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New pilot programs offer rebates for home energy efficiency in …
Nov 19, 2024 · This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Georgia is launching two new pilot programs offering rebates for home energy efficiency, the Georgia Environmental Finance …
Kemp, Ossoff push Congress to send relief to Georgia farmers hit …
Nov 23, 2024 · Georgia leaders from both sides of the aisle are urging Congress to act on disaster relief as the clock winds down on the current term. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp sent a letter Tuesday to congressional budget leaders expressing the “urgent need” for federal aid, specifically asking for block grant funding for agricultural relief.. Based on what Kemp called an early estimate, the governor ...
Georgia will allow southwest farms to make new water wells after …
Dec 20, 2024 · The moratorium was first instituted for farmers in parts of Southwest Georgia around Albany in 2012 during an extreme drought and rising tensions in the disputes over water among Florida, Georgia and Alabama.
Midway budget vote on hold until Dec. 16 as fire talks continue
Dec 11, 2024 · Midway’s city council voted Dec. 9 to delay final approval of the 2025 budget to Dec. 16 while it continues negotiations with the Liberty County Board of Commissioners about whether Midway will contract with the county for full fire services within the city limits.
Rebecca Grapevine/Healthbeat, Allen Siegler/Healthbeat, Author …
Dec 28, 2024 · Allen Siegler is one of Healthbeat’s local reporters in Atlanta. Before joining Healthbeat, Allen was the public health reporter at Mountain State Spotlight, a nonprofit investigative newsroom covering issues in West Virginia.
Georgia scientists look to seagrass for climate solutions
Nov 26, 2024 · This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. The world’s oceans absorb nearly a third of global carbon dioxide emissions.
Georgia Senate panel urges prisons to focus on mental health, …
Dec 18, 2024 · The committee’s approved recommendations include increasing mental health services for incarcerated people and staff, implementing a pay study for corrections employees and advocating for the federal government to allow cellphone and drone jamming technology.
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Three new sheriffs elected in Coastal Georgia as voters seek change
Nov 6, 2024 · Correction at 12:28 p.m., Nov. 7, 2024: Coleman is not a first-time candidate.He ran for sheriff against Al St. Lawrence in 2004. Three first-time or non-incumbent candidates for sheriff in Coastal Georgia won these powerful law enforcement posts, as voters chose change and reform in these positions that control jails and solve crimes within county lines.