Georgia Power rate hike plan would hand customers the tab
(GA Recorder) — Georgia Power’s proposal for a $200 increase to the average household’s yearly electricity costs is set to kick into high gear...
Faith leaders urge minimum wage hike, expanded child tax credit as Congress nears recess
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — Faith leaders pressed Congress to pass voting rights legislation, a $15 minimum wage and a permanent expansion of the child...
CPSC warns consumers of faulty carbon monoxide detectors
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warns consumers about the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning from using HECOPRO digital display carbon monoxide (CO)...
Why a NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — In the first-of-its kind, save-the-world experiment, NASA is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away.
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U.S. House passes bill reforming Electoral Count Act to stop Jan. 6 repeat
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — The U.S. House passed on Wednesday a bill updating a 19th-century law in an attempt to prevent the subversion of...
U.S. government failed to properly count deaths of people in prisons and jails, Senate...
WASHINGTON (Georgia Recorder) — The Department of Justice did not properly count nearly 1,000 deaths of incarcerated people in jails and prisons, according to...
Fed attacks inflation with another big hike and expects more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Intensifying its fight against high inflation, the Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate Wednesday by a substantial three-quarters of a...
How steep Fed rate hikes affect your finances
NEW YORK (AP) — Mortgage rates have jumped, home sales have slumped and credit cards and auto loans have gotten pricier. Savings rates are...
Video shows ‘unauthorized access’ to Ga. election equipment
ATLANTA (AP) — A Republican Party official in Georgia told a computer forensics team to copy components of the voting system at a rural...
NY attorney general sues Donald Trump and his company
New York's attorney general sued former President Donald Trump and his company on Wednesday, alleging business fraud involving some of their most prized assets,...
Lawyers seek data in Georgia election equipment breach
ATLANTA (AP) — A former Republican Party official in Georgia who was a fake elector in 2020 misrepresented her role in an alleged breach...
Georgia’s public referendum law at stake as spaceport fight reaches Supreme Court
(GA Recorder) — Union Carbide’s decision to back out of a land deal for a Camden County spaceport has sparked more lawsuits ahead of...