Georgia
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Early voting begins for local races in Georgia
Polling places opened Monday across Georgia in races for mayor, city council and school board, kicking off three weeks of early voting before Election Day.

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Georgia TE Brock Bowers is having ankle surgery. He likely will be sidelined at least a month
Brock Bowers, the dynamic tight end for No. 1 Georgia and one of the nation's most versatile offensive players, is likely to be sidelined at least a month after sustaining a high ankle sprain that requires surgery.

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Georgia’s cash hoard approaches $11 billion after a third year of big surpluses
Georgia now has $10.7 billion in surplus cash that its leaders can spend however they want after the state ran a huge surplus for the third straight year.

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Georgia aims to boost low literacy rate, in part by copying Mississippi’s successful blueprint
If you can read this, count your blessings.

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Georgia wants to study deepening Savannah’s harbor again on heels of $973 million dredging project
Supersized cargo ships will need deeper water and a taller bridge to reach the Port of Savannah in the near future, the chief executive overseeing the major U.S. seaport said Thursday.

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Cab driver, Delta worker, police officer stabbed at Atlanta airport
Police reports released Thursday shed new light on a harrowing knife attack that left three people injured at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, including a taxi driver, a Delta Air Lines employee and an Atlanta police lieutenant.
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Waffle House employees push for improved labor conditions
Waffle House often serves its hash browns scattered. But a service union is making a push for its workers to organize.
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Suniva to reopen solar plant in Georgia, citing Biden climate law
Solar cell manufacturer Suniva plans to reopen a shuttered Norcross factory and create as many as 240 jobs amid a surge of new tax incentives aimed at shoring up the U.S. green energy manufacturing supply chain.

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A look at McLemore’s The Cloudland hotel as construction continues on Lookout Mountain
As a child riding the school bus through Chattanooga Valley in Georgia, Duane Horton said he remembered looking up at Lookout Mountain with a sense of wonder.

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Walmart will build a $350 million milk plant in south Georgia as the retailer expands dairy supply control
Walmart announced Wednesday it will build a new $350 million milk processing plant in south Georgia, hiring nearly 400 people.