Georgia
The latest Georgia coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our News section.
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Farmers, homeowners challenge a plan to drill water wells for Georgia Hyundai plant
For farmers, homeowners and other residents of Bulloch County worried about a massive electric vehicle plant plant sucking up millions of gallons of water from beneath their feet,Monday marked "a day of last resort."
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Red-state Republicans say they’ll defend Biden-era green jobs
In Georgia, the heart of the U.S. green manufacturing boom, a new electric vehicle gigafactory is nearing completion.
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Andrew Young returns to south Georgia city where he first became pastor for exhibit on his life
Annie Walden remembers 70 years ago when Andrew Young began his career as a pastor of a small Black church in Thomasville in 1955 — years before he became a civil rights leader beside Martin Luther King, Jr., a U.S. congressman, United Nations ambassador and Atlanta mayor.
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US government will loan $1.45 billion to help a South Korean firm build a solar plant in Georgia
The federal government is making its first loan to a crystalline silicon solar plant, loaning $1.45 billion to support a South Korean company's bid to build up key parts of the solar supply chain inside the United States.
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Affordable Care Act premiums to spike for 1 million Georgians if new subsidies expire, study says
Monthly premiums for the 1.3 million Georgians on Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace plans will increase by an average of 85% when pandemic-era extra subsidies expire if Congress does not renew them, a new study has found.
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Morehouse School of Medicine receives $175 million donation in largest gift to HBCUs
The largest-ever gift for historically Black colleges and universities was announced Tuesday by Michael R. Bloomberg's philanthropic organization: $600 million will be divided among the country's four HBCU medical schools, which includes Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta.
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Passengers sue Delta over refunds from July meltdown, cancellations
Passengers have filed a federal class-action lawsuit against Delta Air Lines alleging that the impact of the carrier's flight cancellations after the CrowdStrike outage was "disastrous" and that Delta refused or ignored requests for refunds.
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Georgia landowners push PSC to reject railroad’s eminent domain plan
Should a Georgia railroad be allowed to force property owners in one of the state's poorest counties to sell portions of their land for a new rail spur to serve private businesses?
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Trial starts in case that seeks more Black justices on Mississippi’s highest court
Mississippi has the largest percentage of Black residents in the U.S., but only one Black justice serves on the state's highest court.
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Slow-moving Tropical Storm Debby bringing torrential rains, major flood threat to southeastern US
Tropical Storm Debby moved menacingly into some of America’s most historic Southern cities and was expected to bring prolonged downpours and flooding throughout the day Tuesday after slamming into Florida and prompting the rescue of hundreds from flooded homes.
