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Georgia lawmakers about to focus on private water systems

ATLANTA - The role private water systems can and should play in meeting the demands of Georgia's growing population will be the focus of a legislative study committee that will begin meeting next week. Private water systems became an issue earlier this year when the...

Willis a no-show at state Senate committee hearing

ATLANTA - Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis did not appear before a state Senate committee Friday to testify about the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump, defying a subpoena the panel issued last spring. Willis has...

University system sets record for degrees awarded

ATLANTA - The University System of Georgia (USG) awarded a record 76,571 degrees during the last fiscal year, up 1.8% over fiscal 2023. The number of degrees the system's 26 institutions have awarded has risen by 39.6% since 2011, when the USG joined Complete College...

Critics assail cost of Georgia Power biomass projects

ATLANTA - Opponents of a proposal by Georgia Power to add more biomass to the utility's electrical generating portfolio argued Thursday the plan is both unreliable and too expensive. Georgia Power is seeking approval from the state Public Service Commission (PSC) to...

Republicans join legal challenge of State Election Board

ATLANTA - The Republican-controlled State Election Board is now being challenged from both sides of the aisle. A Georgia-based advocacy group headed by former Republican state Rep. Scot Turner filed suit in Fulton County Wednesday seeking to block rules changes three...

West, De la Cruz tossed from Georgia presidential ballot

ATLANTA - Two Fulton County judges have disqualified independent Cornel West and socialist Claudia De la Cruz from Georgia's presidential ballot, narrowing the field of qualified candidates in the Peach State to four. In decisions handed down Wednesday, the judges...