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News Articles: Georgia Politics

Two new buildings were recently completed at the Port of Brunswick

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Auto, machinery volumes soaring at Port of Brunswick

More than $262 million in planned improvements at the Port of Brunswick are coming just in time to accommodate a significant growth in auto and machinery business.

November 03, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
Prime Technological Services Makes Printed Circuit Boards

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Georgia lawmakers explore threats, wonders of AI technology with eye on regulating ethical use

To build an advanced artificial intelligence, you must first invent the wheel.

November 03, 2023
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  • Ross Williams
Fulton County Jail sign is pictured here

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Fulton County Jail Senate Subcommittee holds first meeting discussing 'perfect storm' brewing

Criminal justice experts and officials from the Fulton County Sheriff’s office testified before state senators at the Capitol in a meeting to investigate issues that plague the Fulton County Jail. Ten people have died in the jail this year. 

November 03, 2023
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  • Sarah Kallis
Georgia State Capitol

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After Taylor Swift ticket uproar, Georgia lawmakers mull regulating ticket resellers

The worst part of going to a concert or a ball game is often buying the tickets. Georgia lawmakers are hoping to make the process a little less rage-inducing.

November 02, 2023
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Representatives from the Georgia Secretary of State's office and Dominion Voting Systems appear before a Georgia Senate committee to answer questions about an election system software update.

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GOP state senators spar with state officials over the security of Georgia's election system

Republicans on the Senate Ethics Committee aggressively questioned the secretary of state's office's decision-making around a software update to Georgia's voting system.

November 02, 2023
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  • Stephen Fowler
A proposed map of Georgia's 180 state House districts sits outside the chamber before lawmakers approved it on a mostly-party line vote.

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Georgia will appeal redistricting ruling, but won’t ask for a pause before special session

The appeal of an order requiring new congressional and state legislative political maps also postpones another trial over other redistricting claims.

November 02, 2023
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  • Stephen Fowler

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Kemp asking Georgia lawmakers to back another Savannah Harbor deepening

Gov. Brian Kemp urged members of Georgia’s congressional delegation Monday to support a request by the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) for a study of the economic and environmental impacts of another deepening of Savannah Harbor.

November 01, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
Georgia State Capitol

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Relatives of hostages taken by Hamas visit the Georgia Capitol with the Israeli Consulate General

Relatives of people taken hostage by Hamas are asking Americans to call for their release.

October 30, 2023
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  • Sarah Kallis
Ossoff and Dr. Alie Redd

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Nearly 1800 foster children in Georgia reported missing over past 4 years, new report says

An analysis from the National Center from Missing and Exploited Children found that a staggering number of children in Georgia’s foster care system were reported missing. 

October 27, 2023
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  • Sarah Kallis
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Georgia, 32 other states going after Meta in federal court

Georgia has joined a bipartisan coalition of 33 states in filing a federal lawsuit accusing social media giant Meta of knowingly designing and deploying harmful features on its platforms that addict children and teens.

October 26, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
 Sen. Jon Ossoff chairs a hearing on alleged problems with Georgia’s DFCS.

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Georgia child welfare agency gets scathing performance reviews at Ossoff human rights hearing

The Georgia Division of Family and Children Services only met risk assessment and safety management obligations 16% of the time according to a previously undisclosed audit, said Sen. Jon Ossoff, as he chaired a meeting of the U.S. Senate Human Rights Subcommittee on Wednesday.

October 26, 2023
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  • Ross Williams
Electric vehicle owners visited the EV roadshow when it stopped in Fayetteville, Georgia August 18, 2022.

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General Assembly eyeing incentives for government vehicle fleets to switch to EVs

With Georgia vying to become the nation’s e-mobility capital, the state may be about to embark on an initiative aimed at increasing the number of electric vehicles traveling Georgia streets and highways.

October 23, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
electric car charging

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Georgia expanding EV charging station network

The Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) is expanding a planned network of federally funded electric vehicle charging stations, state Commissioner of Transportation Russell McMurry said Thursday.

October 20, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
A large selection of used handguns that were traded in from law enforcement officials on display at Clyde Armory in Warner Robins. Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current

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500 new police guns will help failing recruits pass academy, Savannah brass says

Savannah Police says new pistols with red-dot sights will increase accuracy and retention. Will they?

 

October 20, 2023
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  • Jake Shore
U.S. Rep. Drew Ferguson of Georgia

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Georgia Congressman Ferguson flipped support for House speaker, citing threats from Jordan allies

A Georgia GOP congressman who backed Ohio U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan for speaker in the first round of voting but not Wednesday has cited the pro-Jordan crowd’s bullying tactics and pressure campaign as the reason for flipping his vote — a vote he says was followed by death threats. 

October 19, 2023
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  • Jill Nolin
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