We can expect an enthusiastic crowd of supporters will be at the Banks County Dragway in Commerce Saturday to greet former President Donald Trump at a rally in support of his chosen Georgia candidates in this year’s elections. The question is how much that’s going to help the candidates.
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Florida’s Panhandle: Woes involve fire, hurricane, oysters, oil spill; plus politics
BAYOU GEORGE, Fl. – The environmental calamities continue in Florida’s Panhandle, where trees downed by Hurricane Michael in 2018 finally caught fire this month and burned across more than 34,000 acres before three separate blazes were contained.
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When 3-to-1 is challenged, what about the close races?
Last week, as 2,189 candidates were qualifying to run for office this year, there was an ominous reminder that going forward, election results in Georgia may never be as cut and dried as they used to be.
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Reflections of a climate change candidate
By Guest Columnist MANDY MAHONEY. U.S. program director of the Regulatory Assistance Project
The South has long been defined by its heat and humidity, so much so that bragging about the heat has even become something of a punch line in certain circles. … As the global climate warms, extreme heat is growing more common in the South, and that is putting low-income people and communities of color at the highest risk of heat-related illness and even death.
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A modest proposal to do something about development authorities gets its shot in the General Assembly
One of the most mind-boggling things about economic development authorities in Georgia is just how many of them there are.
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Ukrainian resolve on display in 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Savannah
Four Ukrainian sailors in the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, two men and two women, demonstrated the resolve that is evident in the country’s current resistance to Russian invaders.
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Ukraine invasion, political ad revenues cited in Atlanta-based Gray TV earnings call
The impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on TV advertising revenues in the United States is unknowable at this time and strong revenues from political ads are expected this year, the chairman/CEO of Gray Television said in an earnings call.
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A far-away conflict reaches the streets of Atlanta and the Georgia campaign trail
It might seem over the top to talk about what effect the war in Ukraine might have on the political fortunes of Brian Kemp, Stacey Abrams, David Perdue, and dozens of candidates whose names will appear down the ballot from them later this year. But there are rare moments when the wheels that move things globally and locally come into alignment.
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Extending a ladder of opportunity to immigrant students
By Guest Columnist AISHA YAQOOB MAHMOOD, executive director of Asian American Advocacy Fund
Society teaches us that education is the most powerful tool in providing people with the knowledge to better their lives. What if barrier upon barrier were put in front of this ladder of opportunity? This is the reality of many immigrant students who seek higher education.
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End of Georgia’s live-catch rattlesnake roundup finishes cultural phenomenon
The era of the wild-caught rattlesnake roundup has ended in Georgia as the state’s last festival to collect live snakes shifts March 5 to a format similar to a county fair.
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As housing prices soar, lawmakers debate the rights of private equity
Sandy Springs Mayor Rusty Paul told a story last week which helps to explain why home prices are through the roof across Metro Atlanta and much of the rest of the state.
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‘Christian dogs’ and anti-vaxers have a bill they can love
At a time when one of the hottest controversies in American politics has to do with vaccinations, House Bill 1000 takes the subject into new territory.
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How to make a book a best seller: Ban it
Last week, after the McMinn County school board in Tennessee voted unanimously to remove Art Spiegelman’s “Maus,” a Knoxville comic-book store announced that it would give a copy of the book to every student who asked for one. This is exactly what happens when you go banning books.
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Rivian plant criticized for risks to environment, culture as market setbacks arise
The newly released regional planning review of the proposed Rivian electric vehicle plant is filled with warnings about risks to the environment and cultural heritage of Morgan County if the facility is built as proposed on land an hour east of Atlanta.
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Georgia Power’s energy plan, coal ash, Plant Vogtle due for discussion in 2022
Georgia Power’s three-year plan to meet the state’s energy needs is due to be filed with state regulators by Jan. 31 and marks the start of a yearlong discussion of a wide array of energy topics.
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First in quitting, second in firing, Georgia economy weathers the pandemic pretty well
Given what we’ve been through in the pandemic, Georgia’s financial condition isn’t so bad. In fact by some measures, we’re better off than we were.
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Atlanta’s David Scott: First Black chair to oversee nation’s food supply legislation
Congressman David Scott, of Atlanta, the first Black chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, is preparing to oversee the formation of the nation’s central food supply legislation.
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Not all the bills in the legislature are primed to the election year, but lots are
You can always tell it’s an election year by the bills that get introduced at the beginning of the General Assembly session. Both Republicans and Democrats have introduced “red meat” bills designed to stir up their respective bases, including the Republican bill banning the teaching of critical race theory in public schools, the governor’s constitutional carry bill and the Democratic bill requiring training to own a firearm.
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As Biden takes the bully pulpit in Georgia, a new wave of voting laws appears under the Golden Dome
Waxing a little too metaphorical, White House senior advisor Cedric Richmond said that by giving his big speech on voting rights in Georgia, President Joe Biden was “going right to the belly of the beast.” Richmond was referring to the “voter suppression, voter subversion and obstruction” Democrats claim Republicans have committed in Georgia, but he might just as well have referred to Georgia as the belly of Democratic discontent with the administration’s progress on voting issues.
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Rivian announcement heralds the dawn of the electric South
At the end of one year and the beginning of another, two big stories, the prolonged pandemic and the protracted battle over ballots, dominate the news. But the story of the decade is the one that will be taking shape on a huge site on I-20 between Social Circle and Madison.
