Georgia Power plan to leave coal ash in groundwater could be upended by new EPA rule
Protesters outside a 2019 Georgia Public Service Commission meeting called for state regulators to reject the utility’s request to make ratepayers pick up the tab for coal ash cleanup. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday the final adoption of rules aimed at significantly reducing fossil fuel power plant pollution across…
Time for Georgians to cast primary election ballots for Congress, state Supreme Court, local seats
A roll of stickers sit on a table as people vote during the Georgia primary at the Metropolitan Library on May 24, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. Georgia voters head back to the polls again starting Monday. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Georgia voters will start casting ballots in person Monday, kicking off a three-week early voting period…
Supporters of paid family leave for state workers applaud new Georgia law
Milton Republican Rep. Jan Jones helped shepherd paid parental leave legislation through the General Assembly in 2024. Jones said the new policy will provide greater relief to mothers who often sacrifice vacation and sick time to take care of their children. File Georgia Recorder/Ross Williams Parents working in state government and public schools will be…
U.S. House speaker confronts anti-war protesters at Columbia University
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, speaks during a press conference at Columbia University on April 24, 2024 in New York City. Johnson visited the campus as school administrators and pro-Palestinian student protesters made progress on negotiations after the school set a midnight deadline for students to disband the encampment, and agreed on a…
Spoiler alert: Third party candidates aim to give Georgia voters alternatives to Biden and Trump
Jill Stein from the Green Party, right, and Karina Garcia with the Party of Socialism and Liberation, speak with a voter at Masjid Al-Furqan West Cobb Islamic Center. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder A presidential candidate and a vice presidential candidate came to metro Atlanta Tuesday to take questions from voters. Jill Stein from the Green Party…
Biden signs $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan into law
President Joe Biden on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, signed into law foreign aid that includes $60.84 billion in assistance for Ukraine. In this photo, Biden delivers remarks about Russia’s “unprovoked and unjustified” military invasion of neighboring Ukraine in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 24, 2022 in Washington, D.C. Drew Angerer/Getty Images…