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Georgia communities rally support to help convert local newspapers into nonprofits July 16, 2026
While some Georgia newsrooms are shrinking or closing down, two of the state’s largest local publications are being reimagined as nonprofit newsrooms. The Georgia Trust for Local News announced Wednesday that they have acquired the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer and the Macon Telegraph to join its growing nonprofit media portfolio. With this sale, the organization — a […]
Ellie Fivas
Ossoff rakes in another $20M, building on fundraising advantage in race for Georgia Senate seat July 15, 2026
A race for a Georgia U.S. Senate seat that has now dwindled down to two candidates is shaping up to be an expensive one. Congressman Mike Collins, who was endorsed by President Donald Trump, became the Republican nominee last month and will face U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff in the November election. Both campaigns sent out […]
Alander Rocha
Researchers launch Georgia’s first Superfund research center July 15, 2026
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WABE and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Just across the road from the waterfront in Brunswick, Semona Holmes lives in a house surrounded by fruit trees, potted flowers, a fish pond — and often, when it rains or the tide is extra high, floodwater. “If […]
Emily Jones, WABE/Grist