Georgia
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Tennessee, Georgia both get over $205 million in federal funds for rural health
On Monday, Tennessee was awarded more than $206 million and Georgia over $218 million of a $50 billion pool of federal funding designed to support rural health care.
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Georgia Power doubles down on gas amid soaring emissions
As Georgia Power has gotten the green light from state regulators for a huge data center-driven expansion of its power-generating fleet, environmental groups are raising alarms that most of that new capacity will come from planet-warming fossil fuels.
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Anonymous money fuels $5 million in attacks on Georgia’s Lt. Gov. Burt Jones
It's the biggest mystery in Georgia politics right now: Who's paying for the attacks on Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones?
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Georgia’s hunters take aim at rural hunger
On the outskirts of Savannah, Georgia, a line of large chest coolers waits outside Wise Brothers Processing.
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Without pennies, should retailers round up or down? States offer their 2 cents
As pennies vanish from the American landscape, many businesses are clamoring for federal guidance on how to handle cash transactions in a penniless world.
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Shaw Industries invented a new test to eliminate PFAS from its supply chain
When describing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — known as "forever chemicals" — Shaw Industries' Kellie Ballew, likes to use apples as an analogy.
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Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit DA Clayton Fuller running for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat
Clayton Fuller, the District Attorney for Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit, announced his run for Congress in Georgia's 14th Congressional District in a Facebook video Monday night.
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A new Georgia data center could be powered by RICE. It’s not the kind you eat.
Data centers use tons of electricity. Some of the largest consume as much power as a small city.
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Would Okefenokee mining affect a key aquifer? Likely yes, new study finds.
Many scientists feared a now-scuttled plan to mine next to the Okefenokee Swamp would alter the water levels of the refuge.
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Georgia Power, PSC staff strike deal for $16B expansion to power data centers
Georgia Power and the Public Service Commission's staff unveiled a deal Wednesday that would allow the utility to add about 10,000 megawatts of power supplies in just five years, an unprecedented expansion that's mostly to serve data centers.
