Long-delayed Georgia medical cannabis program picking up speed
ATLANTA - When the state agency overseeing Georgia's medical cannabis program issued the first dispensary licenses late last month, it gave the two licensees four months to get them up and running. Trulieve Georgia and Botanical Sciences LLC won't need nearly that...
Northwest Georgia textile mill to quit using PFAS
ATLANTA - A major textile mill in Northwest Georgia has agreed to permanently stop using a group of chemicals that provide protective coatings for its products. Mount Vernon Mills has been discharging per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) to the city of Trion's...
Professional Standards Commission dumping ‘diversity’ from teacher preparation rules
ATLANTA - The Georgia Professional Standards Commission voted unanimously Thursday to remove the word "diversity" from the state's educator preparation rules despite an outpouring of opposition. The request to delete diversity and several other words came from the...
Georgia Board of Education adopts new English Language Arts standards
ATLANTA - The state Board of Education adopted a new set of "Georgia-grown" standards for English/language arts (ELA) instruction in public schools Thursday, the last step in abandoning the federal standards known as Common Core. As was the case with new math...
Opponents urge PSC to reject Georgia Power fuel costs recovery plan
ATLANTA - Lawyers representing environmental groups and manufacturers asked the state Public Service Commission's (PSC) Energy Committee Thursday to reject an agreement letting Georgia Power recover 100% of higher fuel costs incurred during the last two years from...
Gainesville inland port gets go-ahead
ATLANTA - A planned "inland port" in Gainesville designed to reduce traffic congestion on Georgia highways has gotten a green light from the feds. The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has received National Environmental Policy Act approval to move forward with plans to...
Fort Benning now Fort Moore
ATLANTA - Fort Benning officially became Fort Moore Thursday during a dedication ceremony at "the home of the infantry" south of Columbus. Political and business leaders from the Chattahoochee Valley joined current base officials and Army veterans for a "closing of...
Large dairy farm near Americus agrees to clean up polluted water
ATLANTA - A large daily operation in Sumter County has entered into a consent decree with several surrounding row crop and orchard farmers resolving a federal lawsuit over pollution of creeks in the Flint River basin. The lawsuit, filed in 2019 in U.S. District Court...