Jeff Amy

November 15, 2023 | Daily Report Online

But lawyers for Houston County Sgt. Anna Lange urged a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reject the appeal. They said during a hearing in Atlanta that the U.S. Supreme Court has made it clear that denying Lange insurance coverage for the procedure is illegal sex discrimination.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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November 13, 2023 | Daily Report Online

A wedge of marchers, including some in masks, goggles and chemical suits intended to protect against tear gas, pushed into a line of officers in riot gear on a road outside the training center site. Officers pushed back and then responded with tear gas, with one protester throwing a canister back at officers.

By R.J. Rico and Jeff Amy / The Associated Press

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November 02, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The filing came Wednesday in a second case challenging Georgia's electoral districts being pursued by different plaintiffs. The decision not to seek a stay of the ruling could forestall that second trial.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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November 01, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Lawyers hired by the state wrote a letter Tuesday to the Georgia Democrat and Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, disputing testimony Monday by two Georgia juvenile judges who said Commissioner Candice Broce asked judges to violate state law by keeping some children inappropriately locked in juvenile detention centers.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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October 31, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Kelli Williams, a former construction manager for Atlanta-based Southern Co., filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the company and its subsidiary Mississippi Power Co. in 2018. That lawsuit, unsealed Monday, alleges that the two firms defrauded the U.S. Department of Energy and state regulators in a failed quest to build a $7.5 billion power plant.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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October 31, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"Commissioner Broce said that DFCS was not set up to be caregivers for these children and she asked judges to consider detaining the children, locking them up in a juvenile detention center for a few days so that DFCS could maybe find a placement for them," said Paulding County Juvenile Judge Carolyn Altman, who said the request would violate state law.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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October 26, 2023 | Daily Report Online

U.S. District Judge Steve Jones, in a 516-page order, ordered the state to draw two new Black-majority districts in Georgia's 56-member state Senate and five new Black-majority districts in its 180-member state House.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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October 20, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The plaintiffs moved to dismiss their case Thursday in Atlanta federal court, announcing they had reached a settlement with the State Health Benefit Plan.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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October 10, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said Officer Kiran Kimbrough didn't follow department procedures Aug. 10 when he didn't wait until a supervisor arrived to arrest Johnny Hollman Sr. The chief said he made the decision to fire Kimbrough after an internal investigation concluded Monday.

By Jeff Amy / The Associated Press

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October 06, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The payments to Oglethorpe Power Corp., announced Friday, could hold down future bills for millions of electric cooperative customers in Georgia. Oglethorpe sued Georgia Power in June 2022 in a contract dispute over who should pay for cost overruns for a third and fourth reactor at Plant Vogtle, southeast of Augusta.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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