Craig Nelson

Dozens of executives and employees of Georgia's largest energy utilities have contributed at least $77,000 to the two Republicans running for re-election to the Public Service Commission, with the majority of the contributions coming from individuals associated with Southern Company and its subsidiaries.

Keith Higgins, the Republican incumbent District Attorney of Brunswick, is facing calls for resignation and potential disciplinary action after a forensic audit revealed his office had a nearly $1 million budget shortfall and numerous questionable expenses.

Georgia Republicans are worried about low voter turnout for the upcoming election, as less than 1% of registered voters in Coastal Georgia counties have cast early ballots, with the potential for a "blood-in-the-water" effect ahead of next year's mid-term elections if Republican incumbents lose their races.

Critics say removed agenda item was nearly identical to August item that challenged state law and is now part of a lawsuit.

Judge Timothy R. Walmsley has ordered the Chatham County Commission to refrain from creating a parallel board of directors for the region's transit authority, granting a victory to the reconfigured board and halting the commission's attempts to restore the disbanded board.

Georgia National Guard troops will provide logistical and administrative support to ICE officers in the state, supplementing the agency's efforts to find, detain and deport illegal immigrants.

Savannah police chiefs reported a decrease in overall crime, but an increase in domestic violence, as well as a decrease in gun thefts from vehicles, and a commitment to assisting federal immigration agents in cases of "violent criminal things".

The Chatham County Commission voted 6-3 to pass a resolution to nullify a state law that replaced the board of the region's transit authority, claiming it was unconstitutional.

The Chatham County Commission is set to vote on a resolution to overturn a new state law that replaced the nine-member board of Chatham Area Transit (CAT) with an 11-member panel, which the commission chairman, Chester Ellis, claims is "unconstitutionally created".

According to a press release on its website, International Paper is cutting 1,100 jobs at the Savannah containerboard mill and packaging facility, and at the Riceboro containerboard mill and Riceboro Timber and Lumber.