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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Georgia Newsletter for Saturday August 16, 2025 ( 10 items )  

Constangy Cyber Team Shortlisted for Two Categories in Insurance Insider's 2025 U.S. Honors Awards
ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 14 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete, a law firm, posted the following news release: * * * Constangy Cyber Team Shortlisted for Two Categories in Insurance Insider's 2025 U.S. Honors Awards * The Constangy Cyber Team is proud to announce that the firm has been named a finalist in two categories-- Employer of the Year and Legal Services Provider of the Year --as part of Insurance Insider 's 2025 U.S. Honors awards program. Award winners w  more

Corps of Engineers Reviews Spencer Artillery Range FUDS Project 01 Remedy
SAVANNAH, Georgia, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Savannah District issued the following news release: * * * Corps of Engineers reviews Spencer Artillery Range FUDS Project 01 remedy The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, has initiated a five-year review (FYR) for the Spencer Artillery Range Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) property located in Van Buren, Warren, Sequatchie, and Bledsoe Counties in Tennessee. There are multiple projects within the Spencer Artiller  more

Crisis in Eastern Chad: Funding Cuts, Cholera Outbreak Undermine Refugee Response
ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 13 -- Care, an organization that says it is dedicated to ending poverty, issued the following news release: * * * Crisis in eastern Chad: funding cuts, cholera outbreak undermine refugee response N'Djamena, Chad - Humanitarian organizations in eastern Chad are struggling to support more than one million refugees and returnees living in dire conditions in camps and informal settlements. Many organizations have been forced to close or dramatically reduce their operations   more

Driscoll Recognizes Soldiers for Shooting Response
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 15 [Category: National Defense] -- The Association of the U.S. Army posted the following news: * * * Driscoll Recognizes Soldiers for Shooting Response * Last week, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll traveled to Fort Stewart, Georgia, to honor the heroism of soldiers who responded to an Aug. 6 shooting on the installation. "There are not a lot of institutions and not a lot of people like you that can go through what you did yesterday and come back to work today and do [p  more

In the News: Steve Katz Quoted in Law360 on California Arbitration Fee Ruling
ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 15 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete, a law firm, posted the following news release: * * * In the News: Steve Katz Quoted in Law360 on California Arbitration Fee Ruling * Constangy partner Steve Katz shared his insights with Law360 on the California Supreme Court's recent decision in Hohenshelt v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County, a case stemming from a worker's wage and hour suit against Golden State Foods Corp. The court upheld Cal  more

NRC Event Notification: Chemical Agent Detector Loss Initially Reported by U.S. Navy
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (TNSoth) -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was notified on February 18, 2025, by the U.S. Navy regarding the reported loss of ten automatic chemical agent detector alarm systems from the Marine Corps Logistics Command in Albany, Georgia. Each system contained 30 mCi of Nickel-63. The loss was discovered during permit termination actions in October 2024, with the detectors last referenced during a shipment in October 2022. Extensive search efforts and interviews failed to   more

UGA Moves Forward With School of Nursing
ATHENS, Georgia, Aug. 16 -- The University of Georgia issued the following news: * * * UGA moves forward with new School of Nursing IIn May, the University System of Georgia Board of Regents authorized the establishment of an independent School of Nursing at the University of Georgia. At that time, the Board asked the USG system office and UGA to work together over the summer to develop a comprehensive plan for the school's development. That plan is now moving forward. "The UGA School of Nu  more

University of Georgia: Degrees Add Over $1M Per Graduate In Lifetime Earnings, $73B In Total Gain
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (TNSLrpt) -- A report by the University of Georgia Terry College of Business Selig Center for Economic Growth estimates that its Class of 2024 graduates who work in Georgia will collectively earn $230 billion over their working lives, with $73 billion of that attributable directly to the value added by their degrees. On average, that equates to an additional $1,005,949 in lifetime earnings per graduate. The study was commissioned by University System of Georgia. The study us  more

University of Georgia: Units Collaborate to Improve Workers' Compensation Program
ATHENS, Georgia, Aug. 16 -- The University of Georgia issued the following news: * * * Units collaborate to improve workers' compensation program RRecent enhancements to the University of Georgia's workers' compensation program have enabled injured UGA employees to return to work faster and healthier through a more streamlined process. In Fall 2024, the university centralized the workers' compensation claims process in Insurance & Claims Management (ICM) -- part of the university's Risk and   more

Wyoming Guard Joint Exercise Builds Readiness for Aeromedical Evacuation Teams
ROBINS AFB, Georgia, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Wyoming Guard Joint Exercise Builds Readiness for Aeromedical Evacuation Teams * * Published Aug. 14, 2025 * By Staff Sgt. Zachary Herold * 153rd Airlift Wing CHEYENNE, Wyo. -- Members of the 187th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, the Wyoming Army National Guard Dustoff unit and the Critical Care Air Transport Team, or CCATT, from the 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson Space Force Base,  more