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Georgia prisons push for drone mitigation as contraband deliveries rise

The Georgia Department of Corrections is struggling to retain enough guards for its growing prison population, while also ...
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Appeals court reinstates Georgia’s ban on food and drinks at polling sites

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta has reinstated a state ban on giving food and drink to people waiting in line to vote, reversing a preliminary injunction issued by the U.S. District ...
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Senate panel floats proposal to create aid for Georgians who cannot afford college

A state Senate study committee in Georgia has released a report calling for a comprehensive needs-based aid program for ...
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Georgia public schools to receive overdose reversal kits

Georgia is installing overdose reversal kits at all 2,300 public schools in the state using money from a legal settlement ...
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Georgia’s first floating oyster farm engages students with coast

Laura Solomon co-founded ECO, a nonprofit that uses oysters to teach Coastal Georgia students about environmental stewardship ...