ATLANTA, Georgia, May 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Funded by $1.5 billion investment into Brownfields sites from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address legacy pollution, advance environmental justice, and create healthier communities * * * On May 20, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $5,500,000 in grant awards from President Biden's Investing in America (https://www.whitehouse.gov/invest/) agenda to ex  more

ALBANY, Georgia, May 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia issued the following news release: A Southwest Georgia resident serving federal supervised release and state probation for prior drug distribution convictions was sentenced to serve more than 23 years in federal prison for supplying methamphetamine and fentanyl in the community, including to a woman who had recently given birth to his child. Brian Chadwick Jeffcoat, 40, of Leesburg, Georgia, was sente  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- President Biden issued the following statement on May 23, 2024, on what he calls a historic union contract in Georgia: * * * Congratulations to members of the United Steelworkers and to Blue Bird for proving once again that meeting our clean energy goals is an opportunity to create good-paying union jobs for American workers. Last year, I was excited to meet with Delushundra "Dee" Thomas, who helped organize these workers. Their new contract is a lifechanging agreement th  more

WASHINGTON, May 25 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following statement on May 23, 2024, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken announcing a visa restriction policy for undermining democracy in Georgia and comprehensive review of all U.S.-Georgia cooperation: * * * Over the past few months the ruling Georgian Dream party has developed and passed a "foreign influence" law that would stifle the exercise of freedoms of association and expression, stigmatize organizations that serve the citizens of  more