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May 20, 2025 Capitol Beat News Georgia Power offers to freeze customer rates Dave Williams reports that Georgia Power will not seek to raise base rates for the next three years under a proposed agreement the Atlanta-based utility announced Monday.…

May 19, 2025 Savannah Morning News 'Not feasible': Coastal Housing Study says Bryan County lacks affordable housing Latrice Williams reports that Georgia Tech has completed its four-county study of Coastal Georgia’s housing stock. Bulloch, Bryan, Chatham and Effingham County each face their own challenges but they…

May 16, 2025 GPB Visitors to Georgia's artificial reef contributed $8.2M to coastal economy in 2023, study says Devon Zwald reports, in late 2023, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources placed two retired MARTA rail cars in 60 feet of…

May 15, 2025 Macon Telegraph Middle Georgia farmers welcome peach season. See where they come from Lucinda Warnke reports, it’s been a busy spring at Lane Southern Orchards. In Fort Valley, the 11,000 acre farm has spent the past several…

May 14, 2025 WABE Morehouse names 1992 alum Dr. F. DuBois Bowman as the school's new president Kendall Murry reports that after a nationwide search, Morehouse College announced Tuesday that a fellow “Morehouse Man” will serve as its 13th president. Public…

May 13, 2025 Georgia.gov Kemp: April Net Tax Revenues Down 5.8%; Adjusted YTD Down 0.6% Staff reports that the State of Georgia’s net tax collections in April approached $3.73 billion, for a decrease of $230.4 million, or 5.8%, compared to…

May 12, 2025 Capitol Beat News State eyeing Atlanta-to-Savannah passenger rail line Dave Williams reports that by the middle of the next decade, Georgians may be able to travel between Atlanta and Savannah by high-speed rail, avoiding traffic and expensive…

May 9, 2025 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp Signs Legislation Delivering Hurricane Helene Relief and Supporting Georgia Agriculture and Forestry Staff reports that Gov. Kemp joined by First Lady Marty Kemp, Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper, Georgia Forestry Commission Director Johnny Sabo, constitutional…

May 8, 2025 Capitol Beat News Work begins on Georgia Power battery storage systems Dave Williams reports that construction is underway on battery energy storage systems (BESS) at four locations across the state, Georgia Power officials announced Wednesday. The state…

May 7, 2025 GlobalAtlanta.com South African Software Firm Sees Atlanta as Hub for Future U.S. Growth Trevor Williams reports, when Adrian Erasmus started flying to the U.S. from Cape Town for business, he inevitably found himself coming through Atlanta. The new nonstop flight, launched in late 2022 after…