Government for its Citizens

*La traducción al español sigue a la noticia en ingles   February 2, 2026 Dear Georgian, The United States Department of Agriculture has designated 42 counties across South Georgia as eligible for emergency loan assistance through the Farm Service Agency (FSA) for drought severity during this past growing season. Georgia’s 8th district counties included in…

By Carol A. Gasser Moore / *La traducción al español sigue a la noticia en ingles NORTH FLORIDA – A Gainesville, Florida, man is facing federal weapons charges following a grand jury indictment alleging he unlawfully possessed a silencer that was neither registered nor properly marked, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern…

By Carol A. Gasser Moore / *La traducción al español sigue a la noticia en ingles ATLANTA — Three Atlanta-area tax return preparers have been permanently barred from the tax preparation business after a federal court found they repeatedly filed false returns that reduced customers’ tax liabilities through fabricated claims.    The U.S. District Court…

A similar bill stalled last year but a revised version is on the move this session By:Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder      February 3, 20269:29 pm  A new bill aims to take “pornography” out of library children’s sections. Critics call it a fake problem. Getty Images Librarians and education advocates are warning that a bill moving through…

End Citizens United awarded Senator Warnock with an anti-corruption grade of A+, the highest possible grade Senator Warnock was among a select few lawmakers who achieved this top honor, all 535 House and Senate lawmakers were graded  End Citizens United bases its scoring on several criteria, including cosponsoring specific legislation, protecting American families from historic attempts to…

By Geoff Duncan / *La traducción al español sigue a la noticia en ingles   In Case You Missed It, former Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan denounced ICE’s inhumane actions across the country and vowed to not use any state assets to support ICE raids as governor. In Newsweek, Duncan went on to highlight why he’s Democrats’…

By Carol A. Gasser Moore / *La traducción al español sigue a la noticia en ingles ALMA, Ga. — The City of Alma has applied for a state clean-water loan to fund upgrades to municipal facilities, according to a recent notice from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD).    The loan request, filed through the…

By Carol A. Gasser Moore / *La traducción al español sigue a la noticia en ingles JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Jacksonville-area ophthalmology practice has agreed to pay more than $2.1 million to resolve federal allegations that it participated in a scheme involving fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid billing, underscoring that even licensed medical professionals can be…

By Carol A. Gasser Moore / *La traducción al español sigue a la noticia en ingles ATLANTA — Nearly a century after its creation, the Alapaha Judicial Circuit has entered a new chapter.    Judge Matt Bennett of Cook County was officially sworn in last week as the circuit’s third Superior Court judge, marking the…

By Michael Dockery / *La traducción al español sigue a la noticia en ingles    As the Georgia General Assembly convenes for a new legislative session, a lot of important decisions are being discussed under the Gold Dome. For most families here in South Georgia, though, life doesn’t pause to follow every bill number or…