TODAY’S FEATURED STORY
Savannah’s would-be leaders take stands on public safety
McIntosh officials respond to complaints of open meetings violations, cite safety concerns
Sapelo residents petition for zoning repeal
Study shows high exposure to PCBs in Brunswick
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Why don’t Coastal Georgia warehouses have solar on their roofs?
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McIntosh votes to rezone Hogg Hummock
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PUBLIC SAFETY, Courts
Woodbine man gets life in prison after controversial deputy shooting killed cousin
Suicide rates of teenage boys are skyrocketing because of firearm access
911 call-takers are demoralized, overwhelmed and dealing with their own mental health woes
Georgia behavioral health officials push for more workers and beds as people languish in jail
The Tide: Drastic decline in Savannah murder statistics
Embattled former Savannah police chief’s nomination for U.S. Marshal moves forward
Mother of Savannah teen killed sues public housing agency
ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE
Tracking algal blooms on the Georgia coast
‘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
The science that’s missing from ‘science of reading’ laws
Students say SCAD mental health services fall short
With passion, Georgia’s literacy council goes to work
Cobb School Board votes to fire teacher who read book about gender identity
Open government: What happened in McIntosh County
While access to record opened for final meeting, restrictions remain for the general public.
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
Buddy Carter tends to home front with votes on defense bill, maternal health
Unplug Chatham County’s voting machines, activists demand
Savannah’s powerful rally behind Mayor Johnson’s reelection bid
Carter tiptoes through debt ceiling saga
Georgia’s coast provides a critical refuge for this shorebird
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
Medicaid is ‘vitally important’ for people in rural areas. What’s at risk in Georgia.
After hottest summer on record, heat-related illnesses are now being tracked nationwide
Slow start to modest Medicaid expansion reignites debate over Georgia’s health coverage policies
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DATA
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GOVERNING
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EDITOR’S CHOICE
‘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…
Is public education dead or just redefined? Author Cara Fitzpatrick on the history of school choice.
Author discusses the early history of school vouchers that started with resistance to desegregation; the more progressive arguments for school choice; choice advocates’ recent focus on culture war issues;…
Thousands moved to rural South during pandemic’s first year. Where did they come from?
While overall growth rate was small, Southerners left the cities for rural communities.
Child labor in the US: an embarrassing past that Americans may think they’ve left behind
With numerous reports of child labor violations, many involving immigrants, occurring in the U.S., along with an uptick in state legislation rolling back the legal working age, it’s clear…
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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