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U.S. to nominate Okefenokee Swamp refuge for listing as UNESCO World Heritage site

A U.S. agency says it will nominate the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge for a place on the official list of the world's most treasured natural and cultural sites

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Activists furious Democratic leaders haven't denounced plan to check every ‘Stop Cop City’ signature

Georgia activists are furious that Democratic senators haven’t condemned Atlanta officials’ plan to verify every signature on a petition to force a vote on a proposed police and firefighting training center

The Independent UK

Virginia, Maryland senators dig in against more National flights - Roll Call

Senators from Virginia and Maryland wrote Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to oppose more flights to Reagan National airport.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene mulls running for higher office or serving in Trump’s Cabinet

Georgia congresswoman fumed at governor over 2020 comments

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These interns took selfies with all 100 senators. Here's what they discovered

Interns in Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski's office doggedly tracked down all 100 senators, and took a selfie with them. Here's how they described some of those encounters.

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White House recommends the FBI limit its usage of spy database

Officials advise limiting Section 702 searches to national security threats, amid bipartisan scrutiny of the database.

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Analysis: How Georgia’s green jobs boom turned into a political clash

Ten years ago, then-Vice President Joe Biden arrived at Savannah’s bustling port and gave Georgia politicians seeking a massive dredging project everything they had hoped: unequivocal support for the $662 million plan.

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At battery plant fueled by EV incentives, Kemp slams federal green energy perks

Gov. Brian Kemp picked an unusual spot to deliver his sharpest remarks yet against President Joe Biden’s green energy initiatives: an electric battery supplier that is directly benefiting from a surge of federal spending championed by the White House.

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Georgia governor attacks Biden's electric vehicle policy at federally-backed battery plant

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is escalating his attack on President Joe Biden’s electric vehicle policy

The Independent UK

Will the Supreme Court have to answer to ethics rules? Lawmakers ask ‘how low can the court go?’

Democratic lawmakers want oversight and a binding code of conduct on the nation’s highest court

The Independent UK

Georgia's Kemp veers from Trump, but state GOP not moving on

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is trying to steer the Republican Party away from Donald Trump and his 2020 election lies, but his state party shows little interest in moving on

The Independent UK

Leaked texts reveal Trump operatives’ plan to use breached Georgia voter data to overturn 2020 election

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis carrying out investigation into attempts to subvert 2020 election

The Independent UK

Harris announces huge Qcells solar panel deal during Georgia visit

DALTON, Ga. — Vice President Kamala Harris visited an expanding solar panel factory in northwest Georgia on Thursday where she announced an order for millions of Peach State-built panels as she touted how federal climate and economic efforts are combining to create jobs in rural areas.

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Why Atlanta’s political case to host the DNC may be better than when Democrats controlled the state

ATLANTA — When Atlanta hosted the Democratic National Convention in 1988, Georgia Democrats controlled almost all levers of power in the state. That made the city a solid blue backdrop for the party to select its presidential nominee.

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Sen. Ossoff of Georgia seeks out common ground to make deals with Republicans

ATLANTA — Some politicians like to talk about their legislative proposals that were signed into law. U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff seems to delight in discussing how his bipartisan measures came about.

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Republicans in the US ‘battery belt’ embrace Biden’s climate spending

Southern states led by Republicans did not vote for climate spending, but now embrace clean energy dollars like never before

Tribune News Service

State, local leaders denounce antisemitic flyers that are showing up around Atlanta

ATLANTA — When Esther Panitch found a plastic bag containing an antisemitic flyer in her Sandy Springs driveway Feb. 5, the freshman state representative took to Twitter, venting her anger and making a promise.

The Independent UK

Korean firm plans $2.5B in new solar panel plants in Georgia

A South Korean solar panel maker says it will invest more than $2.5 billion in two Georgia factories

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Runoffs targeted in latest effort to tweak Georgia elections

Another prolonged and contentious election year in Georgia has legislators considering whether to kill off runoffs once and for all.

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Georgia ICE whistleblower struggles to make ends meet

ATLANTA — Dawn Wooten is bracing herself for a lackluster Christmas. Short on money, the Tifton resident knows she will be unable to give her two youngest boys — ages 10 and 11 — a celebration filled with as many presents as in years past.

WEKU

Senate probe found some federal prison staff abused female inmates without discipline

A new Senate probe finds some men who work for federal prisons have systemically preyed on women in their custody, with few criminal or disciplinary consequences.

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Postal Service will debut John Lewis stamp in 2023

A stamp honoring Georgia Congressman John Lewis, who died of pancreatic cancer in 2020, will be available for purchase next year, the U.S. Postal Service announced Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Prisons chief: Official who beat inmates deserves 2nd chance

The director of the federal Bureau of Prisons is defending her decision to rally behind a high-ranking agency official who climbed the ranks after beating Black inmates, saying Tuesday that she feels he’s shown contrition and deserves a second chance

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Warnock (D) defeats Walker (R) in the runoff election for U.S. Senate in Georgia

Incumbent Raphael Warnock (D) defeated Herschel Walker (R) in the runoff election for U.S. Senate in Georgia on December 6, 2022.

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Georgia runoff elections are exciting, but costly for voters and democracy

In Georgia, if no candidate receives 50% of the general election vote for a statewide or congressional district race, there’s a runoff between the top two vote-getters. In recent decades, the Peach State has had four high-profile runoff elections, all for the U.S. Senate.

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