Georgia Power announces third coal ash reuse plan
ATLANTA - Georgia Power is expanding its coal ash beneficial reuse program to Plant Branch near Milledgeville, the Atlanta-based utility announced Wednesday. Working in partnership with Pennsylvania-based Eco Material Technologies, Georgia Power expects to start...
Georgia EMCs land federal grant for electric grid, clean energy projects
ATLANTA - Georgia's electric membership corporations (EMCs) received a $250 million federal grant Wednesday for a series of grid improvement and clean energy projects. The award to Oglethorpe Power, Georgia Transmission, Georgia System Operations, and Green Power EMC...
Lawsuit challenging redrawing of Georgia’s congressional districts moving forward
ATLANTA - A three-judge federal court panel has rejected a bid by the state of Georgia to prevent a lawsuit challenging Georgia's redrawn congressional map from moving forward. Several Georgia voters represented by several civil rights and voting rights groups sued...
Gang Prosecution Unit scores 52-count indictment in Fulton County
ATLANTA - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr Wednesday announced his office's Gang Prosecution Unit has secured a 52-count indictment charging three alleged gang members with a variety of drug and weapons offenses. Chiquille Bell, Contrellis Books, and Marcus...
Georgia Council on Literacy tackling tough challenge head-on
KENNESAW - Georgia's low literacy rate can be fixed despite the dismal statistics currently plaguing educators, the head of a council of state legislators, literacy experts, teachers, and school district officials said Tuesday. "We will not shrink back from our...
Gasoline taxes mask net state tax revenue decline again
ATLANTA - For the second month in a row, Georgia tax collections last month were in the black compared to September of last year only because the state's tax on gasoline and other motor fuels wasn't in force then. While tax revenues in September rose by 6.4% compared...
Imposter scams hitting Georgia faithful
ATLANTA - Attorney General Chris Carr is warning Georgians of an imposter scam targeting faith-based communities in which fraudsters pose as religious leaders to try to trick congregants into sending them money. There are different variations to these imposter scams....
Justice Department public safety grants go to South Georgia agencies
ATLANTA - The Justice Department has awarded more than $1.2 million in grants to law enforcement and public safety initiatives in South Georgia. The grants include funding for the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, a key component of the Justice Department's...