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What does Symrise make at plant where fires forced evacuations?
网页2022年11月7日 · Glynn County officials said the chemical source of the fire was hydrogen peroxide pinene, which is manufactured at the plant. No Symrise employees were injured in the blast or fire, which started during a shift change with 4-8 employees present. About 1,400 people in 500 households live within a three-mile radius of the site, according an ...
Hurricane Milton: Updates - The Current
网页3 天之前 · This page will collect storm info, closings, preparation updates from Coastal Georgia counties due to Hurricane Milton. Please send any questions or info to staff@thecurrentga.org. Updates for Hurricane Milton will be posted here as county emergency managers post information. Milton has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane, with maximum ...
Georgia helps drive record enrollment in ACA health insurance
网页2021年12月23日 · Georgia helps drive record enrollment in ACA health insurance. States that haven’t expanded Medicaid spark surge in enrollments. A record 13.6 million Americans have signed up for health coverage for 2022 on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, with nearly a month remaining to enroll in most states, …
Thousands of Georgians enroll for coverage as exchange reopens
网页2021年3月8日 · More than 16,000 Georgians signed up for coverage on the state’s insurance exchange during the first two weeks of a special enrollment period ordered by President Biden. This story also appeared in Georgia Health News. That’s the third-highest total of any state, behind Florida and Texas, among the 36 …
Brunswick residents join scientists to test water quality near ...
网页2024年7月30日 · A Superfund site is an area contaminated with hazardous waste that was dumped or otherwise mismanaged, and its been approved by the federal Environmental Protection Agency for cleanup. There are 23 Superfund sites around Georgia, and four of them are in Glynn County. Sites have to be inspected, ranked and then studied to …
Georgia isn't alone in city law vs. state conflicts - The Current
网页2021年4月21日 · Moves are a trend toward states preempting local laws and ordinances, a movement fueled by COVID-19 and the chaos around the 2020 elections. Conflicts between state and local governments — particularly in cities run by Democrats and states controlled by Republicans — when it came to rules such as mask ordinances and regulations on when businesses could open and at what capacity.
State schools superintendent eyes new funding approach in 2024 ...
网页2023年11月14日 · Woods is proposing a $3,000 pay raise for teachers, which, if approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Brian Kemp, would represent a total salary increase of $10,000 since Kemp took office in 2019. Kemp’s office has not commented publicly on the proposals. “In the longer term, we also advocate for expanding step increases on the ...
Brunswick residents living next to a Superfund site worry about …
网页2021年5月3日 · In 1984, the U.S. EPA designated Terry Creek as one of the state’s four Superfund sites. The Department of Justice has ruled that Hercules is responsible for its cleanup. But almost 40 years later, the site remains …
Jackie Johnson prosecution turns two years old amid delays …
网页2023年8月30日 · Two years ago this week, a grand jury indicted former Brunswick Judicial Circuit DA Jackie Johnson on charges of interfering with the investigation into Ahmaud Arbery’s murder. Her trial, however, has still not been scheduled to start because her defense lawyer’s time is tied up with an ongoing racketeering case in …