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The Current GA’s Jabari Gibbs earns first place Green Eyeshade Award for government reporting

The Current GA’s Jabari Gibbs has won the top Government Reporting prize in the South’s most prestigious journalism ...
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Rick Jackson connects with South Georgia voters in St. Marys

Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson connected with supporters during a two-day bus tour in South Georgia as his ...
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Gov. Kemp backs Georgia data centers despite worries about AI’s risks

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp criticized proposals for a statewide moratorium on data center construction, arguing that such pauses are irresponsible despite expressing concerns over the potential risks ...
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As Effingham County data center plan advances, next step is state evaluation process

OpenAI has signed a deal with Effingham County for a $20 billion data center. But details about environmental impact, site ...
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Georgia lawmakers weigh data center regulations as industry ramps PR efforts

A data center industry advocacy group launched a digital marketing campaign to improve public perception of ...
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In partisan times, are data centers the one thing to unite people?

In various Georgia communities, residents and political leaders from opposing parties are forming unexpected alliances to ...
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Meet the woman behind the world’s first environmental justice encyclopedia

Dorceta Taylor, a pioneering environmental sociologist at Yale, has released the SAGE Encyclopedia of Environmental Justice, ...
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Who’ll pay for the Tradeport East Wastewater Treatment Facility?

Rogers said the LCDA would have to pass “what’s called an additional bonds test,” which would require the authority to show ...
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$20 billion OpenAI data center to open in Effingham County

OpenAI is developing a $20 billion data center campus in Effingham County, which is scheduled to open in phases starting in ...