Benjamin Payne
Savannah Reporter at Georgia Public Broadcasting
@gpbnews Savannah reporter / sometimes: stories for @NPR / always: husband, 🐱dad / from: Rock Island, IL / Cubs by birth, Mariners by marriage [email protected]
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3 days ago |
gpb.org | Benjamin Payne
Officials in Savannah have launched an online survey asking residents and visitors to weigh in on how future sales tax dollars should be allocated, should voters in Chatham County approve an expected referendum in November.
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2 weeks ago |
gpb.org | Benjamin Payne
Savannah Mayor Van Johnson is expressing relief after Georgia lawmakers failed to pass legislation that would have challenged the city's recently enacted gun-control ordinance. The ordinance, passed last year, allows the city to fine gun owners up to $1,000 if they leave a firearm unattended in an unlocked vehicle. "It was clear that we were not trying to take anyone's guns or restrict anyone's right to have a gun," Johnson told reporters Tuesday at his weekly news conference.
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2 weeks ago |
gpb.org | Benjamin Payne
Shrimp farmers in Coastal Georgia are welcoming new tariffs announced last week by the Trump administration on imported shrimp, seeing them as a lifeline for an industry struggling to compete with foreign producers. Imported shrimp, which account for roughly 95% of all shrimp eaten in the U.S., will be subject to tariffs ranging from 10% on imports from Ecuador and Argentina to as high as 46% on shrimp from Vietnam.
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3 weeks ago |
gpb.org | Benjamin Payne
Savannah City Council approved an ordinance Thursday amending the city's zoning code to create what officials are calling an Affordable Housing Overlay District, a move aimed at addressing rising housing costs and increasing residential density. The ordinance, which passed by a 7-2 vote with a minor modification, allows property owners to more easily develop high-density and multi-family housing in neighborhoods that have traditionally consisted of low-density, single-family homes.
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1 month ago |
gpb.org | Benjamin Payne
Voters in Savannah's Chatham County overwhelmingly passed a referendum Tuesday to renew a supplemental 1% sales tax through 2030 to fund capital improvement plans at the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (SCCPSS), Georgia's largest public school district outside of metro Atlanta.
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Tomorrow's presidential election will be the first since Georgia's six-week abortion ban took effect. A Savannah mother shared with me the story of her complicated pregnancy under the law, which she said harmed both her and her daughter. She's voting Harris. #gapol
Savannah resident Callie Beale shared that Georgia's six-week abortion ban forced her out-of-state for a medically necessary procedure, causing a dangerous delay in care that jeopardized her life and her daughter. GPB's Benjamin Payne reports. https://t.co/g4GeOVeGT5 https://t.co/KOXYp7GQFZ
"It is my belief that, as a mother, I should have been able to act without the government's interference in order to save my daughter's life." One Savannah woman's story of pregnancy under Georgia's six-week abortion ban: https://t.co/N20YgVBb2V
