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| Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Georgia Newsletter for 2025-12-13 ( 15 items ) |
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AIRE workshop highlights AI innovation and student research (10)
AUGUSTA, Georgia, Dec. 12 -- Augusta University posted the following news release:
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AIRE workshop highlights AI innovation and student research
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Innovation met inspiration at the School of Computer and Cyber Sciences ' inaugural Artificial Intelligence in Research and Education Workshop, where leaders in the field shared how AI is transforming research, education and the future workforce.
Hosted Nov. 21 at the Georgia Cyber Innovation & Training Center, the one-day workshop brought t more PR
Dreamers, Doers, and Disruptors: Olivia Strother (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 11 -- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health posted the following news release:
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Dreamers, Doers, and Disruptors: Olivia Strother
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Olivia Strother earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan before completing a Master of Public Health in Health Policy and Management at Emory's Rollins School of Public Health in 2016.
Driven by an interest in hospital administration, she spent seven years working at UCSF Health, gaining extensive ex more PR
Federal Railroad Administration Issues Safety Advisory on 'Track is Clear' Rule Compliance (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration has issued a safety advisory to stress the importance of verifying that the "track is clear" before railroad equipment pushes or shoves across highway-rail grade crossings. This advisory specifically targets crossings equipped only with flashing lights or passive warning devices.
Recent fatal accidents involving Union Pacific Railroad Co., Omaha, Nebraska, Watco Rail Services, Pittsburg, Kansas, more PR
Flying Into the End Zone: Delta Adds College Football Playoff Game Flights (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 13 -- Delta Air Lines issued the following news:
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Flying into the end zone: Delta adds college football playoff game flights
Delta is adding additional flights for the College Football Playoff quarterfinals and building off the airline's well-positioned existing network to ensure fans can be there to cheer on their team.
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College football fans, get ready to pack your bags and your team spirit; Delta has your ticket to cheer on your favorite team in the biggest g more PR
From Reform to Resistance: Yale World Fellow Warns of Democratic Backsliding in Georgia (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 13 -- Yale University issued the following news:
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From Reform to Resistance: Yale World Fellow Warns of Democratic Backsliding in Georgia
By Rick Harrison
Five years ago, Tamar Chugoshvili was drafting human rights policies and transparency laws as the first vice-speaker of the parliament of the country of Georgia. Today, as a Yale world fellow at the Jackson School of Global Affairs, she worries her country's current government might punish her for speaking more PR
Health Wanted: CRISPR (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 12 -- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health posted the following news release:
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Health Wanted: CRISPR
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In the mid 2010s, "designer jeans" became a topic of conversation not just in the fashion world, but in the world of medical intervention as well. This week on was supposed to be the gene-editing tool to end all disease, so where has it gone? Host Laurel Bristow also talks to Dr. Ben Hurlbut about the ethics of curing disease through CRI more PR
House Workforce Subcommittee Chairman Allen Issues Opening Statement at Hearing on Stopping Class Action Abuse Against Workers' Retirement (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- Rep. Rep. Rick Allen, R-Georgia, chairman of the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, released the following opening statement from a Dec. 2, 2025, hearing entitled "Pension Predators: Stopping Class Action Abuse Against Workers' Retirement":
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Today's hearing is about protecting the retirement savings of American workers--and the employers who voluntarily maintain retirement savings and other employee benefit plans--f more PR
McBath Announces Sixth District Winners of 2025 Congressional App Challenge (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Georgia, issued the following news release:
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McBath Announces Sixth District Winners of 2025 Congressional App Challenge
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Atlanta, GA Today, Representative Lucy McBath (GA-06) announced the winners of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for Georgia's Sixth Congressional District. The Congressional App Challenge invites middle and high school students to design and execute original apps, inspiring young students to explore an education and fut more PR
Mercer receives $25,000 grant from Gulfstream Aerospace to support School of Engineering (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 12 -- Mercer University posted the following news:
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Mercer receives $25,000 grant from Gulfstream Aerospace to support School of Engineering
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MACON, Ga. Mercer University was awarded a $25,000 grant from Gulfstream Aerospace on Dec. 10 to support the University's School of Engineering and serve as a strategic investment in long-term capacity building enhancing programs, resources, and opportunities that ensure continued excellence in engineering education, resear more PR
Rep. Clyde Announces 2025 Congressional App Challenge Winners (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Georgia, issued the following news release:
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Rep. Clyde Announces 2025 Congressional App Challenge Winners
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GAINESVILLE, GA Today, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) announced the winners of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for Georgia's Ninth District.
This year's competition featured six talented student submissions from across the District, each creating original software applications that reflect creativity, problem-solving, and a com more PR
Rep. Jack Testifies Before House Education & Workforce Subcommittee (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 -- The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections released the following testimony by Rep. Brian Jack, R-Georgia, from a Dec. 4, 2025, hearing entitled "In Their Corner: Creating More Opportunities for American Boxers":
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Chairman Mackenzie, Ranking Member Omar, Chairman Walberg, Ranking Member Scott, Chairman Comer, and Representatives Messmer, Grothman, Miller, Fine, Stevens, Casar, and Takano, thank you for welcoming my testimony today.
I am more PR
Reps. David Scott and Emanuel Cleaver File Landmark Proposal to Expand African American Participation in Registered Apprenticeships (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, issued the following news release:
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Reps. David Scott and Emanuel Cleaver File Landmark Proposal to Expand African American Participation in Registered Apprenticeships
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WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Congressman David Scott (GA-13 ) and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5), re-introduced the Jobs, On-the-Job 'Earn-While-You-Learn' Training, and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act, legislation designed to grow and more PR
Secretary Noem Announces $1 Billion in FEMA Funding for Georgia (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:
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Secretary Noem Announces $1 Billion in FEMA Funding for Georgia
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This funding will repair and restore critical public infrastructure across Georgia
WASHINGTON - The United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced that more than $1 billion in federal funding is now available to communities and healthcare facilities in Georgia.
This funding is available as part of FE more PR
VIDEO: Warnock to Senate GOP After Health Care Vote, "Who Are You Working For?" (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release:
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VIDEO: Warnock to Senate GOP After Health Care Vote, "Who Are You Working For?"
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Senator Reverend Warnock condemned the Senate GOP for killing legislation to keep health care premiums from doubling for 22 million Americans
WATCH: Senator Warnock minutes after GOP kills bipartisan legislation to keep health care premiums from doubling
Senator Reverend Warnock : "First, you kick 15 million more PR
Warnock Secures Over $300 Million in Outstanding Helene Payments for Georgia, Vows to Continue Fighting for Funding (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release:
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Warnock Secures Over $300 Million in Outstanding Helene Payments for Georgia, Vows to Continue Fighting for Funding
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Funding comes after pressure from Senator Reverend Warnock and as Georgia localities were readying for lawsuits from contractors seeking payment for work done in the wake of Hurricane Helene
In September, Senator Warnock released a report finding the Trump Administration wa more PR
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