TODAY’S FEATURED STORY
A trail revived, its trees survive
When Savannah started renovating Police Memorial Trail, a 0.6-mile biking and walking path tucked between the Casey Canal and a remnant of woods south of Victory Drive, an anonymous tree lover got nervous.
In midst of pandemic, Glynn County preps for Georgia-Florida party weekend
Advocates see Democrat gains as Kemp calls special redistricting session Nov. 3
Federal appeals court hears arguments On Georgia’s ‘heartbeat’ abortion ban
Health insurance exchange enrollment hits record level in state
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Kemp vows to fight Biden’s plan to mandate COVID vaccines, tests for workers
How is Georgia managing Medicaid managed care?
Violence against healthcare workers rising, state lawmakers told
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ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE
Research connects black gill in shrimp to warming climate
Researchers at the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography led by Marc Frischer have learned a lot over the last few years about the parasite that causes black gill and the conditions that allow it to thrive.
Smell something, tell something: Black residents in Coastal Georgia work to hold polluters accountable
Redlining, disinvestment, and lack of political power has made Southern communities of color prime targets for industries that often provide jobs in the areas they pollute.
Georgians seeking rooftop solar face higher bills as Georgia Power program maxes out
Outside the pilot program, homeowners will sell their power to Georgia Power. On a rainy day, you’ll pay the utility four times as much for the same energy.
States use Hurricane Ida damage to push resilience, infrastructure bill
Four big climate items in Congress’ reconciliation bill include wind power off Georgia coast
Okefenokee fans hope court ruling on water protection rules stops mine
Environmental justice advocates look to historic $3.5T spending bill for bold action
As Vogtle’s costs rise, PSC delays approval for future expenses
elections
Raffensperger decries ‘disinformation campaign’ over 2020 election
How does Georgia’s election board takeover law work? Slowly.
State appoints bipartisan panel to review Fulton election board’s actions
2020 census shows increase in Georgia minorities, population shift to metro areas
Here’s what Georgians told lawmakers at redistricting town halls
How Georgia’s redistricting process falls short on transparency
U.S. Senate Democrats push voting rights bills, lambast Georgia election law
PUBLIC HEALTH
Your Covid game plan: Are stadiums safe?
Community effort works to move Savannah conversations to vaccinations
She was told ‘You might die’ right before childbirth: a probe of Georgia’s maternal mortality crisis
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EDUCATION
Mounting deaths fuel school bus drivers’ Covid fears across state
Deaths raise questions about whether school bus drivers are at higher risk of getting Covid. But medical experts are split. It’s difficult, if not impossible when local infection rates are high, to determine how any particular bus worker became infected — whether it occurred at home, in a community setting or on the job.
Covid policy protests continue at Georgia universities
Georgia school board sets new math standards, leaves Common Core
Kemp defends voluntary approach to fighting COVID-19
Poll: Georgians want American Rescue Plan funds used on health care, education
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 integrity.
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 birds, the Army post also installed about 4,000 artificial cavity boxes on the trunks of mature trees.
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
Buddy Carter stakes out his earmarks while his party disapproves, district looks for funds for projects.
The Tide: Census shows Georgia gained weight, but not representation
The Tide: Mumps, measles – what are the odds?
The Tide: Carter casts a Senate net
EDITOR’S CHOICE
Pandemic precautions: Why we can’t be objective
Research looks to find middle ground between risk-averse and risk-tolerant people to end the pandemic.
Working for peanuts: Squirrels teach researchers how to make better robots
Researchers used peanuts and a climbing wall to learn how squirrels judge their leaps so successfully – and how their skills could inspire more nimble robots.
Formerly incarcerated teens share their research, ideas to improve the juvenile justice system
Group served as an informal youth council for the local justice system. They offered input on policies, suggested improvements based on their research, and presented their findings to the local justice system multiple times.
Why is everyone so angry? Because that’s what they want.
Propaganda, designed for war, is now used as political communication, endangering the democratic process.
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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