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Feb. 22, 2024 Rome News-Tribune Georgia Environmental Protection Division Chastised for Ash Pond Closure Permit John Bailey reports that the latest salvo fired in a fight over the Georgia Environmental Protection Division’s approval of leaving tons of coal ash in…

Feb. 21, 2024 The Brunswick News Vehicles keep ports busy at Colonel's Island Hank Rowland reports that higher numbers of vehicles keep rolling on and off the docks each year on Colonel’s Island. The auto port recorded its busiest calendar…

Feb. 20, 2024 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp Announces Second Round of Funding Increases for CJCC's Victim's Services Grant Staff reports that Gov. Kemp on Monday announced he has directed the Office of Planning and Budget to again increase funding for the…

Feb. 19, 2024 Georgia Recorder Georgia Power objections cast long shadow over state lawmakers’ efforts to expand solar energy Jill Nolin reports, a push to expand community solar in Georgia is running into opposition from the state’s largest electric utility,…

Feb. 16, 2024 Georgia.gov Gov. Kemp: SOLARCYCLE to Create 600 Jobs in Polk County at First-of-its-Kind Solar Panel Glass Plant Staff reports that Gov. Kemp on Thursday announced that SOLARCYCLE, an advanced technology-based solar recycling company, will create more than…

Feb. 14, 2024 Athens Banner-Herald UGA medical school gets approval with hopes of 'alleviating physician shortages' Staff reports, with its vote on Feb. 13, the University System of Georgia Board of Regents authorized the University of Georgia to establish a new…

Feb. 13, 2024 Georgia.gov January Tax Revenues Up 2.1%; Adjusted YTD Down 2.7% Staff reports that the State of Georgia’s net tax collections in the month of January totaled $3.05 billion, for an increase of $62.7 million, or 2.1 percent,…

Feb. 12, 2024 Georgia Recorder Georgia environmental regulators issue draft permits for strip mine near Okefenokee Jill Nolin reports that state regulators have issued draft permits for a controversial mining proposal near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. The state Environmental…

Feb. 9, 2024 Savannah Morning News Savannah National Wildlife Refuge goes with flow to combat climate change John Deem reports, when the remnants of Hurricane Irma moved north across the Georgia-South Carolina border in 2017, nature revealed the fragile line…