TODAY’S FEATURED STORY
Sapelo rezoning complaint dismissed
Skidaway volunteer group disputes with Chatham over emergency calls
Qualified candidates for 2024 elections in Coastal Georgia
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On the record: Which entities pay — and don’t pay — Chatham County property taxes
GEORGIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
How Georgia’s General Assembly writes law on guns, health care, crime and more
Liberty county
Coastal Georgia governments jockey to influence how opioid settlement money will be spent
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Georgia U.S. House District 1 Watch: Buddy Carter
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PUBLIC SAFETY, Courts
Software problem sends Chatham ambulances to Google Maps for emergency calls
ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE
Ga. Power objections cast long shadow over lawmakers’ efforts to expand solar energy
Rooftop program aims to change demographics of solar
Georgia House approves bill to allow property owners to restrict access to state’s smaller waterways
EDUCATION
State Senate passes anti-cyberbullying bill
As Crossover Day nears, fate of efforts to revamp education uncertain
State Senate panel passes book banning bill
Georgia House panel debates proposed public school trans bathroom bill, prompting sharp criticism
Georgia schools chief, state lawmakers at odds over proposed performance rating system
Researchers ask to expand study of Brunswick pollutants’ effects on residents
Researchers are finalizing their analysis of chemical exposures while also seeking to expand the study
As state house sprints toward session’s end, it’s hit and miss for Coastal Georgia priorities
Georgia’s legislative priorities: Readers weigh in
Grants will grow tree canopy in Savannah, St. Marys
19 right whales get new names for new year
Solar leasing program expands to nonprofits
Pastors pray for swamp’s protection
First right whale calf of the season spotted
Catholic sisters revive pressure on companies to protect the Okefenokee
GA justices will hear ex-Glynn County police chief’s case on Thursday
PUBLIC HEALTH
Bipartisan bill to expand access to Narcan winds through Georgia House
List of free, reduced cost Georgia mental health resource contacts
Groups look to grow a healthy Coastal Georgia one person at a time
Mounting research shows that COVID-19 leaves its mark, including with significant drops in IQ scores
Georgia House OKs bill to ease restrictions on construction of new hospitals in state
Poor access to mental health care leaves Georgia children who need a psychiatrist in the lurch
politics
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Savannah Book Festival 2024
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GOVERNING
Find Out What’s on the Agenda
Click here to see this week’s lineup of what’s being proposed and what’s up for discussion on various committees, boards and councils that represent you.
EDITOR’S CHOICE
What is a frozen embryo worth? Alabama’s IVF case reflects bigger questions over grieving, wrongful death laws
It’s important to understand wrongful death laws, legal claims where family members can bring a civil lawsuit against a person who intentionally or carelessly caused the family member’s death,…
Students lose out as cities, states give billions in property tax breaks to businesses
Districts can’t afford to maintain facilities or add to curricula as business tax breaks go to large corporate entities.
Keeping a streak alive can be strong motivation to stick with a chosen activity
Marketing researchers find activity streaks can compel behavior, giving the power to the streak itself.
Parents tell us how they are talking to their children about Israel and Palestine
The 19th asked parents how they’re approaching such a complex conversation with their children. How are they protecting their children from graphic imagery while still being honest about what…
FROM THE CURRENT
Some Georgia tax credit scholarships go to anti-LGBT schools
Websites of 100 SSO scholarship schools in Georgia and found 15 with explicitly anti-gay policies. Many others assert religious stances but do not specifically mention homosexuality.
Red flags about Savannah’s concrete industry reveals wrongdoing
Ten years ago a Savannah whistleblower alerted federal authorities to a cartel costing Georgia taxpayers millions of dollars. This month, U.S. attorneys won their first admission of guilt.
A series: The title-pawn trap
This series, in partnership with ProPublica, focuses on title pawn contracts, the lenders and the lack of regulation in a system that traps many borrowers who already need help to rise out of debt.
Georgia’s hedge against climate change: the Okefenokee’s peat
Carbon stored within the Okefenokee’s peat is a powerful hedge against climate change, as long as it’s undisturbed.
500 new police guns will help failing recruits pass academy, Savannah brass says
The Savannah Police Department and city leaders made misleading claims advocating for 500 new guns with red-dot sights. One reason was that the sights will help failing recruits pass the police academy.
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