TODAY’S FEATURED STORY
Petitioners aim to force a vote on Spaceport Camden
Some residents don’t want the county saddled with the risk that accompanies the polluted site proposed for the spaceport.
Raffensperger defends record, voting law heading into busy 2022
Entangled whale spotted off Cumberland Island with new calf
Former GOP Sen. David Perdue will challenge Brian Kemp in Georgia governor primary
‘It seemed like our lives didn’t matter.’
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‘Construction quality’ issues delay Plant Vogtle nuclear projects again
Georgia Board of Regents won’t change names of buildings, colleges with racist links
Georgia tax collections increase in November for fifth straight month
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ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE
The Tide: Savannah bike trail re-opens
The Police Memorial Trail is short, as trails go, just 0.6 miles. Savannah refurbished it over the spring and summer, adding a little height to give adjacent tree roots room to grow and resurfacing its entire length in concrete. It doesn’t exactly connect anything yet, but it will, city officials promised as they ceremonially opened…
Okefenokee mine project: What is titanium used for?
Alabama-based Twin Pines Minerals wants to mine heavy mineral sands from 8,000 acres near the Okefenokee for titanium, a metal that’s both common and extraordinary.
This startup is ending to-go container waste
“Why don’t restaurants just let us borrow a container and bring it back?” the start-up founder recalls wondering.
Biden appoints Blackman to regional EPA post after he fell short in PSC bid
Catholic nuns pressure mining company to protect Okefenokee
The Tide: First right whale calf arrives
Potty trained cows are no joke for the climate
elections
Stacey Abrams announces run for governor
U.S. Senate Republicans block a voting rights bill for the third time this year
How Georgia’s redistricting process sets the playing field for 2022 and beyond
GOP releases Congressional redistricting map with few changes for Coastal Georgia
State Senate approves Georgia House map; Congressional districts next on agenda
Full Georgia House OKs redistricting map
Georgia Senate approves new map, committee approves House districts
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
State: Technical ‘reporting errors’ caused data gap on kids’ Medicaid referrals
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EDUCATION
University System of Georgia enrollment sees slight drop
Georgia high school graduation rate holds steady
Georgia’s top federal contracting universities opt for some vaccine mandates after all
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
11 lessons from schools that safely reopened
Mounting deaths fuel school bus drivers’ Covid fears across state
School-aged children at center of Georgia’s latest Covid surge
The Tide: First right whale calf arrives
With the first right whale calf of the season arriving, a reminder to watch out for these highly endangered animals while boating.
Alternative fuels hit the road in Savannah
School buses are typically loud, and not just from all the kids yelling. About 95% of America school buses have rumbly, noisy and polluting diesel engines. But…
The Tide: What new infrastructure bill could do for Coastal Georgia
Elected officials and nonprofit organizers weigh in on what the infrastructure bill could mean on the coast.
The Tide: Ga. coast braces for tidal flooding
The expected flooding from the weekend’s king tides is a sign of things to come.
The Tide: Judge recuses self from Buddy Carter property tax hearing
Congressman Buddy Carter is suing Camden County over how it handled the property tax assessment on his nearly 500 acres of land bought in 2018 for $2.1…
The Tide: Tree fight stops road project on St. Simons
The Tide: Draft plan for Savannah’s Forsyth Park offers ‘lighter touch’
The Tide: Thiokol Memorial Project seeks help
EDITOR’S CHOICE
A simple tool has brought health insurance to thousands
Maryland income tax forms have included a box that taxpayers can check to indicate they do not have health insurance. With the taxpayer’s permission, the state comptroller submits the…
No, turkey doesn’t make you sleepy – but it may bring more trust to your Thanksgiving table
Research shows that doses of tryptophan can promote interpersonal trust – that feeling you get when you look somebody in the eye, shake her hand and think, “I can…
Misremembering might actually mean your memory is working optimally
Your brain has limits, and errors aren’t always indicators of faulty mental processing. It may be just the opposite.
Are people lying more since the rise of social media and smartphones?
Study updates 2004 work that looked at email and found people lied more while talking on the phone.
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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