Critics pan Georgia Power fossil fuel plans ahead of state PSC hearing
Critics of Georgia Power’s pending plan to revert to fossil fuels to meet growing electricity demand say the company should instead place more emphasis on solar energy sources. Brandon Bell/Getty Images The state’s utility regulators are set to vote Tuesday on Georgia Power’s proposal to increase its reliance on fossil fuels and renewable energy sources…
Small business owners ask U.S. House tax writers to extend Trump-era deductions
Austin Ramirez, president and CEO of Husco International Inc. in Waukesha, Wisconsin, testified on Thursday, April 11, 2024, before the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, urging the panel to extend 2017 business tax deductions. (Screenshot from committee webcast) WASHINGTON — As Congress gears up for negotiations ahead of the 2017 tax law’s expiration,…
U.S. Senate Republicans push for Mayorkas impeachment trial
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas holds a press conference at a U.S. Border Patrol station in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Jan. 8, 2024. John Moore/Getty Images WASHINGTON — More than 40 U.S. Senate Republicans lobbied Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday to hold a full impeachment trial for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.…
Georgia child welfare agency defensive after Ossoff Senate panel reports neglect and exploitation
Sen. Jon Ossoff holds a press conference in Atlanta about children missing from Georgia DFCS care Oct. 27, 2023. Ossoff’s Senate subcommittee released its full findings into deficiencies at DFCS Tuesday. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder The Georgia Division of Family and Children Services consistently fails to protect children from abuse, and mismanagement at the division is…
Republican National Committee courts election conspiracy theorists to help watch polls
The director of the Republican National Committee’s department for “election integrity” spoke at an online meeting hosted by two Florida activists who are close allies of the pillow entrepreneur and leading election-conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell, pictured above. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images As the Republican National Committee ramps up plans to monitor the polls for illegal voting…
Republicans return to D.C. amid dwindling majority, suspense over House speaker post
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Rome, Georgia speaks to reporters outside of the U.S. Capitol Building after a vote on a funding bill that would avert a government shutdown on March 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. Greene spoke to reporters about introducing a motion to vacate U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson of…