Georgia
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Georgia Republican leaders say state crackdown on cyberbullying is a top legislative priority in 2024
Georgia's Republican leadership said fighting cyberbullying will be a top priority when the legislature convenes in January.
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Georgia Gov. Kemp tells business group that he wants to limit lawsuits, big legal judgments
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Tuesday that he wants to make it harder for people to file lawsuits and win big legal judgments, arguing that suits are driving up insurance and business costs.
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Is Vogtle the dawn of a new nuclear age or a costly warning sign?
At the crack of dawn on Monday, dignitaries and power company executives gathered on a rural Burke County hilltop overlooking Plant Vogtle for a celebration that was years delayed.
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Original explorers of Walker County’s Fantastic Pit look back on historic ‘first drop’
The Agony is what Jim Wilbanks calls an ear dipper -- an underground passage so filled with water that cavers must keep one ear submerged as they move along.
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‘Everything is on the table’ as Georgia lawmakers consider lifting hospital construction limits
Rural hospital representative floats Medicaid expansion as solution
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Family of man who died in bedbug-infested cell in Georgia jail reaches settlement with county
Georgia's Fulton County has reached a settlement with the family of a man who died in a bedbug-infested cell in the county jail's psychiatric wing, the family's lawyers said Thursday.
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Tennessee, Georgia U.S. senators, representatives weigh in on former President Donald Trump’s indictment
Republican U.S. Sens. Bill Hagerty and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee as well as other GOP lawmakers from Tennessee and Georgia condemned the indictment of former President Donald Trump on felony charges that he sought to overturn the 2020 election leading up to the later riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
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The first US nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia
The first new U.S. nuclear reactor to be built from scratch in decades is sending electricity reliably to the grid, but the cost of the Georgia power plant could make it a dead end instead of a path to a carbon-free future.
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Georgia resident dies from rare brain-eating amoeba
A Georgia resident has died from a rare brain infection, commonly known as the "brain-eating amoeba," state health officials said Friday.
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Georgia nuclear plant can start loading fuel into second new reactor, feds say
Federal regulators have approved plans to load radioactive fuel into a second new nuclear reactor in Georgia.
