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U.S. News & World Report
April 30, 2018
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia's oldest city plans to clean up blighted properties using a $300,000 grant from the federal government. Savannah city officials said in a news release the grant from the Environmental Protection Agency is for assessment of brownfields — properties that are difficult toÃâà...
Savannah Morning News
April 29, 2018
The Savannah-Chatham School Board President serves as the ninth member on the Board of Public Education, the policy-making branch of the school district's administration. While the other eight members represent certain districts, the board president is elected countywide. Each member serves aÃâà...
Savannah Morning News
April 29, 2018
Around the country, the government's response to extreme weather is pushing lower-income people like the Barons away from the waterfront, often in the name of safety. Those homes, in turn, are often replaced with more costly houses, such as those built higher off the ground and are better able toÃâà...
News & Observer
April 27, 2018
Savannah's mayor and city council said Thursday they won't interfere in a pending grand jury investigation by publicly releasing body cam footage of police shooting a 20-year-old man, whose family says the video shows he was unarmed. Police fatally shot Ricky Boyd outside his home Jan. 23 while tryingÃâà...
Savannah Morning News
April 21, 2018
The lieutenant governor is an elected constitutional officer and the first officer in line to succeed the governor of Georgia. The main duty of the lieutenant ... Issues: • Improve jobs in Georgia. • Improve education by empowering parents and not allowing the federal and state government to make the rules.
Savannah Morning News
April 17, 2018
Orange Crush, Tybee Island's biggest unofficial celebration, is set to begin this weekend despite the city government's attempts to dissuade the college-aged ... Georgia State Patrol, Georgia Department of Public Safety's Motor Carrier Compliance Division, Chatham County Sheriff's Office, Savannah police,Ãâà...
WTOC
April 4, 2018
During a 2017 search of his home, Harley said CNT and Savannah SWAT found of drugs and evidence Manior was distributing those drugs in large quantities. "This was an ... “Cedric Manior received a message from the United States government that nobody is above the law," he said in a news release.
Savannah Morning News
April 4, 2018
State legislators supported renaming “Runaway Negro Creek” off Skidaway Island to “Freedom Creek,” but the Eugene Talmadge Memorial Bridge will continue to be a cringe-worthy drive into Savannah for many, following the recently concluded state legislative session. Sen. Lester Jackson, D-Savannah,Ãâà...
Savannah Morning News
April 1, 2018
Leadership Southeast Georgia names its 2018 board of directors. The executive board members are Chair Lee Beckmann, manager of governmental affairs, Georgia Ports Authority, Chatham County; Vice Chair Brynn Grant, chief operating officer, Savannah Economic Development Authority, ChathamÃâà...
Savannah Morning News
March 26, 2018
In fiscal year 2017, Georgia's ports at Savannah and Brunswick supported 439,220 full and part-time jobs in Georgia, representing 9 percent of all state ... but important infrastructure and services funded through tax proceeds on every level of government,” GPA Board Chairman Jimmy Allgood said.
MyAJC
March 22, 2018
Most Georgia lawmakers backed a massive government spending bill Thursday as it barreled its way through the U.S. House, citing additional money for the military and parochial projects such as the Savannah harbor expansion. But many bristled that they had little time to review the $1.3 trillion measureÃâà...
MyAJC
March 20, 2018
The Savannah Morning News reports that the city of Savannah spent less than $5,000 preparing for Vice President Mike Pence's visit to Saturday's St. Patrick's Day Parade. ... Without this new source of revenue, the commission says, property taxes may have to be raised and government services reduced.
Chattanooga Times Free Press
March 19, 2018
ATLANTA — Georgia lottery players who win big could stay anonymous under a proposal approved by the state House. The House voted 173-1 on Monday in favor of the bill, which legislators say will help public safety. The legislation says those who win at least $250,000 and submit a written request canÃâà...
Savannah Morning News
March 14, 2018
--HB 257-- Simplifies Department of Community Affairs paperwork procedures for local government by consolidating filing dates, so that annual ... --HB 448-- Exempts non-public law schools, accredited by the Bar Association and primarily located in Georgia, and proprietary institutions accredited by theÃâà...
Connect Savannah.com
March 13, 2018
After the husband's death in 2009, the wife called the Georgia Historical Society inquiring about the letters. The Georgia ... Lamar, a Savannah businessman, survived the explosion of the ship Pulaski when he was just 14 years old. “One wonders ... The Wanderer was eventually seized by the government.
FederalNewsRadio.com
March 13, 2018
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence is coming to one of the South's biggest street parties: the sprawling St. Patrick's Day parade in Savannah that's expected to draw 500,000 or more gaudy green revelers to the Georgia coast this weekend. Mayor Eddie DeLoach plans to host Pence andÃâà...
Virginian-Pilot
March 12, 2018
This April 20, 2017 photo shows the Eugene Talmadge Memorial Bridge at sunset in Savannah, Ga. Georgia's Girl Scouts may be earning a new badge for persistence. Scouts returned to the state Capitol on Monday, March 12, 2018, to once again ask lawmakers to get their founder's name affixed to aÃâà...
Savannah Morning News
March 12, 2018
Oceana's study indicates that Georgia's offshore oil reserves amount to one day's worth of oil and one day's worth of gas at the nation's current consumption rate. ... Both Oceana and API used federal government estimates of reserves that are based on exploratory studies conducted 30 years ago.
WTOC
March 9, 2018
Republican State Senator Josh McKoon formally qualifies for Georgia Secretary of State and celebrated his entry into the race at the Georgia State Capitol ... After his first election, he focused his efforts on furthering government transparency and accountability, which included ethics reform, as well as moreÃâà...
WSAV-TV
March 9, 2018
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Savannah Police's Financial Crimes division is warning the public of possible phone scams, including one where callers pose as Savannah Police officers. ... They also use “spoofing” technology to make calls appear to originate from a legitimate business or government agency.
JOC.com
March 9, 2018
Combined, Norfolk and Savannah handled 5.3 million loaded TEU in 2017, more than the 4.8 million loaded TEU handled by the Port of New York and New Jersey, the largest port on the coast, according to PIERS, a sister product of JOC.com within IHS Markit. Norfolk and Virginia in 2017 had a combinedÃâà...
Connect Savannah.com
March 7, 2018
This situation is about those in government who have broken the law and then used taxpayer resources for cover-up and personal gain. It smacks of ... OTHER GUN NEWS in Savannah came as the Georgia Bureau of Investigation last week cleared a local gun buyback program of alleged theft of firearms.
Savannah Morning News
March 6, 2018
House Bill 887: The House rural broadband package seeks to address connectivity issues across rural Georgia. This bill establishes a local government certification program for fast-tracking broadband network projects and creates a Broadband Deployment Initiative grant that provides infrastructure capitalÃâà...
Transport Topics Online
March 2, 2018
A development group announced plans March 1 for a sprawling new industrial park near Savannah, Ga., where cargo traffic through the nation's ... Georgia's ports system accounts for some $40 billion in estimated economic impact across the state, and directly or indirectly touches about 400,000 jobs.
Savannah Morning News
February 22, 2018
ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate has called on the federal government to change the name of a small body of water known as Runaway Negro Creek. ... Lester Jackson, a Savannah Democrat, says the current name is insensitive and makes it sound like black men and women were acting criminally byÃâà...
WSAV-TV
February 20, 2018
“We are all very well educated on government and policy and we've been given this platform and it felt wrong not to take advantage of it and ultimately we know we are in a place where we can speak out, and try to make that difference and we are taking advantage of it.” “It is a way of coping,” said Brandon.
Insurance Journal
February 20, 2018
Officials in Savannah, Ga., are taking extra precautions to protect employees' email accounts and government computer servers as Savannah City Hall recovers from a malware virus attack. Local officials said in a news release Feb. 17 that city staff workers were unable to receive email attachments to helpÃâà...
Savannah Morning News
February 16, 2018
That Savannah's government and commerce leaders must leave Georgia's social capital and travel 250-some miles to the state's political capital only ... Savannah-Chatham Day is centered around the Georgia Capitol, with formal, standing-room-only meetings with state officials in what event veterans callÃâà...
Island Packet
February 15, 2018
Savannah's city council approved a handful of recommended changes to Forsyth Park's Confederate monument on Wednesday. The recommendations include: renaming the monument ... In Georgia, it's illegal to move war monuments, Savannah Morning News reported. There is concern that removing andÃâà...
MyAJC (blog)
February 13, 2018
At the same time, the governor is leaning on Georgia's allies in Washington to pony up more funding for the deepening of the Savannah harbor. ... return on investment like the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project should be an absolute priority for the federal government,” Isakson said in a written statement.
Chattanooga Times Free Press
December 31, 1999
Gulfstream to add 200 Georgia jobs. Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., will invest $55 million and add 200 jobs in an expansion of its jet service center operations in Savannah, Ga. Gulfstream located its headquarters in Savannah in 1967 and has since grown from 100 local employees to more than 16,000Ãâà...
WTOC
December 31, 1999
COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) – Georgia Governor Nathan Deal announced several counties and cities that will have federally approved economic opportunity zones. ... It's a spread the federal government hopes to spark after passing the recent tax cuts and jobs act through Congress. Muscogee, Troup andÃâà...
MyAJC
December 31, 1999
A study funded through a grant from the Georgia Ports Authority found that the ports in Savannah and Brunswick supported 439,220 full- and part-time jobs ... local leaders asked lawmakers to approve legislation allowing them to put before Bibb voters a new sales tax to help the consolidated government.
WTOC
December 31, 1999
The Georgia State House didn't offer any money to pay for the study needed to examine consolidating Chatham County and the City of Savannah. The study will cost a reported $200,000. Now, it's all up to the Senate to fund and approve it. This makes it a long shot without their help. Representative RonÃâà...
Boston Herald
December 31, 1999
Georgia lawmakers punished Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines on Thursday, March 1, 2018, for its decision to cut business ties with the National Rifle Association in the wake of a shooting at a .... AP reporter Russ Bynum in Savannah, Georgia, and Airlines Writer David Koenig in Dallas contributed to this story.
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