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Reporter notebook: ICE protest at Forsyth Park
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (696+ words) This notebook comes from Grant Blankenship, a reporter for GPB News. He was at a rally called in response to Monday's fatal wreck where a Chatham County teacher died. The wreck occurred early Monday morning as Linda Davis was driving…...
Pridemore leaving PSC, eyes Georgia's 11th District seat
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (834+ words) At a luncheon talk to the Golden Isles Republican Women's group on Thursday, Public Service Commissioner Tricia Pridemore cheered on the Trump administration's deregulation efforts and discussed what she sees as young women's unnecessary anxiety about climate change. But she…...
Chatham County teacher killed in crash by suspect fleeing ICE
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (802+ words) A Chatham County elementary school teacher on route to work early Monday was killed after a man trying to flee federal immigration agents rammed her vehicle on Whitefield Avenue near the Truman Parkway, according to county police. Linda Davis, a…...
Lawmakers push plan to lift Georgia’s lagging literacy rates
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (1148+ words) A majority of Georgia's third graders " 62% " are not reading proficiently, according to the Georgia Council on Literacy. That's a big deal because research suggests reading proficiency at this age is a major predictor of future success, with kids who cannot…...
Shift away from embalming has lawmakers rethinking Georgia’s requirements for funeral home directors
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (590+ words) The demographics in Georgia are changing, and so is the way people choose to ceremoniously depart this world." Embalming, or the practice of preserving a body to delay decomposition, was the preference of most Georgians just a few decades ago,…...
Coastal Navigator — Meeting by invitation only
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (329+ words) View this email in a browser Welcome aboard! This is a list of public meetings and agendas to help you follow the work of officials you've elected. When only part of the public is involved Glynn County's long-overdue rewrite of…...
Can small Georgia city handle housing for 10,000 ICE detainees? Expert talks logistics
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (426+ words) Peter Biello:We've seen estimates that this just over a million-square-foot warehouse could be transformed into a space that houses ICE detainees as soon as April. In your view, is that logistically possible, given the changes that the warehouse might…...
Environmentalists challenge Georgia Power's expansion over capacity concerns
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (546+ words) Environmental groups are asking state regulators to reconsider some of the Georgia Power expansion they approved late last year. In a meeting Thursday, the Georgia Public Service Commission added the request to its agenda for next week. Now, a coalition…...
Georgia House approves bill to let pharmacists prescribe HIV prevention drugs
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (406+ words) Georgia residents may soon be able to access HIV prevention medicine at their local pharmacy if a bipartisan push from state lawmakers to make the drugs faster and easier to access is successful. Senate Bill 195, which was introduced by Rome…...
Bill to release Georgia student athletes from perpetual sponsorships advances
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (287+ words) ATLANTA " Student athletes who sign sponsorship contracts in high school would not be stuck with those contract terms after graduation, under legislation approved unanimously Wednesday by the Georgia House of Representatives. House Bill 383 would nullify contracts to use a student's…...