Florida is poised to close Apalachicola Bay to oyster harvesting in a board vote slated for July 22. The move comes as the Supreme Court finished its year without ruling on the water war between Florida and Georgia.
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Georgia Legislature goes home. Here’s a wrap of health care and criminal justice bills.
Limits on businesses’ COVID-19 liability, a micro-Medicaid expansion and more.
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Georgia Legislature agrees on budget with $2.2 billion cuts
Schools are the biggest single cost and they take the biggest cut.
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Georgia legislature OKs penalties for crimes motivated by hatred of police
“It gives protection to first responders and their families…”
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Georgia Legislature approves hate crime bill
“I’m glad we’ve finally gotten together.”
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Hate crimes proposal drives Georgia legislators apart — but consensus may be near
Not all the splits in the Legislature are partisan.
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Pared-down Georgia budget riles up Dems … and some Republicans
There’s talk of “looking at revenue.” That is, getting more money.
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Reporter’s Notebook June 19: awards, new jobs and investigations
Happy Juneteenth!
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Metro Atlanta voting complaints and blame turn up faster than results
Nobody thinks anybody else’s hands are clean here.
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Voices in Georgia streets demand change. That usually takes a while.
If these protests “feel different,” it’s also true that change is liable to be slow.
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Atlanta church, bar, cemetery joining national historic registry
The listing preserves the stories of each site.
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Sea turtle nests at second-highest level in nine years at end of May, state reports
Sea turtles are nesting in near-record numbers along Georgia’s coast this season, continuing a trend that started about a decade ago as the sizable creatures stage a comeback.
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Coronavirus saps state economy, state employees and services to face cut
State spending is already lean.
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Georgia rolls out $1 million welcome mat for Macy’s Midtown tech hub
Georgia wouldn’t have offered $1 million if they didn’t think it was necessary, said a state leader.
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Cigarettes and booze little solace for Georgia budget-writers
Many other things are going to be subject to the Covid Recession.
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Georgia medical cannabis commission hires leader
When medical cannabis will be legally available is anyone’s guess.
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Governor, lawmakers request 14% state budget cuts
Schools won’t be spared the pain.
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Georgia’s shelter-in-place order ending for most
Governor expects compliance with social distancing and sanitation rules.
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Georgia has COVID testing capacity, leaders urge people to get tested
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp at the Capitol on April 27. Credit: screenshot By Maggie Lee Georgians who have even mild COVID-19 symptoms can and should get tested, say Georgia’s governor and its top public health official. “If you’re feeling bad, if you have those symptoms that I went over … body pain, cough, fever … […]
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Supreme Court knocks down paywall around Georgia legal materials
The free version online leaves a lot unexplained.
