ATLANTA - Georgia Power Chairman, President and CEO Chris Womack will take over leadership of the utility’s parent, Southern Co., later this year, Atlanta-based Southern announced Thursday. …
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By Dave Williams, Bureau Chief, Capitol Beat News Service
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1/6/23
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ATLANTA - Georgia has a new transportation czar.The boards of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA) and the Atlanta-Region Transit Link Authority Thursday named Jannine Miller …
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By Dave Williams, Bureau Chief, Capitol Beat News Service
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1/6/23
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When I was a kid, we had a cassette tape of James Gregory. I remember listening to the different segments, laughing real hard, and rewinding the tape to listen to them again. (And to any of my …
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By Joe and Ashley English
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1/5/23
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It’s that time of year again. It’s time to reflect on 2022 and then make new goals for 2023. What have you done to prepare for the coming year?If you’re not sure what to do, …
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1/4/23
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Two men turned to Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) mid-career, furthering their knowledge of Business Management to advance along very different career paths.Darren Goodwin, a native of …
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1/4/23
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ATLANTA - Georgia’s sales tax exemption on inputs used in manufacturing is a loser in the strict sense of its net impact on state and local tax revenues, according to a new audit. However, the …
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By Dave Williams, Bureau Chief, Capitol Beat News Service
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1/4/23
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By the time you’re reading this, the forecasted artic blast will already have hit us. Today’s highs are near 50 F, but tomorrow the high will be 19 F with a low of 9 F — …
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12/29/22
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Good morning! As I’m writing to you, we’re parked in a campground located in Everglades National Park on our way back home from pulling our 32-foot travel trailer down to the Florida Keys …
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By Joe and Ashley English
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12/22/22
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ATLANTA - The state Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a $1.8 billion rate increase requested by Georgia Power Tuesday that embraced most of an agreement between the agency’s staff and …
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By Dave Williams, Bureau Chief, Capitol Beat News Service
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12/21/22
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We are finally here. Remember last week when I told you we were leaving on Sunday? I didn’t tell you where we were going. We took our 32-foot camper, pulling it with our diesel shuttle bus, …
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By Joe and Ashley English
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12/15/22
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ATLANTA - Georgia Power officials signed off late Wednesday on an agreement that would lower the utility’s rate hike request now before the state Public Service Commission (PSC) by nearly 40%. …
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By Dave Williams, Bureau Chief, Capitol Beat News Service
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12/15/22
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MACON – Some 1,416 Georgia farmers and agribusiness leaders from across the state met on Jekyll Island Dec. 4-6 for the 85th Annual Georgia Farm Bureau (GFB) Convention. The three-day event …
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12/9/22
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Getting ready to go I’m going to be honest. I’m freaking out a little bit right now. The reason for this is because we leave to go on camper trip this Sunday… and I’m not …
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By Joe and Ashley English
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12/8/22
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1. At the 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, a violent water polo match dubbed "Blood in the Water" took place between what two countries' teams?2. Basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played …
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By Ryan A. Berenz
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12/8/22
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MACON - Georgia Farm Bureau (GFB) voting delegates elected the organization’s 2023 board of directors Dec. 6 during the 85th Annual GFB Convention held on Jekyll Island. GFB voting delegates …
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12/8/22
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ABINGDON, VA – Food City recently named Tripp Ward to serve in the newly created role of real estate development manager for the company’s Chattanooga operating division. Ward brings over …
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12/2/22
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ATLANTA Georgia Power announced on Thursday that Chimaobi (Chima) Chijioke has been named Vice President of Customer Services for the company, effective January 16. In his new role, Chijioke will …
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12/2/22
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ATLANTA – The 2023 Georgia Logistics Summit, to be held in Savannah, March 8, at the Savannah Convention Center, has now opened registration for participants through the Summit website at …
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11/30/22
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ATLANTA - Georgia Power customers can ill afford a nearly 12% rate increase at a time rampant inflation is making it harder to buy food and fuel, more than a dozen witnesses told state energy …
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By Dave Williams, Bureau Chief, Capitol Beat News Service
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11/30/22
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We have a few houses on market for rent right now and it’s not my favorite time of year to fill houses. Summer is the best time. It is when kids are out of school and more people tend to make a …
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By Joe and Ashley English
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11/27/22
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