TODAY’S FEATURED STORY
Georgia lawmakers exchange sharp words as GOP-drawn political maps clear key vote Friday
A bigger Garden City? Bill would OK vote to expand to south
Money crunch, new law force Walthourville early voters to cast ballots miles from city
Fight over police experts in Camden’s LaToya James death lawsuit
First right whale calf of the season spotted
Chatham DA to appeal federal judge’s sanctions against her
Buddy Carter endorses Trump
Rebuilding Coastal Ga. oyster reefs could help fight climate change
Regulators to consider another Georgia Power rate hike
The Tide: Izola’s closing leaves a void
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PUBLIC SAFETY, Courts
Federal judge sanctions Chatham DA over efforts to evade deposition
Less driving but more deaths: Spike in traffic fatalities puzzles lawmakers
500 new police guns will help failing recruits pass academy, Savannah brass says
Suicide rates of teenage boys are skyrocketing because of firearm access
Savannah’s would-be leaders take stands on public safety
911 call-takers are demoralized, overwhelmed and dealing with their own mental health woes
Woodbine man gets life in prison after controversial deputy shooting killed cousin
ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE
Why don’t Coastal Georgia warehouses have solar on their roofs?
‘Tidal wave’ of new warehouses pushes residents out, changes coastal landscape
Georgia’s hedge against climate change: the Okefenokee’s peat
EDUCATION
General Assembly looks to fine-tune dual enrollment program
University System of Georgia reports enrollment increase
State schools superintendent eyes new funding approach in 2024 Legislature
More charter schools are planned in Georgia. What will it mean for students outside Atlanta?
Jones, Senate Republicans propose arming teachers to bolster school safety
Open government: What happened in McIntosh County
While access to record opened for final meeting, restrictions remain for the general public.
Catholic sisters revive pressure on companies to protect the Okefenokee
Solar leasing programs offered for low-to-moderate income Georgians
Update: Controversial Sapelo rezoning moves forward to final vote. See changes.
Georgia’s Black churches look to go green
2024 elections: ‘Hold on tight,’ Raffensperger says
Cracks show in Trump’s support in Coastal Georgia
Tracking algal blooms on the Georgia coast
Buddy Carter tends to home front with votes on defense bill, maternal health
Unplug Chatham County’s voting machines, activists demand
PUBLIC HEALTH
Death counts remain high in some states even as Covid fatalities wane
List of free, reduced cost Georgia mental health resource contacts
Groups look to grow a healthy Coastal Georgia one person at a time
Enrollment struggles continue for narrow increase in Medicaid eligibility for low-income Georgians
Study shows high exposure to PCBs in Brunswick
Medicaid is ‘vitally important’ for people in rural areas. What’s at risk in Georgia.
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EDITOR’S CHOICE
Parents tell us how they are talking to their children about Israel and Palestine
The 19th asked parents how they’re approaching such a complex conversation with their children. How are they protecting their children from graphic imagery while still being honest about what…
More tourism communities ask voters to approve lodging taxes for child care
The new stipend for child care employees in Eagle County is funded through a lodging tax, a mechanism that Colorado communities, especially in mountain resort regions, are increasingly tapping…
Juliette Gordon Low picked for US Mint’s 5 women for 2025 quarters
The program has had the United States Mint circulate up to five chosen women on the reverse (tail) side of the quarter-dollar, allowing for up to 20 women to…
‘Barbie’ and ‘Star Wars’ universes entertain. They also can help us understand why revolutions happen
The film ‘Barbie’ and the TV-series ‘Andor’ showcase the need to understand oppression before it can be resisted. They illustrate the challenges of successful revolt followed by the harder…
FROM THE CURRENT
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.
‘It seemed like our lives didn’t matter.’
Generations of Black residents in Brunswick and Glynn County moved away to find opportunity and equality. A Better Glynn wants to improve things at home instead.
A series: The title-pawn trap
This series, in partnership with ProPublica, focuses on title pawn contracts, the lenders and the lack of regulation in a system that traps many borrowers who already need help to rise out of debt.
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