EMCs bring issue of line worker safety to General Assembly
The 41 Electric Membership Corporations in Georgia - including Southern Rivers Energy - recently brought the issue of line worker safety before the 2016 Georgia General Assembly.
Category Archives: Georgia
US Capitol lockdown ends
Dallas Police Chief David Brown says three people are in custody after snipers opened fire on police officers during protests and says a fourth person is exchanging gunfire with officers. Gunmen shot and killed five police officers and wounded seven others during a protest over fatal police shootings of black men in other states, authorities said.
US and Georgia sign ‘defence partnership’
The United States and Georgia signed a security deal Wednesday designed to shore up the former Soviet republic's defences against Russia as it waits to join NATO. US Secretary of State John Kerry and Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili inked the agreement at a ceremony in Tbilisi just two days before the annual NATO summit in Warsaw.
A welcome and needed windfall for CAT and public transit in…
It's encouraging to see state officials acknowledge that Atlanta isn't the only community in Georgia that has serious transportation problems and needs help from the state. On Wednesday, Gov. Nathan Deal announced that Chatham Area Transit is one of nine systems in the state to receive grant funding from Georgia's $75 million GO! Transit Capital program.
Clinton Within Striking Distance of Democratic Presidential Nomination
On June 4 at 11:16 a.m., the Nebraska State Patrol with assistance from the Sioux County Sher... -- More than 60 million East Coasters from Georgia to New York were under the threat of severe weather Sunday, as a potentially damaging storm system moved eastward... -- NPR photographer David Gilkey and NPR Afghan translator Zabihullah Tamanna were killed on assignment in Afghanistan, NPR said Sunday.NPR said they had been travel... This year's Cattlemen's Ball featured Southeast Nebraska as the host location was the Lienemann Cattle Co. just south of Princeton.
Museum Visitors Caught on Camera Accidentally Breaking Wooden Clock
On June 4 at 11:16 a.m., the Nebraska State Patrol with assistance from the Sioux County Sher... -- More than 60 million East Coasters from Georgia to New York were under the threat of severe weather Sunday, as a potentially damaging storm system moved eastward... -- NPR photographer David Gilkey and NPR Afghan translator Zabihullah Tamanna were killed on assignment in Afghanistan, NPR said Sunday.NPR said they had been travel... This year's Cattlemen's Ball featured Southeast Nebraska as the host location was the Lienemann Cattle Co. just south of Princeton.
David Perdue: Donald Trump proves it’s time for an outsider
Republican voters have sent the Washington establishment a message in the form of our presidential nominee.a It is loud, and it should be clear. Yet, a small enclave of career politicians within our party is still struggling to understand the mass appeal of Donald Trump.
Senator Perdue: Donald Trump proves ita s time for an outsider
Georgia GOP Sen. David Perdue says Republicans should be embracing Donald Trump not running away from him. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Republican voters have sent the Washington establishment a message in the form of our presidential nominee.a It is loud, and it should be clear.
Memorial Day and the Glorification of Past Wars
The Saker reports that Russia is preparing for World War III, not because Russia intends to initiate aggression but because Russia is alarmed by the hubris and arrogance of the West, by the demonization of Russia, by provocative military actions by the West, by American interference in the Russian province of Chechnya and in former Russian provinces of Ukraine and Georgia, and by the absence of any restraint from Western Europe on Washington's ability to foment war. Like Steven Starr, Stephen Cohen, myself, and a small number of others, the Saker understands the reckless irresponsibility of convincing Russia that the United States intends to attack her.
The abortion ruling no one knew about: Georgia’s 20-week ban
For nearly seven months, it has been illegal for physicians in Georgia to provide abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy - but almost no one knew it. Gov. Nathan Deal signed into law the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act in 2012.
Why people aren’t voting today
Out on the streets of Decatur on the morning of an election day, very few people were wearing an "I'm a Georgia voter" sticker. Sonia Boze knew it was election season, but she said she did not get calls or mailers from candidates like she usually does.
Georgia primary voters decide fate of challenged incumbents
While nobody named Trump or Clinton appears on the ballot this time around, Georgia voters still have some big decisions to make in primary elections. Voters are returning to the polls Tuesday nearly three months after the state held its presidential primaries.
Supreme Court throws out death sentence from all-white jury
In this undated photo made available by the Georgia Department of Corrections, shows Timothy Tyrone Foster. The Supreme Court has thrown out a death sentence handed to Foster because prosecutors improperly kept African-Americans off the jury that convicted Foster of killing a white woman.
Richard Bammer: GOP brinksmanship: Whistling past the graveyard
In similar words, that is the theme of the Education Nation Summit, a three-day gathering, which ended Tuesday at the New York Public Library. The event, sponsored by NBC, drew more than 300 of our nation's top thought leaders in education, government, business, philanthropy and media.