by Dave Williams | Feb 6, 2025 | James Magazine
Georgia House budget writers approved a $40.5 billion mid-year state budget Wednesday that would take advantage of a huge surplus to fund improvements to the state’s prison system and provide disaster relief to victims of Hurricane Helene. The fiscal 2025 mid-year...
by Dave Williams | Jan 28, 2025 | James Magazine
State prisons chief Tyrone Oliver asked Georgia lawmakers Monday for $10.4 million to hire an additional 330 correctional officers during this fiscal year to staff a prisons system the U.S. Justice Department harshly criticized in an audit last fall. The...
by Dave Williams | Jan 27, 2025 | James Magazine
Georgia energy regulators voted last Thursday to put some guardrails around the proliferation of power-hungry data centers cropping up across the state. The state Public Service Commission (PSC) unanimously approved a rule that allows new large-load Georgia Power...
by Dave Williams | Jan 23, 2025 | James Magazine
The Georgia Department of Agriculture has detected a positive case of bird flu in a second commercial poultry flock in Elbert County. The discovery of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has prompted the agency to suspend poultry activities in Georgia. However,...
by Dave Williams | Jan 22, 2025 | James Magazine
Gov. Brian Kemp leaves for Europe this week on a trade mission to Germany and Poland. The trip is intended to strengthen the Peach State’s existing economic and cultural ties with the two countries and develop new relationships that will create jobs. Georgia’s...
