
First of two new Vogtle reactors reaches 100% power
ajc.com > news...The first of two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle near Augusta has reached 100% power for the first time, the company announced, a big step which... ...Georgia Power said Unit 3 reached its maximum output of 1,100 megawatts Monday morning, but the company said it still must put the unit through a... ...have told state regulators at the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC).... ...Still, Georgia Power"s chairman, president and CEO Kim Greene called the achievement of 100% power “an exciting milestone.”...

EXCLUSIVE: Ambassador Andrew Young Explains What Went Wrong with Voting and Civil Rights
atlantadailyworld.com...In an exclusive interview with the Black Press, the 91-year-old icon said he also believes some of the damage done by the modern Republican Party... ...The failure of lawmakers to get a current civil rights bill – the George Floyd Justice and Policing Act – and an unbiased voting measure through... ...Along with King, the late Rep. John Lewis, and Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Young was an unquestioned leader in the American Civil Rights Movement.... ...Ambassador Andrew Young, a civil rights icon and two-term Atlanta Mayor, said Republicans stacking the courts and appointing GOP-friendly federal...

Honoring Black Americans’ Role in the Inception of Memorial Day
atlantadailyworld.com...By Stacy M. Brown Memorial Day has a deep historical connection to the African American community in the United States....

Georgia lawmakers give debt ceiling deal cautious reception - The Atlanta Journal Constitution
ajc.com > politics...oc=5" target="_blank">Georgia lawmakers give debt ceiling deal cautious reception The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Police investigating antisemitic flyers left on Roswell driveways - The Atlanta Journal Constitution...
ajc.com > politics...Tim Lupo.... ...Antisemitic flyers were left in neighborhoods in Dunwoody and Sandy Springs in February.... ...This isn't from our neighbors,” wrote state Sen. Josh McLaurin, a Democrat from Atlanta, on Twitter.... ...The flyers arrived after Georgia lawmakers considered a bill that would have made crimes motivated by antisemitism part of the state's hate crimes...

Wounded Covington police officer to be released from hospital
ajc.com > news > crime...Covington Police Department Credit: Covington Police Department A Covington police officer who was shot in the head while responding to a domestic... ...His suspected shooter, 23-year-old Treyvorius Stodghill, was shot and killed by another Covington officer after he was seen standing over Rivers... ...Since the shooting, Rivers has been treated at Grady Memorial Hospital, where he was said to be in good spirits.... ...Manual Teran....

Teacher says metro Atlanta system gives students a way to cheat on ... - The Atlanta Journal Constitution...
ajc.com > education...Jeremy Noonan is leaving his post with the Paulding County School District in much the same way he left Douglas County seven years ago: as a whistleblower... ...A metro Atlanta high school teacher who garnered recognition as a stickler for ethics is resigning after raising concerns about the rigor of a program... ...He was left only with credit recovery students attending in person, at Paulding County High School.... ...Noonan"s concerns about credit recovery emerged in 2016 when The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on Douglas County"s online program....

Despite Troubling Report, Rep. James Clyburn Maintains He’s No Sellout
atlantadailyworld.com...South Carolina Rep.... ...James Clyburn, the so-called kingmaker and assistant House leader, allegedly sold out his state to Republicans to keep his seat.... ...As political writer Isaac Bailey wrote, the NAACP sued over the gerrymandered voting map.... ...The report further notes that while it's been clear that the South Carolina Congressman has been a key participant in past state redistricting, “...

George Floyd’s City Grapples With Environmental Injustice
atlantadailyworld.com...Angela Harrelson, who is George Floyd"s aunt, has seen first-hand how hard to expect promises from police to be kept in a broken system.... ...In the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd -- and amid the growing outcry for justice and action -- officials assured the Black community they"d... ...“It's all fluff,” Sophia Benrud, the co-founder of Minnesota Environmental Justice Table, tells Word In Black. ... ...SOPHIA BENRUD, MINNESOTA ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TABLE “Tackling climate change requires bold thinking and collaboration,” Minnesota Governor Tim Walz...

Exclusive: Andrew Young Speaks Out on Atlanta Child Murders Case: ‘I Knew Wayne Williams’
atlantadailyworld.com...Former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young said he believes convicted killer Wayne Williams was capable of the Atlanta Child Murders.... ...(Wikimedia Commons) “I knew the boy they arrested,” Young said of Williams during an exclusive interview....