Georgia election offices recovering from Helene
ATLANTA - Hurricane Helene isn't going to get in the way of preparations for the Nov. 5 election, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Monday. "We may have to move a few voting locations," Raffensperger told reporters during a news conference at the...
Preservationists worried over proposed land exchanges on Cumberland Island
ATLANTA - The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing four land exchanges at the Cumberland Island National Seashore the agency says would protect important parcels now privately owned from development. But the lack of details surrounding the plan currently available...
Southeastern senators urge passage of disaster relief for Helene victims
ATLANTA - Georgia's two U.S. senators have joined colleagues in five other Southeastern states ravaged by Hurricane Helene to ask for quick passage of a federal disaster relief package. Congress went into recess last week after passing a stopgap federal funding bill...
Georgia ports back in business after strike settlement
ATLANTA - The ports of Savannah and Brunswick reopened Friday after the union representing striking dockworkers along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts reached a tentative agreement with the U.S. Maritime Alliance. The settlement deal between the alliance, which represents...
Biden to South Georgia: ‘We have your back’
ATLANTA - President Joe Biden called on Congress Thursday to pass a supplemental spending bill to aid victims of Hurricane Helene in Georgia and other Southeastern states. After touring storm damage from last week's massive storm in South Georgia, Biden dismissed...
Helene death toll still rising in Georgia as power outages shrink
ATLANTA - About 270,000 customers in Georgia still were without electricity Thursday, six days after Hurricane Helene cut a destructive swath across the southeastern part of the state, down from 1.3 million at the storm's peak. The death toll in Georgia now is up to...
Longshoremen’s strike silences Georgia ports
ATLANTA - The ports of Savannah and Brunswick were closed for a second day Wednesday, the result of a longshoremen's strike affecting ports along the East and Gulf coasts from Maine to Texas. The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) is seeking a significant...
Federal probe finds deplorable conditions inside Georgia prisons
ATLANTA - Georgia's prison system is violating inmates' constitutional rights by failing to protect them from widespread violence, the U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday. The agency released a 94-page report following a multi-year investigation that originally...