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From the HERE City State DeskATHENS, Ga. — Georgia is back on top. The Bulldogs replaced Miami at No. 1 when the College Football Playoff selection committee released its second rankings of the season Tuesday night. It is Georgia's 16th week at No. 1 in the playoff era, second only…
From the HERE City State DeskPENSACOLA, Fla. — Georgia's run in the SEC women's soccer tournament ended in the quarterfinals Tuesday, as second-seeded South Carolina beat the 10th-seeded Bulldogs 3-0 at the Ashton Brosnaham Soccer Complex. The Gamecocks spread the scoring around, with three different players finding the net. They…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — The NFL trade deadline closed at 4 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday after a busy final day in which several contenders added pieces for the second half of the season. Kansas City pried receiver Josh Downs loose from Indianapolis, getting a 2027 seventh-rounder…
From the HERE City State Desk
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgia public schools are getting a new push on writing. The Georgia Department of Education announced Tuesday that it has launched Georgia Writes, a statewide professional learning program aimed at helping teachers teach students to write well. The department built the program with Heggerty, a company that…
From the HERE City State Desk
MACON, Ga. — Georgia families thinking about using the state's private school voucher for the spring semester are running short on time. Applications for the spring 2027 term of the Georgia Promise Scholarship close Nov. 30. The program, created by lawmakers in 2024, covers state-approved costs of private schooling or…
From HERE Beaufort
BEAUFORT, S.C. — The Beaufort County Veterans Day Parade steps off at 10 a.m. today, Wednesday, Nov. 11, beginning at Beaufort National Cemetery. Floats and marching units line up at 8 a.m. on Adventure Street. The route follows Boundary Street onto Bay Street and finishes at Boundary and Bladen streets.…
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SAVANNAH, Ga. — A freight hub spanning 36 acres is now open at Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, wrapping up a project that took about five years from the first discussions to construction. It is meant to give shippers more room as cargo demand grows across the Savannah region. Savannah Airport…
From the HERE City State Desk
JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. — With Audi now planning its first American factory in Georgia, the state's port leaders used their annual Port of Brunswick update on Tuesday to make the case that Georgia has become one of the country's main hubs for building and shipping cars. Georgia Ports Authority CEO…
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ALBANY, Ga. — Some Georgians who still rely on a traditional copper phone line could see that service end soon. AT&T is cleared to start discontinuing certain copper-based landline services in parts of 42 Georgia wire centers as early as Saturday, Nov. 15. The change traces to applications AT&T filed…
From HERE Hilton Head
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Hilton Head Island Town Council has appointed five people to a newly formed panel, the Bryant Road public-private housing advisory group. Its job is to help steer workforce homes on a 7.19-acre parcel off Spanish Wells Road. The first meeting was set for 1 p.m.…
From the HERE City State Desk
ATLANTA, Ga. — The head of Georgia's Medicaid fraud unit will help steer the national association of state fraud investigators for the next year, Attorney General Chris Carr announced Tuesday. Jim Mooney, the deputy attorney general in charge of Georgia's Medicaid Fraud and Patient Protection Division, was chosen as vice…
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ATLANTA, Ga. — The board that sets Georgia Power's rates will have a Democratic majority in January for the first time in 30 years, a shift that puts power bills and data center costs at the center of the state's utility agenda. In the Nov. 3 general election, Commissioner Peter…
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