Dec 17, 2024 · The court filing seeks an injunction against the city and its attempts to close the shelter. “Federal law protects the right of religious groups such as The Well to use their land to help others,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in a press release.

Nov 21, 2024 · ProPublica reported in September on the deaths of Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, which the state maternal mortality review committee had determined were preventable.They were the first reported cases of women who died without access to care restricted by a state abortion ban, and they unleashed a torrent of outrage over the fatal consequences of such laws.

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Dec 28, 2024 · The program trains and pays students who complete projects on Black-owned farms at no cost to the farmers. Graduation for students is happened last week.

Sep 3, 2024 · Carolyn Yeago couldn’t figure it out. The Atlanta resident is a biomedical scientist, and no stranger to complex problems. But one thing she didn’t know how to calculate was her Georgia Power bill.

Dec 18, 2024 · The committee’s approved recommendations include increasing mental health services for incarcerated people and staff, implementing a pay study for corrections employees and advocating for the federal government to allow cellphone and drone jamming technology.

Oct 7, 2024 · During the last three months, the members of Georgia’s Republican-led State Election Board have approved a contentious set of measures that may challenge decades of legal precedent.. For a battleground state already awash in election integrity misinformation, the decisions have alarmed citizens and election administrators alike.

Dec 20, 2024 · After hearing from residents during three public hearings, the Flemington City Council voted Tuesday to roll back its first-ever millage rate from a proposed 3.514 mils to zero mils. By doing so, the city would be eligible to seek a sales tax that residents and non-residents would pay to help offset any property millage rate that might come up in the future.

Nov 25, 2024 · ATLANTA – Georgia Commissioner of Labor Bruce Thompson died Sunday at the age of 59, eight months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Dec 20, 2024 · The moratorium was first instituted for farmers in parts of Southwest Georgia around Albany in 2012 during an extreme drought and rising tensions in the disputes over water among Florida, Georgia and Alabama.