Shalena Cook Jones filed reports of campaign funding after missing deadline and ethics complaint by a local lawyer. It’s the latest round of partisan attacks in the county’s most-watched local election for Chatham County top prosecutor.
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Jimmy Carter, at age 100, casts his 2024 ballot by mail
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy Carter cast his ballot in the 2024 election Wednesday. The former president voted by mail, the Carter Center confirmed in a statement. It happened barely two weeks after Carter celebrated his 100th birthday on Oct. 1…
How the NYC high school admissions process sorts kids by race, poverty, disability
Sign up for Chalkbeat New York’s free daily newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools.In New York City’s cutthroat high school application process, a student’s seventh grade GPA in core classes is the single most important factor for whether they…
As money for senior citizens runs out, Jackson County voters consider a new property tax

Janet Baker has to say “no” more often than she would like to the aging Kansas Citians her organization serves. Even to a woman newly confined to a wheelchair who called a couple of weeks ago requesting Meals on Wheels, Baker, executive director of KC Shepherd’s Center, had to say “no.” “This makes me sick,” […]
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Glynn County magistrate court asks for pay bump, commission holds off on vote
Commissioners were asked to boost salaries for the three judges who issue criminal arrest warrants and hear civil suits to match increases approved earlier in the summer for counterparts who preside over juvenile and probate court.
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How Will Eric Adams Pay His Legal Defense Bills Now?

Mayor Eric Adams and his high-priced lawyers have said they intend to fight to clear his name in the federal bribery and campaign finance charges he’s now facing, demanding a speedy trial and already taking pot shots at a key witness against him. How he’s going to pay for all that remains a mystery. On […]
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Ohio making it easier to track early-voting figures ahead of November election

A new data dashboard from Secretary of State Frank LaRose should put voting numbers closer to everyday voters’ fingertips.
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Aquaculture could harm animal welfare or protect it, depending on what species the farms raise
Many sea creatures lead complex, social lives in the wild and are likely to suffer in farmed conditions. But they aren’t mainstays of the aquaculture industry − yet.
Microplastic pollution is everywhere, even in the exhaled breath of dolphins – new research
8 million metric tons of plastic wind up in Earth’s oceans annually, where marine animals are exposed to this pollution and its potential health effects.
Should taxpayers give $7.8M to corporations to comply with state’s coal-carbon capture mandate?


State agency recommends Gov. Mark Gordon approve the funding requests, which are intended to buoy declining coal industry.
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