1 arrested in AM shooting that put Beach High School on lockdown
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – Beach High School was on lockdown Friday morning following a shooting that occurred in the surrounding neighborhood. The Savannah Police Department (SPD) and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System Police Department responded to secure the scene.
@SenatorWarnock @RepNaderHayes @GovKemp
Source: WSAV Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – Beach High School was on lockdown Friday morning following a shooting that occurred in the surrounding neighborhood. The Savannah Police Department (SPD) and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System Police Department responded to secure the scene.
@SenatorWarnock @RepNaderHayes @GovKemp
Source: WSAV Savannah
Sandy Springs police investigate Saturday morning double shooting on Roswell Rd
Two people were shot Saturday morning on Roswell Rd in Sandy Springs, as police investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.
@ChrisCarrGA @BurtJones_GA @GaRepublicans
Source: 11Alive Atlanta
Two people were shot Saturday morning on Roswell Rd in Sandy Springs, as police investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.
@ChrisCarrGA @BurtJones_GA @GaRepublicans
Source: 11Alive Atlanta
Georgia officials say new federal Medicaid rules threaten state’s partial expansion program
Georgia health officials are asking the Trump administration for more funding for the state’s partial Medicaid expansion program because they say federal changes are expected to increase enrollment by about 100,000 people, raising the costs of the program. The Board of Community Health, which oversees Georgia’s Medicaid program, announced at its Thursday meeting that they are once again asking the federal government to increase the federal match from about 67% to 90%, which is what states that have fully expanded Medicaid receive for providing coverage to a larger population.
@AtlantaFalcons @BurtJones_GA @ajc
Source: Georgia Recorder
Georgia health officials are asking the Trump administration for more funding for the state’s partial Medicaid expansion program because they say federal changes are expected to increase enrollment by about 100,000 people, raising the costs of the program. The Board of Community Health, which oversees Georgia’s Medicaid program, announced at its Thursday meeting that they are once again asking the federal government to increase the federal match from about 67% to 90%, which is what states that have fully expanded Medicaid receive for providing coverage to a larger population.
@AtlantaFalcons @BurtJones_GA @ajc
Source: Georgia Recorder
Georgia Trend Daily – Aug. 14, 2026
Trevor Williams reports, when Belgian pharmaceuticals firm UCB announced its $2 billion investment in Gwinnett County this year, few Georgians knew the company had already been in the state for three decades. That changed when the “sleeping giant” awoke with a plan to create 330 more jobs at Rowen, a new development focused on life sciences innovation, said Mark Smith, head of government affairs. Jack Rutherfor reports, at a stately government building just outside the Gold Dome in downtown Atlanta, a little-known government technology authority occupies three of the seven floors. That agency is the Georgia Technology Authority . Best known for providing general IT services to other departments in state government, it now sits in the driver’s seat of rolling out and vetting Georgia’s use of artificial intelligence.
@AustinScottGA8 @GaRepublicans @ajc
Source: Georgia Trend
Trevor Williams reports, when Belgian pharmaceuticals firm UCB announced its $2 billion investment in Gwinnett County this year, few Georgians knew the company had already been in the state for three decades. That changed when the “sleeping giant” awoke with a plan to create 330 more jobs at Rowen, a new development focused on life sciences innovation, said Mark Smith, head of government affairs. Jack Rutherfor reports, at a stately government building just outside the Gold Dome in downtown Atlanta, a little-known government technology authority occupies three of the seven floors. That agency is the Georgia Technology Authority . Best known for providing general IT services to other departments in state government, it now sits in the driver’s seat of rolling out and vetting Georgia’s use of artificial intelligence.
@AustinScottGA8 @GaRepublicans @ajc
Source: Georgia Trend
Optimus previews digital twin of US freight network
Optimus Technology Inc. on Thursday previewed a digital twin of the U.S. freight network built to model how disruptions and structural changes ripple across corridors, facilities and commodities. The freight digital twin, called the Freight Intelligence Graph, is under development at the Austin, Texas-based company. The prototype models roughly 350,000 U.S. highway-network nodes and nearly 1 million directed road segments. It runs on top of Optimus’s proprietary freight data foundation. That layer maps more than 450,000 geocoded shipper and receiver roles across nearly 400,000 facility locations. It covers more than 500,000 distinct directional city-to-city corridor combinations.
@RepNaderHayes @Fox5Atlanta @mtgreenee
Source: FreightWaves Port/Logistics
Optimus Technology Inc. on Thursday previewed a digital twin of the U.S. freight network built to model how disruptions and structural changes ripple across corridors, facilities and commodities. The freight digital twin, called the Freight Intelligence Graph, is under development at the Austin, Texas-based company. The prototype models roughly 350,000 U.S. highway-network nodes and nearly 1 million directed road segments. It runs on top of Optimus’s proprietary freight data foundation. That layer maps more than 450,000 geocoded shipper and receiver roles across nearly 400,000 facility locations. It covers more than 500,000 distinct directional city-to-city corridor combinations.
@RepNaderHayes @Fox5Atlanta @mtgreenee
Source: FreightWaves Port/Logistics
Exclusive: Reps. Tenney, Malliotakis Warn Socialism Gaining Ground with Young Voters, Point to Mamdani Agenda
Reps. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) and Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) are warning that socialist ideas are gaining traction among young Americans as the country heads toward the midterm elections, pointing to the education system, the appeal of “free stuff,” and the experiences of countries including Cuba, Venezuela, and the former Yugoslavia as they argue against bringing similar policies to the United States. Tenney and Malliotakis discussed the rise of socialism and left-wing politics in an upcoming episode of the Republican Study Committee’s Right to the Point podcast. Breitbart News obtained an advance transcript of the interview ahead of its release.
@Raffensperger @SenatorWarnock @BurtJones_GA
Source: Breitbart Immigration
Reps. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) and Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) are warning that socialist ideas are gaining traction among young Americans as the country heads toward the midterm elections, pointing to the education system, the appeal of “free stuff,” and the experiences of countries including Cuba, Venezuela, and the former Yugoslavia as they argue against bringing similar policies to the United States. Tenney and Malliotakis discussed the rise of socialism and left-wing politics in an upcoming episode of the Republican Study Committee’s Right to the Point podcast. Breitbart News obtained an advance transcript of the interview ahead of its release.
@Raffensperger @SenatorWarnock @BurtJones_GA
Source: Breitbart Immigration
Deep Dive Into What's Really Going On In Georgia November Politics With BKP
L. Todd Wood sits down with BKP for a deep dive into what's really happening in Georgia November politics — not the mainstream media narrative. The real story from the ground.
https://www.georgiarecord.com/video/2026/08/15/deep-dive-into-whats-really-going-on-in-georgia-november-politics-with-bkp/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=deep-dive-into-whats-really-going-on-in-georgia-november-politics-with-bkp&utm_content=20260815_deep-dive-into-whats-really-going-on-in-georgia-november-politics-with-bkp
L. Todd Wood sits down with BKP for a deep dive into what's really happening in Georgia November politics — not the mainstream media narrative. The real story from the ground.
https://www.georgiarecord.com/video/2026/08/15/deep-dive-into-whats-really-going-on-in-georgia-november-politics-with-bkp/?utm_source=telegram&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=deep-dive-into-whats-really-going-on-in-georgia-november-politics-with-bkp&utm_content=20260815_deep-dive-into-whats-really-going-on-in-georgia-november-politics-with-bkp
Early voting begins in special election runoff to fill late Congressman David Scott's seat
Voters in Georgia's 13th Congressional District headed to the polls Saturday. Election Day is Aug. 25th.
@WhatmattersinG @BurtJones_GA @RepBuddyCarter
Source: 11Alive Atlanta
Voters in Georgia's 13th Congressional District headed to the polls Saturday. Election Day is Aug. 25th.
@WhatmattersinG @BurtJones_GA @RepBuddyCarter
Source: 11Alive Atlanta
Ken Paxton: 'If We Lose Texas, the Senate's Gone'
Paxton says lawmakers understand the threat but warns it comes down to political courage: "It's just a matter of having the courage to do it." Texas Senate seat could flip the entire chamber.
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Paxton says lawmakers understand the threat but warns it comes down to political courage: "It's just a matter of having the courage to do it." Texas Senate seat could flip the entire chamber.
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Grocery cart divide: How rural, urban America sort themselves
I tested 21 consumer preferences, retail patterns, and demographic measures against county and state level returns from 2024, combining relative search interest from Google Trends with the election results. Nineteen of the 21 were statistically significant. Taken together they describe a rural-urban split that is not just about who governs, but about how people live, eat, and shop. That distinction matters for anyone who cares about rural communities, because it shapes how campaigns court them and which businesses decide to invest in them. The pattern was consistent and, frankly, not surprising to anyone who has lived in a small town: shelf stable and homemade foods such as Velveeta, SPAM, Miracle Whip, biscuits and gravy, and no-bean chili tracked rural, Republican leaning places. Refrigerated and imported foods such as brie, pesto, prosciutto, and avocado toast tracked dense, Democratic leaning ones. For the sake of this analysis, rural is defined as counties outside of the Office and Management and Budget’s Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
@GovKemp @WhatmattersinG @RepBoBishop
Source: The Current GA
I tested 21 consumer preferences, retail patterns, and demographic measures against county and state level returns from 2024, combining relative search interest from Google Trends with the election results. Nineteen of the 21 were statistically significant. Taken together they describe a rural-urban split that is not just about who governs, but about how people live, eat, and shop. That distinction matters for anyone who cares about rural communities, because it shapes how campaigns court them and which businesses decide to invest in them. The pattern was consistent and, frankly, not surprising to anyone who has lived in a small town: shelf stable and homemade foods such as Velveeta, SPAM, Miracle Whip, biscuits and gravy, and no-bean chili tracked rural, Republican leaning places. Refrigerated and imported foods such as brie, pesto, prosciutto, and avocado toast tracked dense, Democratic leaning ones. For the sake of this analysis, rural is defined as counties outside of the Office and Management and Budget’s Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
@GovKemp @WhatmattersinG @RepBoBishop
Source: The Current GA
Borderlands Mexico: ANPACT warns tariffs threaten truck trade as exports surge
Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week in Borderlands Mexico: ANPACT warns tariffs threaten truck trade as exports surge; Stonepeak acquires rail-served logistics property in Fort Worth; and Green Tide Logistics launches Mexico-US maritime corridor. Mexico’s heavy-duty truck industry posted sharp gains in production, exports and wholesale sales during July, signaling improving momentum for manufacturers despite weaker retail demand and softer year-to-date totals.
@SavannahNow @WaterCoolerGSU @Raffensperger
Source: FreightWaves Port/Logistics
Borderlands Mexico is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week in Borderlands Mexico: ANPACT warns tariffs threaten truck trade as exports surge; Stonepeak acquires rail-served logistics property in Fort Worth; and Green Tide Logistics launches Mexico-US maritime corridor. Mexico’s heavy-duty truck industry posted sharp gains in production, exports and wholesale sales during July, signaling improving momentum for manufacturers despite weaker retail demand and softer year-to-date totals.
@SavannahNow @WaterCoolerGSU @Raffensperger
Source: FreightWaves Port/Logistics
‘Perfectly in line with Constitution:’ Right defends Bible in Texas public schools after lawsuit
The state of Texas is being sued for the second time this year over Senate Bill 10 requiring Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms. Texas is being sued over a state law requiring all public schools to display the biblical Ten Commandments, igniting discussion over the role of religion in K-12 public schools.
@ajc @AustinScottGA8 @WhatmattersinG
Source: Just The News
The state of Texas is being sued for the second time this year over Senate Bill 10 requiring Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms. Texas is being sued over a state law requiring all public schools to display the biblical Ten Commandments, igniting discussion over the role of religion in K-12 public schools.
@ajc @AustinScottGA8 @WhatmattersinG
Source: Just The News
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1 injured in Emory Drive shooting, Savannah police official says
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — The Savannah Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one adult male with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the leg. At around 7:10 p.m., police responded to Barjan Terrace Park based on a shots fired call. While on scene, officers were informed of a walk-in patient with a gunshot wound at Candler Hospital. It was determined that the patient was connected to the shots fired call.
@RepBuddyCarter @RepNaderHayes @AustinScottGA8
Source: WSAV Savannah
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — The Savannah Police Department is investigating a shooting that left one adult male with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the leg. At around 7:10 p.m., police responded to Barjan Terrace Park based on a shots fired call. While on scene, officers were informed of a walk-in patient with a gunshot wound at Candler Hospital. It was determined that the patient was connected to the shots fired call.
@RepBuddyCarter @RepNaderHayes @AustinScottGA8
Source: WSAV Savannah
Lowndes Co. Property Transactions Aug. 15
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Source: Valdosta Daily Times
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Hospital prepayment requirements add new wrinkles to patients’ financial responsibility
When making the appointment, Zordani said, he’d been told the clinic was in his insurer’s network. Upon arrival, Zordani was summoned to the clinic’s financial office and told he had to make a $5,000 preservice deposit, because Mayo had since determined it did not accept his insurance. He was automatically designated “self-pay,” even though his plan had out-of-network benefits. Not having that kind of cash on hand — and angry on principle — he refused. His appointment was canceled.
@WhatmattersinG @GPBNews @Braves
Source: The Current GA
When making the appointment, Zordani said, he’d been told the clinic was in his insurer’s network. Upon arrival, Zordani was summoned to the clinic’s financial office and told he had to make a $5,000 preservice deposit, because Mayo had since determined it did not accept his insurance. He was automatically designated “self-pay,” even though his plan had out-of-network benefits. Not having that kind of cash on hand — and angry on principle — he refused. His appointment was canceled.
@WhatmattersinG @GPBNews @Braves
Source: The Current GA
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Hospital prepayment requirements add new wrinkles to patients’ financial responsibility
When making the appointment, Zordani said, he’d been told the clinic was in his insurer’s network. Upon arrival, Zordani was summoned to the clinic’s financial office and told he had to make a $5,000 preservice deposit, because Mayo had since determined it did not accept his insurance. He was automatically designated “self-pay,” even though his plan had out-of-network benefits. Not having that kind of cash on hand — and angry on principle — he refused. His appointment was canceled.
@GAHouseGOP @ChrisCarrGA @wsbtv
Source: The Current GA
When making the appointment, Zordani said, he’d been told the clinic was in his insurer’s network. Upon arrival, Zordani was summoned to the clinic’s financial office and told he had to make a $5,000 preservice deposit, because Mayo had since determined it did not accept his insurance. He was automatically designated “self-pay,” even though his plan had out-of-network benefits. Not having that kind of cash on hand — and angry on principle — he refused. His appointment was canceled.
@GAHouseGOP @ChrisCarrGA @wsbtv
Source: The Current GA
Georgia officials say new federal Medicaid rules threaten state’s partial expansion program
The Board of Community Health, which oversees Georgia’s Medicaid program, announced at its Thursday meeting that they are once again asking the federal government to increase the federal match from about 67% to 90%, which is what states that have fully expanded Medicaid receive for providing coverage to a larger population. The state argued both at the meeting and in its public notice that new federal guidelines for Medicaid eligibility that were included in President Donald Trump’s tax break and spending cuts package that passed last year would make the state’s Medicaid program financially unsustainable. The new federal Medicaid rules take effect next year.
@ajc @11AliveNews @WhatmattersinG
Source: The Current GA
The Board of Community Health, which oversees Georgia’s Medicaid program, announced at its Thursday meeting that they are once again asking the federal government to increase the federal match from about 67% to 90%, which is what states that have fully expanded Medicaid receive for providing coverage to a larger population. The state argued both at the meeting and in its public notice that new federal guidelines for Medicaid eligibility that were included in President Donald Trump’s tax break and spending cuts package that passed last year would make the state’s Medicaid program financially unsustainable. The new federal Medicaid rules take effect next year.
@ajc @11AliveNews @WhatmattersinG
Source: The Current GA
LIVE at 2pm EST — It's CHYNA! Roger Stone joins The Georgia Show, immediately followed by a special broadcast.
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FBI seeks truck drivers nationwide who may be victims in 54-count tax fraud case
A Georgia tax preparer gained clients throughout the trucking industry through word-of-mouth referrals. Federal prosecutors claim that trust later exposed at least 26 people to an extensive tax scheme. Most identified clients worked as self-employed truck drivers who relied on her company for essential filings. The FBI now wants other potential victims to come forward. Diane Marie Poe, 62, owns Genuine Financial Services in Walton County, Georgia. Her company offered bookkeeping, payroll management, tax preparation and filing assistance. Customers provided GFS with money intended for estimated obligations or employee-related assessments. Prosecutors accuse Poe of keeping those funds instead of delivering promised services.
@RepNaderHayes @mtgreenee @RepBuddyCarter
Source: FreightWaves Port/Logistics
A Georgia tax preparer gained clients throughout the trucking industry through word-of-mouth referrals. Federal prosecutors claim that trust later exposed at least 26 people to an extensive tax scheme. Most identified clients worked as self-employed truck drivers who relied on her company for essential filings. The FBI now wants other potential victims to come forward. Diane Marie Poe, 62, owns Genuine Financial Services in Walton County, Georgia. Her company offered bookkeeping, payroll management, tax preparation and filing assistance. Customers provided GFS with money intended for estimated obligations or employee-related assessments. Prosecutors accuse Poe of keeping those funds instead of delivering promised services.
@RepNaderHayes @mtgreenee @RepBuddyCarter
Source: FreightWaves Port/Logistics
WATCH: 'Once-in-a-Lifetime' Heavy Rains Flood Central Indiana, Six Dead, Many More Missing, Trump Declares Disaster
Entire towns were inundated with murky water as rising rivers exceeded their banks, with some residents taking to kayaks and small boats to save fellow residents or to escape, according to news outlets. The White River, a 362-mile waterway in central and southern Indiana, which also runs directly through Indianapolis, just kept rising Saturday in the wake of heavy rains.
@ossoff @ChrisCarrGA @AustinScottGA8
Source: Breitbart Immigration
Entire towns were inundated with murky water as rising rivers exceeded their banks, with some residents taking to kayaks and small boats to save fellow residents or to escape, according to news outlets. The White River, a 362-mile waterway in central and southern Indiana, which also runs directly through Indianapolis, just kept rising Saturday in the wake of heavy rains.
@ossoff @ChrisCarrGA @AustinScottGA8
Source: Breitbart Immigration
Johnson, Paul release new email showing top FDA official's concerns about COVID vax adverse effects
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson and Rand Paul, each leading a Senate committee investigating the pandemic, released a new email Sunday obtained from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s account when he helped lead the White House Coronavirus Task Force showing a top FDA official has concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine. “The symptoms do not fit together into a distinctive syndrome and most are not easily quantifiable or evaluated with standard laboratory testing," Woodcock wrote.
@ossoff @Raffensperger @AustinScottGA8
Source: Just The News
GOP Sen. Ron Johnson and Rand Paul, each leading a Senate committee investigating the pandemic, released a new email Sunday obtained from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s account when he helped lead the White House Coronavirus Task Force showing a top FDA official has concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine. “The symptoms do not fit together into a distinctive syndrome and most are not easily quantifiable or evaluated with standard laboratory testing," Woodcock wrote.
@ossoff @Raffensperger @AustinScottGA8
Source: Just The News