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Georgia voters turnout for Walker-Warnock runoff, setting new early-vote records
Undeterred by long lines and hours of waiting, Georgia voters shattered old records for early-vote turnout by midweek. With two days left to vote in the contentious senate runoff between U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger Herschel Walker, one state election official predicted voter turnout would reach 1 million by Wednesday. “We are …
Local communities, groups fill in food-rescue gap left by state
Editor’s note: This story is part 2 of a series looking at food waste in Georgia. While the Peach State lags other states in developing definitive solutions to reducing food waste, local municipalities and organizations dedicated to reducing food waste are stepping in to fill the gap . The Gist Georgians spend a lot …
Georgians waste billions of pounds of food annually while people go hungry, and the state does little
This story is Part 1 of a series that looks at the amount of food waste in Georgia and how the state, once at the forefront of the waste issue, has failed to regulate it. ATLANTA — Over the next two months, food will be uppermost in the minds of most Georgians as they head …
The cost to make deviled eggs is sky high, and other ways inflation impacts you
A primer on the ins-and-outs of inflation The GistInflation is currently 7.75 percent in the U.S. and 10.6 percent in Georgia, and folks are feeling it. Whether you’re grocery shopping, apartment or house hunting, looking for a new car, or staring at your power bill, you are likely experiencing the rising cost of living. But …