Georgia Power outlines battery storage projects to PSC
ATLANTA - Georgia Power executives Thursday pitched a proposal to build battery energy storage systems (BESS) at four sites to the state Public Service Commission (PSC). The Atlanta-based utility plans to construct BESS facilities adjacent to both Robins Air Force...
Study committee to address civil justice gap
ATLANTA - Georgia Chief Justice Michael Boggs has ordered the creation of a study committee to look for ways to address the state's civil justice gap. The 13-member committee will develop recommendations by June of next year to increase access to civil legal services...
Report criticizes Georgia’s limited Medicaid expansion
ATLANTA - Enrollment in Georgia's year-old limited Medicaid expansion program is well below expectations because of a cumbersome enrollment process and restrictive eligibility criteria, an Atlanta-based public policy group reported Tuesday. Only 4,231 low-income...
Funeral home owner arrested after discovery of bodies
ATLANTA - A funeral home owner in Coffee County has been arrested following the discovery of 18 bodies in various stages of decomposition. Chris Johnson, 39, of Douglas was charged with 17 counts of abuse of a dead body. Johnson was arrested on Sunday after Coffee...
Trump rallies his troops at Georgia Tech
ATLANTA - Former President Donald Trump brought his 2024 presidential campaign to the campus of Georgia Tech in Midtown Atlanta Monday night. Just eight days before Election Day, the Republican nominee called Georgia critical to a Trump victory over Vice President...
Georgia early voting smashing records entering final week
ATLANTA - Early voting has become the option of choice for many Georgia voters. As of 12:30 p.m. Monday, more than 2.7 million voters in the Peach State had cast their ballots during the early voting period that began two weeks ago. Combined with 177,192 absentee...
State gratuities clause called obstacle to disaster relief for farmers
ATLANTA - A leading agriculture industry executive urged Georgia lawmakers Monday to consider a constitutional amendment that would let the state government provide direct financial relief to farmers who suffered losses from Hurricane Helene. The Georgia Constitution...
South Georgia woman headed to prison for pandemic fraud
ATLANTA - A South Georgia woman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for her role in a scheme to defraud the state Department of Labor out of more than $30 million in unemployment benefits. According to court documents, Tyshion Nautese Hicks, 32, of Vienna and...