The Current

The Current provides necessary, in-depth, watchdog journalism on issues affecting Savannah and Coastal Georgia.

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The race for two Georgia Public Service Commission seats this November is becoming a test on whether pocketbook issues and concerns about unchecked data center growth can overcome traditional party lines.

This story comes from Georgia Recorder. 

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After decades of pollution, Brunswick residents have a new resource for researching the link between area Superfund sites and their health. 

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Under agreements with the National Park Service, two families of private land owners on Cumberland Island would be allowed to build single-family homes with footprints up to 15,000-square-feet. That’s larger than Greyfield Inn, the island’s only hotel. 

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First-time candidate Amanda Hollowell came in second behind Joyce Griggs by nearly 10 percent of the vote in the first round of primary voting last month. But there are no signs that Hollowell is worried. Far from it.

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A victory by the 74-year-old Joyce Griggs in the primary runoff on June 16 would be a testament to her endurance and longevity and mean a contest in November against the son of the man she ran against in her first bid for the seat.

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At a special called meeting, McIntosh County Commission on Thursday agreed on new limits on house sizes in the Hogg Hummock neighborhood on Sapelo Island.

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A state oversight agency is undertaking a formal probe into allegations of what accusers say was “willful” financial misconduct by Brunswick Area District Attorney Keith Higgins. 

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Richmond Hill officials made it clear at a packed meeting on Tuesday that a proposed nickel refinery doesn’t have a clear path to operate at the site it’s been eyeing.

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The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge’s latest conservation effort now depends partly on another layer of federal and international politics.

This story comes from Inside Climate News.

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A pilot program that deploys drones to stop mass shootings will launch in five Georgia schools this fall.

This story comes from WABE.

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More than 900 members of the Facebook group “Save the Laurel View River” have loudly opposed a proposed state-of-the-art water reclamation facility, which would discharge treated wastewater a few feet from the sandbar.

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Things were looking grim for Georgia’s wild pigs during this year’s legislative session, but they found partial salvation in lawmakers who larded their own budget with too much pork. 

This story comes from Capitol Beat News Service. 

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The policies that Georgia uses to approve or deny services for children enrolled in Medicaid fail to satisfy federal requirements for adequate care, according to a new federal court ruling.

This story comes from Capitol Beat News Service. 

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s final budget signing ceremony on May 9th resulted in some major changes to state spending.  

This story comes from Georgia Public Broadcasting. 

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Plans that call for up to 185 new hotel rooms as well as a new parking lot on Jekyll Island have residents and supporters worried about the future of the state-owned barrier island. 

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As data centers rapidly emerge at unprecedented rates across the country, they are being met with increasing opposition — particularly from women, according to a recent Gallup poll.

This story comes from The 19th. 

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The field of candidates to fill an open seat on the state Public Service Commission dwindled after Tuesday’s primary elections. 

This story comes from Georgia Recorder. 

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Multiple races in Coastal Georgia are headed to a runoff, including the Republican primary for U.S. Senate and the Democratic contest for the District 1 U.S. House seat.

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Ever since Buddy Carter announced his run for the U.S. Senate last year, he has insisted that he is the Georgia Republican who could beat the Democratic incumbent, Jon Ossoff, in November.

He won’t get that chance. 

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Entering this election season, Savannah-Chatham County School Board President Roger Moss, gambled that putting his efforts to improve the school system’s poor literacy rates at the center of his reelection campaign would pay off.

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