TODAY’S FEATURED STORY
Glynn County Police records reveal racial undercurrent
The Georgia police department responsible for the Ahmaud Arbery murder investigation was told four years ago it had a potential problem with bias. The Current shines a light on just how deep that goes.
Okefenokee mine project: What is titanium used for?
Georgia high school graduation rate holds steady
Quarter million loggerhead sea turtle eggs laid on Ga. beaches
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State House members to return to Gold Dome with masks, Covid testing
Slow start to early voting lets counties ease into new election law rules
Mayor announces new solar for Savannah buildings, arena
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ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE
The Tide: Native plants bring more birds
Author pitches the idea of planting part of your yard in native plants to create what he’s calling a “home-grown national park” across the U.S.
Research: Fear of blue crabs grows stronger oysters
“Fear molecules” found in crab urine could hold the key to stronger oysters along Georgia’s coast.
Ire over Georgia Power’s coal ash plan: ‘Don’t gamble with our lives’
Georgia Power wants to install a liner under the plant’s Ash Pond 1 and bury the residual coal ash over a 254-acre area, making it the largest single coal ash site in Georgia, according to the Sierra Club. Coal ash is the byproduct of burning coal for electricity.
Q&A: How the U.S. decides where offshore wind projects go
Latest Vogtle deal may mean extra $3.78/month on Georgia Power bills
Savannah’s SeaPoint to add electronics recycling plant
Golden Ray wreck fished out of St. Simons Sound, leaves pollution questions in its wake
elections
Democrats release their own Congressional map ahead of special session
What Georgia’s first draft Congressional map does – and doesn’t – tell us about redistricting
Across U.S., redistricting stumbles along, feeding familiar partisan infighting
Judge tosses suit to inspect Fulton ballots after investigations confirm no fraud
Ad watch: Gary Black takes on Herschel in Senate ad
Raffensperger decries ‘disinformation campaign’ over 2020 election
Advocates see Democrat gains as Kemp calls special redistricting session Nov. 3
PUBLIC HEALTH
Most Georgians struggling to afford health care, survey says
1 in 5 Georgians quit jobs to be caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s why
She was told ‘You might die’ right before childbirth: a probe of Georgia’s maternal mortality crisis
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EDUCATION
11 lessons from schools that safely reopened
Through exploring these success stories, we found that the schools used many similar strategies to build trust with their communities and keep COVID-19 case numbers down.
State House committee hears pitch to give Georgia DACA students in-state tuition
Faculty job security is new fight on Georgia campuses after mask dustups
School-aged children at center of Georgia’s latest Covid surge
Covid policy protests continue at Georgia universities
The Tide: Tree fight stops road project on St. Simons
Judge ordered project stopped until hearing. Group questions permit, private funding for public road.
The Tide: Draft plan for Savannah’s Forsyth Park offers ‘lighter touch’
The park that unites a city over generations will get a master plan for the first time in an effort to preserve its trees and its historic…
The Tide: Thiokol Memorial Project seeks help
Fifty years after an explosion claimed the lives of 30 people at the Thiokol munitions manufacturing plant in Woodbine, a nonprofit is calling on Georgia’s U.S. Congressional…
The Tide: Fort Stewart gets notice for woodpecker work
The birds require mature longleaf pine forests and live in cavities they hollow out of old longleaf pine trees. In addition to controlled burns and tagging the…
The Tide: Carter’s role in Revenge of the Nays
Carter finds uphill challenges for opioid treatment bill following his support for overturning the November election.
The Tide: Separating pork from bull
The Tide: Census shows Georgia gained weight, but not representation
The Tide: Mumps, measles – what are the odds?
EDITOR’S CHOICE
Chaos or random? A complex systems scientist explains
Randomness is unpredictable because we lack information. Chaos is predictability that breaks down over time.
We’re losing our humanity. Is the pandemic to blame?
Depending on your point of view, the mask can symbolize an erosion of personal freedoms or a willingness to protect others, a society that accepts tyranny or one that…
‘God’s will is being thwarted.’ Even in solid Republican counties, hard-liners seek more partisan control of vote
Accusations against local elections chief reflect wider rift in Texas fueled by election, new law.
Presidents declare more disasters during reelection years – and the decisions come faster
Research finds politics, climate change and constituencies affect speed, breadth of emergency disaster aid.
FROM THE CURRENT
Thiokol explosion: 50 years later, families seek to be remembered
Those killed and maimed weren’t wearing uniforms like the thousands of Georgians deployed aboard during the war. They were mostly poor, Black women who worked for $1.65 an hour assembling trip flares for the U.S. Army at the Thiokol Chemical Corp. plant in Woodbine.
Some Georgia tax credit scholarships go to anti-LGBT schools
Websites of 100 SSO scholarship schools in Georgia and found 15 with explicitly anti-gay policies. Many others assert religious stances but do not specifically mention homosexuality.
Red flags about Savannah’s concrete industry reveals wrongdoing
Ten years ago a Savannah whistleblower alerted federal authorities to a cartel costing Georgia taxpayers millions of dollars. This month, U.S. attorneys won their first admission of guilt.
Scholarship Tax Credit Program: $600M with Little Oversight
With no data or complaint process to guide, Georgia’s School Scholarship Organizations have shifted more than $600 million from state coffers to scholarships at private schools around the state – including more than 40 in the Savannah area.
Brunswick residents living next to a Superfund site worry about cleanup 40 years later
Brunswick is surrounded by toxic industrial sites that threaten humans, fish and waterways. Residents want more accountability.
Robberies keep violent crime top of mind for many Savannahians
American cities are suffering a gun-fueled crime wave, and Savannah is no different. Violent crime is at a 10-year high, according to Savannah Police Department statistics.
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