Georgia
The latest Georgia coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our News section.
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Climate change is sending ticks into new areas. Georgia researchers are on it.
They’ve mapped an unwelcome guest: the lone star tick
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Sheriff: Students returning to Apalachee High is ‘huge step’ for healing, after shooting
Apalachee High School students returned to the Barrow County campus for the first time Monday after police say a 14-year-old student shot and killed four people at the school on Sept. 4.
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Metro Atlanta counties have dismissed more than 45,000 voter challenges since July 1
Metro Atlanta counties have rejected more than 45,000 voter eligibility challenges filed by conservative activists since July, according to data collected by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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Hospital group buys 40 acres in Atlanta, silent on plans
A major hospital system that operates two hospitals in Georgia has bought a 40-acre property in Atlanta just south of I-20, an area gutted by the loss of two hospitalsin 2022.
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State auditors flag Georgia’s driver’s ed program for outdated lessons, lack of rigor
Georgia's driver's education program uses outdated curriculum standards, with three of the four approved classroom curricula more than 15 years old, which also happens to be the age when a person is old enough to get a learner's permit in Georgia.
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Georgia State Election Board approves rule requiring hand count of ballots
Georgia's State Election Board on Friday voted to approve a new rule that requires poll workers to count the number of paper ballots by hand after voting is completed, a change that critics worry could delay the reporting of election night results.
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Erin Brockovich urges Northwest Georgia residents to test water for ‘forever chemicals’
Wearing sunglasses, a jean jacket and black shoes, Erin Brockovich gingerly inched her way across a massive pipe that crosses a creek in Dalton, Georgia.
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Walker County resort tax rebate draws criticism from taxpayers
Residents expressed concern about a recent Walker County Commission vote that returns much of the hotel-motel taxes paid by McLemore back to the luxury golf resort on Lookout Mountain for the next three decades.
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Georgia judge blocks new protections for migrant farmworkers
Legal challenges are continuing to mount against a new Biden administration regulation that sought to expand the rights of migrant farmworkers on seasonal visas and give them more leeway to engage in union-related activities.
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Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff seeks more control over postmaster general after mail meltdown
Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia said Wednesday he wants Congress to have more control over selecting the U.S. postmaster general after a mail-service breakdown in his state.
