Georgia
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Georgia’s food benefit payment errors could cost the state millions of dollars — but not quite yet
Georgia could be on the hook to pay millions of dollars to maintain a key food assistance program if the state doesn't drastically reduce its payment error rates, thanks to changes implemented under last summer's federal budget reconciliation bill.
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Chickamauga gets $5.5M in federal, state funds to clean up Crystal Springs factory
The city of Chickamauga has been awarded around $5.5 million in state and federal grants to clean up the abandoned Crystal Springs Print Works factory.
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Walker County looks for ways to make up close to $3M budget deficit
Though Walker County worked to reduce projected expenses by $10 million, the county's projected budget is in a $2.8 million shortfall, according to a press release from Walker County.
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Georgia blueberry growers tackle busy season after irregular weather
As Georgia's blueberry season reaches full swing, Linda Smith, the owner of Heritage Hill Farm in Ludowici, is realizing her normal advice to customers is no longer valid.
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Georgia delays change to its vote-counting system
Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia signed legislation late Thursday delaying a major change to the state’s election system that had threatened to cause chaos in the November midterm elections.
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More than half of Georgia teachers use artificial intelligence to prepare for class
Has your kid ever used artificial intelligence to answer homework questions that their teacher used artificial intelligence to write?
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Marjorie Taylor Greene says she is done with the Republican Party
Marjorie Taylor Greene posted to X that she was done supporting the Republican Party.
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Without new state funding, Georgia domestic violence, sexual assault programs brace for the worst
The two dozen beds at the Haven, a domestic violence shelter in Valdosta, Georgia, are almost never enough, according to Executive Director Michelle Girtman.
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Georgia is losing farmland fast. Is a state conservation fund enough to save it?
Georgia's legislature has allotted $2 million for the first year of the Georgia Farmland Conservation Fund.
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Georgia lawmakers advance bill to delay voting machine changes until 2028 presidential election
Georgia lawmakers have advanced a bill extending the deadline to remove QR codes from Georgia's ballots to 2028, taking their first official step during the special session to rectify a problem that threatened to destabilize the state's midterm elections.
