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May 23, 2025 Athens Banner-Herald Georgians 'be prepared': NOAA predicts above-normal Atlantic hurricane season for 2025 Miguel Legoas reports that some Georgians are still haunted by the destruction of Hurricane Helene. But it wasn't the first storm and it won't be the…

May 22, 2025 Georgia Recorder Governor plugs proposed Georgia Power rate freeze agreement ahead of looming PSC member elections Stanley Dunlap reports that Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and state regulators hailed on Wednesday Georgia Power’s tentative agreement to freeze base…

May 21, 2025 WSB Radio Home Depot says it doesn't expect to boost prices because of tariffs Michelle Chapman reports that Home Depot doesn't expect to raise prices because of tariffs, saying it has spent years diversifying the sources for the…

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…