Labor commissioner Thompson dies at age 59 - The Current
2024年11月25日 · Our newsletters uncover the insights you need to understand the issues facing Coastal Georgia—delivered to your inbox five times a week. Sign up ATLANTA – Georgia Commissioner of Labor Bruce Thompson died Sunday at the age of 59, eight months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer ...
Federal prosecutors file suit against Brunswick for attempts to …
2024年12月17日 · The court filing seeks an injunction against the city and its attempts to close the shelter. “Federal law protects the right of religious groups such as The Well to use their land to help others,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in a press release.
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Georgians with disabilities are still being institutionalized, despite ...
2024年11月23日 · ATLANTA — Lloyd Mills was tired of being stuck in a small, drab hospital room. On a rainy mid-September morning, a small TV attached to a mostly blank white wall played silently.
Judge stalls permits for larger homes on Sapelo - The Current
2024年11月4日 · A judge on Monday called a temporary halt to controversial zoning that allowed larger houses to be built in the Hogg Hummock neighborhood of Sapelo Island, home to one of the last Gullah Geechee communities in the United States.
Georgia will see more natural disasters. How are state leaders ...
2024年11月23日 · The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved over 181,000 applications for individual assistance from people in Georgia affected by Hurricane Helene, worth about $232 million.
Democratic Georgia lawmaker sets goals for 2025 intended to …
2024年11月15日 · The recommendations range from vague goals of promoting awareness of mental health to more concrete tasks like creating a government office to research causes of gun violence and a ten-day waiting period for people without weapons carry licenses to …
Georgia faces numerous crises, but Board of Public Health hasn't …
2024年10月5日 · As a plume of smoke from a chemical fire hangs over metro Atlanta, amid a state of emergency after deadly Hurricane Helene, and in the wake of a Covid surge that hit a new summer high, the Georgia Board of Public Health is absent from the public eye.. For the fifth month in a row, the board on Friday canceled its monthly …
Three measures on Georgia's ballot, what they mean - The Current
2024年10月11日 · Georgia residents can vote for or against three state measures related to taxation on the ballot for the Nov. 5 general election next month. If passed, Georgia Amendment 1 would allow local governments to offer a statewide homestead exemption to ad valorem taxes, or taxes based on the assessed value of a piece of property.
Research: Coastal Georgia is losing tree canopy - The Current
2024年12月17日 · Chatham saw a loss of 1.2 percent of its canopy, a somewhat low number Giarrusso called “a little misleading.” His study, funded by a $96,000 Coastal Incentive Grant administered by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, looked at the canopy through 2019, before the big push for development began.