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Georgia experiments with food stamp work training program

By Susanna Capelouto
August 13, 2018
A welding student at Goodwill Industries.
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But state's training program spends much more per person than the figure Congress might allocate if it decides to pass a SNAP work requirement

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Georgia has looked at what it takes to train some food stamp recipients to meet work requirements

By Susanna Capelouto
July 30, 2018

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Georgian pecans are popular in China, where tariffs just shot up

By Daisy Palacios and Kai Ryssdal
July 05, 2018
Lamar Pecan Company in Hawkinsville, GA.
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We visit a farm in Georgia that sells 60 percent of their nuts to China.

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A tourism-driven building boom threatens the architecture that makes Savannah a destination

By Emily Jones
July 04, 2018

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This guy will make anything, as long as he can make it in America

By Kai Ryssdal and Daisy Palacios
May 31, 2018
John Anker, president of Ankerpak in Columbus, Georgia.
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Part of John Anker's business model is to convince companies to outsource to his company, rather than overseas.

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One family-run business caught in the crosshairs of global trade policy

By Kai Ryssdal and Daisy Palacios
May 30, 2018
Goldens' Foundry and Machine Co. is a fifth-generation family-owned business in Columbus, Georgia.
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Fifth-generation foundry owners say a changing consensus about manufacturing in Washington is "overdue."

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For some conservatives, the dispute between the NRA and Delta isn't about guns, it's about the free market

By Marketplace staff
February 28, 2018

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Georgia embraces Germany’s apprenticeship model

By Tasnim Shamma
January 26, 2018
Georgia Piedmont Technical College received funding to open a new Advanced Manufacturing Center in Covington. It includes five labs for training in machine tools, electronics, mechanics, automation and process control, as well as industrial wiring and motor controls.
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Manufacturers are worried they will not have enough skilled workers in the future, so they have started to create apprenticeship programs to train high school students.

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A university lab gives members of the public a chance to control a swarm of robots

By Tasnim Shamma
December 25, 2017
The Robotarium has about 100 ground robots that glide along a white surface. Each has a Wi-Fi chip on top and small rubber wheels on the bottom. 
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The Robotarium, a lab at Georgia Tech, allows users to control a swarm of miniature robots remotely, opening up the field to researchers and low-incomes students alike.

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