government's Alleged Use of Toxic Chemicals Against Protestors Calls for International Investigation & Complete Embargo on All Policing Equipment
LONDON, England, Dec. 6 -- Amnesty International issued the following news release:
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Georgia: Government's alleged use of toxic chemicals against protestors calls for international investigation and complete embargo on all policing equipment
The appalling response by Georgian authorities to allegations that prohibited toxic chemicals were used against protestors to suppress peaceful demonstrations must be met with an international investigation and a complete embargo on all policing equi
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Health Wanted: Health Insurance
ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 4 -- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health posted the following news release:
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Health Wanted: Health Insurance
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The Episode
Health insurance: It seems like a straightforward concept. Every month you put money into an account so that when you need to pay health care costs, that account will cover it. If you're laughing at the idea of using that description for this country, that's probably because it's a ridiculous oversimplification.
This week on H
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ITC Opens Investigation Into Imported Bicycle Trainers After Wahoo Fitness Complaint
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (TNSFR) -- The International Trade Commission has initiated an investigation following a complaint filed by Wahoo Fitness LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, concerning the importation and sale of bicycle trainers and their components.
The complaint alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The articles in question include certain bicycle trainers and their parts that are imported into the U.S., sold for importation and sold within the U.S. after importation.
The compl
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Kennesaw State student explores how trauma affects decision-making
KENNESAW, Georgia, Dec. 5 -- Kennesaw State University posted the following news release:
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Kennesaw State student explores how trauma affects decision-making
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Can a person's past determine the decisions they make in stressful situations? Kennesaw State University sophomore Emily Martinez is examining how trauma responses may influence the way people make moral decisions.
Martinez, a psychology major in the Norman J. Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences explored the connecti
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New Report: Mystery Ad Exposing Burt Jones' Ethics Scandal Ramps Up Nasty GA GOP Primary
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news:
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New Report: Mystery Ad Exposing Burt Jones' Ethics Scandal Ramps Up Nasty GA GOP Primary
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Georgia's Republican primary just keeps getting messier and more chaotic.
A new Atlanta Journal-Constitution report today highlights the latest shake-up in the primary. A mystery group is now spending nearly one million dollars attacking Burt Jones for his long history of enriching himself in office and accusi
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Reproductive Freedom for All Georgia Responds to Devastating Update in Adriana Smith's Story
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release:
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Reproductive Freedom for All Georgia Responds to Devastating Update in Adriana Smith's Story
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Atlanta, GA - Today, Reproductive Freedom for All Georgia is responding to the devastating news that after Georgia's inhumane abortion ban forced Adriana Smith to be kept on life support to give birth against her family's wishes, her baby - who sp
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Secretary Rollins Announces Major Investment for Rural Communities Across Georgia
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release:
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Secretary Rollins Announces Major Investment for Rural Communities Across Georgia
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(Byron, GA, December 5, 2025) - Today in Georgia, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced $501 million in investments for 59 rural development projects and an additional $405 million in affordable housing in communities across the state of Georgia. These unprecedented investments, coordinated by
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Student Health Services relocating to Health Sciences Building
AUGUSTA, Georgia, Dec. 5 -- Augusta University posted the following news release:
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Student Health Services relocating to Health Sciences Building
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Augusta University's Student Health Services will relocate to the Health Sciences Building, suite 1500, on the Health Sciences Campus, providing a modern clinic space with an updated laboratory in a central location. This move supports Augusta University's continued investment in advanced research and clinical innovation, including the const
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Super-Midsize Gulfstream G300 Takes Flight
SAVANNAH, Georgia, Dec. 6 -- Gulfstream Aerospace, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2025:
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Super-Midsize Gulfstream G300 Takes Flight
Milestone Officially Launches Flight Test Program, Demonstrates Significant Program Maturity
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Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced the new Gulfstream G300 has made its first flight, demonstrating significant program maturity and officially launching its rigorous flight test program. Introduced on Sept
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UAPB Students Attend 12th Annual National HBCU Pre-Law Summit in Atlanta, Georgia
PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, Dec. 6 -- The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff issued the following news:
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UAPB Students Attend 12th Annual National HBCU Pre-Law Summit in Atlanta, Georgia
For the first time in nearly a decade, five students from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) attended the 12th Annual National HBCU Pre-Law Summit, held in Atlanta, Georgia. The event, founded by attorney and educator Evangeline M. Mitchell, Esq., Ed.M., is the nation's only pre-law event dedica
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Women and girls fear for their safety in the Philippines, as earthquake aftershocks continue to rock Northern Cebu
ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 5 [Category: Sociological] -- Care, an organization that says it is dedicated to ending poverty, issued the following news release:
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Women and girls fear for their safety in the Philippines, as earthquake aftershocks continue to rock Northern Cebu
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Manila, Philippines, December 5, 2025 - As the world spearheads 16 Days, an annual awareness campaign to prevent violence against women and girls that covers the period from November 25 to December 10, a new humanitari
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