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Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Bowen generates electricity, Dec. 14, 2020, in Euharlee, Ga. The utility announced a deal on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, with Georgia Public Service Commission staff that could allow the company to contract for or build additional generation capacity. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

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Georgia Power makes deal for more electrical generation, pledging downward rate pressure
By JEFF AMY - Associated Press
Wed,03/27/24-1:51PM , 136 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Power Co. announced a deal with regulatory staff to build and buy more electrical generation ahead of schedule on Wednesday, pledging that the deal will reduce rates for existing customers.
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State Rep. Houston Gaines, R-Athens, watches the voting board during the vote for HB 1105, which would penalize sheriffs who don't coordinate with federal immigration authorities, at the House of Representatives in Atlanta on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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Georgia House passes bill requiring jailers to identify and hold immigrants after student's killing
By JEFF AMY - Associated Press
Thu,02/29/24-5:08PM , 123 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia House Republicans are backing a bill that would require every eligible police and sheriff’s department to help identify undocumented immigrants and detain them for possible deportation.
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Speaker of the Georgia House Jon Burns, R-Newington, presides before the State of the State speech, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in Atlanta. Burns said on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, that he favors a commission to explore expanded health care coverage in the future, indicating that Burns won't seek to expand Medicaid in 2024. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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Georgia House leaders signal Medicaid expansion is off the table in 2024
By JEFF AMY - Associated Press
Tue,02/20/24-2:26PM , 97 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's house speaker cracked open the door to Medicaid expansion in the state, but now that door appears to be closing for 2024.
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Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant is shown Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. The electric utility said on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024 that its second new reactor has begun splitting atoms. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

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Second new Georgia reactor begins splitting atoms in key step to making electricity
By JEFF AMY - Associated Press
Wed,02/14/24-9:47AM , 77 Reads
ATLANTA (AP) — A nuclear power plant in Georgia has begun splitting atoms in the second of its two new reactors, Georgia Power said Wednesday, a key step toward providing carbon-free electricity.
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