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July 3, 2019 Savannah Morning News Ga. Power proposes $10 a month rate hike Mary Landers reports that Georgia Power is seeking to increase customer rates by approximately 7% in 2020. As outlined in the company’s filing with the Georgia…

July 2, 2019 Marietta Daily Journal Making history: Joyette Holmes becomes Cobb County’s first African-American woman DA Ross Williams reports that Cobb County officially has a new district attorney. Gov. Brian Kemp swore in Joyette Holmes as the county’s new…

July 1, 2019 GPB Report: USMCA Trade Deal Could Cost Georgia Farmers Millions Leighton Rowell and Virginia Prescott report that last week, Mexico became the first country to ratify the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA. Canada is expected to follow…

June 28, 2019 Savannah Morning News EPA to turn over coal ash program to state in Ga. Mary Landers reports that Federal regulators are proposing to approve Georgia’s program for the disposal of coal ash generated at power plants and…

June 27, 2019 GPB As Major U.S. Cities Push To Diversify Housing, Atlanta Suburbs Aren't Ready For Change Leighton Rowell and Virginia Prescott report that in many American neighborhoods, it's illegal to build anything other than a single-family home on…

June 26, 2019 Georgia State University Private Foundation Grants Georgia State $ 1Million For New Child And Family Policy Lab Jennifer French Giarratano reports that Georgia State University has received a $1 million grant from Arnold Ventures to help start…

June 25, 2019 Fox 5 Atlanta JCPenney looks to hire 350 seasonal employees in Atlanta area JCPenney announced Monday they plan to hire an additional 350 associates just in time for the back-to-school shopping rush in north Georgia. Positions will…

June 24, 2019 Cartersville Daily Tribune-News Chick-fil-A Supply celebrates groundbreaking in Bartow James Swift reports that Chick-fil-A President and Chief Operating Officer Tim Tassopoulos, Friday’s festivities in Bartow County were truly groundbreaking — both physically and symbolically. “This is an…

June 21, 2019 Georgia.gov GE Appliances Grows in Georgia with $130 Million Investment, 300 New Jobs Staff reports, Governor Brian P. Kemp announced that GE Appliances (GEA), a Haier company, is significantly expanding its operations in Georgia through three significant…

June 20, 2019 WABE 90.1 Georgia Scheduled Its Presidential Primary, And It’s Three Weeks After Super Tuesday Emma Hurt reports that Georgia’s Secretary of State has scheduled the presidential primary for 2020: March 24. The big national primary day is…