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The Current GA

The Georgia Public Service Commission is set to vote Sept. 17 on Georgia Power’s proposal to burn wood pellets and other organic materials to generate energy and has raised environmental concerns and high costs being passed on to customers.

Critics blast Georgia Power plan to burn wood for fuel as critics warn of costs, pollution

Washington, DC

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A woman says she overheard Texas Roadhouse corporate managers plotting to terminate an employee who is in the intensive care unit (ICU) by baiting her husband with a fake benefits package. The story has sparked outrage in a now-viral TikTok.

Woman catches Texas Roadhouse managers allegedly scheming to terminate an injured worker

Carlinville, IL

The former site of Heinz Funeral Home is pictured in Carlinville. Its proprietor, August “Gus” Heinz, is accused of misidentifying at least 75 human remains – and as many as 800. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell) As many as 800 families across the country who...

Coroner’s affidavit shows as many as 800 human remains could have been misidentified

South Dakota State

Sioux Falls, SD

Rosebud Sioux Tribal Headquarters in Rosebud. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight) A Native American tribe in South Dakota will receive a nearly $8 million grant from a federal program that state government declined to apply for. The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that the Rosebud Sioux Tribe has been selected to...

Tribe gets nearly $8 million from federal program that state shunned

Wisconsin State

Kansas State

TOPEKA — The state treasurer for Kansas said the bipartisan settlement of multistate litigation against Delaware regarding unclaimed property from a money-transfer company would result in $1.5 million being forwarded to Kansas for distribution to consumers. The dispute had its roots in action by Delaware to distort federal law...

Settlement of Delaware lawsuit transfers $1.5 million in unclaimed property to Kansas

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Missouri State

CJ Coombs

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 1,467 children have been reported missing in the U.S. since January 1, 2024, a drop since the figure of 1,533 previously reported. That drop indicates 66 cases were resolved.

15 missing children in Missouri since June 2024: some cases resolved and more added

Colorado State

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Florida State

Uncovering Florida

Today, Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a lawsuit against the Biden-Harris administration for failing to provide public documents requested through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) filing. The March 2024 FOIA request sought records related to policies allowing the release of dangerous criminal illegal aliens from U.S. prisons into the general population rather than deporting them.

FL Attorney General Sues Biden-Harris Administration Over Release of Criminal Illegal Aliens

Arizona State

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs speaks during an event where the Department of Interior announced delisting the Apache Trout from the Endangered Species list in Mesa, Arizona, on Sept. 4, 2024. Photo by Shondiin Silversmith | Arizona Mirror. After more than five decades of conservation efforts led by tribal, state, federal...

Apache trout no longer ‘threatened’ thanks to work of tribe, partners

Wyoming State

Cheyenne, WY

WyoFile

WHITE MOUNTAIN—“That’s a lot of horses,” lamented Cheyenne resident Robyn Smith from a high-desert ridgeline. It wasn’t her first exasperated exclamation. “Argh, oh crap,” was her immediate reaction to learning a federal judge had given the Bureau of Land Management the OK to proceed with plans to fully remove two wild horse herds from the landscape in southwest Wyoming.

BLM wins two lawsuits, clearing way for elimination of two Wyoming wild horse herds

Arizona Luminaria

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican push that could have blocked more than 41,000 Arizona voters from casting ballots for president in the closely contested swing state, but allowed some parts of a law requiring proof of citizenship to be enforced.

Supreme Court rejects GOP push to block 41,000 Arizona voters, but partly OKs proof of citizenship law

Wyoming’s U.S. Sen. John Barrasso and Rep. Harriet Hageman handily staved off Republican challengers in Tuesday’s primary election. The Associated Press called the race at 8 p.m.

Barrasso, Hageman handily defeat Republican challengers

Thomson, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A Georgia city mayor has been arrested by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation following an investigation and a grand jury indictment. According to GBI officials, the Thomson Police Department requested the agency to investigate an allegation that Thomson City Mayor, 52-year-old Benjamin Cary Cranford, provided alcohol to an inmate on work detail within the city limits on June 4, 2024.

Georgia City Mayor Arrested for Allegedly Giving Alcohol to an Inmate on Work Det

Kentucky State

Jefferson County, KY

Louisville, KY

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Federal, state and local public health officials have confirmed the first case of the Oropouche virus in Kentucky and Jefferson County in a person who had returned to Louisville after traveling to the Caribbean.

Health officials report first case of Oropouche virus, aka ‘Sloth Fever,’ confirmed in Kentucky

New York City, NY

North Hempstead, NY

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs the Child Victims Act in 2019, surrounded by proponents of the bill. | Don Pollard/Office of the Governor. It was the fall of 1978, and the 13-year-old boy was reluctant to attend his counseling session. Vincent Festa, the school psychologist at Herricks Middle School and High...

Small School Districts Face Costs of Settling Decades-Old Abuse Claims

Alabama State

Derrick Dearman, convicted of the 2016 murders of five people outside Citronelle, is scheduled to be executed on Oct. 17, 2024. (Alabama Department of Corrections) Alabama will attempt to conduct a sixth execution this year, which would tie the state for the most in the past 50 years. Gov. Kay...

Alabama sets sixth execution for 2024

Law enforcement personnel in New York examine a license plate during a multi-agency operation at the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge in March 2024. The operation marked the launch of a new city-state task force aimed at identifying and removing “ghost cars” — vehicles that evade detection by traffic cameras and toll readers due to forged or altered license plates — from New York City streets. Courtesy of Marc A. Hermann/Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

‘License plate flippers’ help drivers evade police, tickets and tolls

West Texas Livestock Growers

crucial aspect of managing your cattle. It’s not just a reduction in sales weight, but also a potential decrease in the price you’ll receive. However, with the right knowledge, you can make informed decisions and mitigate its impact.

Shrinkage in cattle: what you need to know

Craft time for preschool students at the Evanston Child Development Center on Jan. 25, 2023. (Katie Klingsporn/WyoFile) Wyoming is one of six states without state-funded preschool for 4-year-olds, despite the significant social and economic benefits of early childhood education being well documented and widely acknowledged by policy makers. At roughly 35%, the portion of Wyoming 3- and 4-year-olds who attend preschool lags far behind the national average of about 50%.

Early childhood education proposals die in legislative committee

Maine State

Sagadahoc County, ME

Lewiston, ME

The Maine Monitor

Editor’s note: This story contains references to suicide. When a bill to strengthen Maine’s yellow flag law went into effect earlier this month, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said he felt a sense of relief.

Law enforcement officers can now get a warrant to take someone into protective custody

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Public Service commissioners ignore Georgians asking for safer, clean energy future

State regulators approved Georgia Power plans April 16 to build three gas and oil turbines at Plant Yates in Coweta County. Several clean energy groups are...

Public Service commissioners ignore Georgians asking for safer, clean energy future

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