Conservation priorities for legislative session

  Among the likely many items that are under discussion at this year’s legislative session are a handful of conservation items, some are years in the making but some are new, such as attention on data centers. The Georgia Conservancy is following along, lobbying...

Right whales get a boost from Rep. Buddy Carter

  A lot of people know Georgia’s state fruit – the peach, state bird – the brown thrasher, or state vegetable – Vidalia onion. What many people may not know is Georgia’s state marine mammal, the North Atlantic right whale. With a population of less than 400...

Bill would allow anonymous infant surrender

  Under current Georgia law, if a new mother is considering the unthinkable of giving up her baby, that mother must come face to face with a worker at a hospital, a fire station or a law enforcement facility. It is a thing that happens but every so often, a...

Some Georgia wins in appropriations season

  With the way Congress is working the past few decades, budget numbers are subject to many changes but there is good news for Georgia coming out of the appropriations process in Washington. Last week, the House passed the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and...

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