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Hyundai breaks ground on massive Georgia EV plant

SAVANNAH, Georgia ― Hyundai Motor Group held a ceremonial groundbreaking Tuesday near Savannah for its $5.54 billion electric vehicle “Metaplant,” its biggest investment outside South Korea, a future-defining wager in electrification and the largest economic development project in Georgia history.

Tribune News Service · Oct 26, 2022

New US prisons chief pledges truth, reform for ailing system

The outsider brought in to reform the ailing federal Bureau of Prisons has pledged to hold accountable any employees who sexually assault inmates and reform the agency’s archaic hiring practices

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2022

EXPLAINER: How Georgia’s midterm runoff elections work

Control of the U.S. Senate could again come down to Georgia — and that means it could further come down to the state's runoff election rules

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022

Abrams' strategy to boost turnout: Early voting commitments

Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is launching an intensive effort to get out the vote by urging potential supporters to cast in-person ballots the first week of early voting as she tries to navigate the state’s new election laws

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2022

Climate law a wrench in Hyundai’s plans for $5.5 billion EV plant

Hyundai Motor Group’s plans to break ground on a new electric vehicle factory near the Georgia coast have been complicated by a sprawling climate law signed last month by President Joe Biden, which was intended, in part, to spur more domestic production of EVs.

Tribune News Service · Sep 16, 2022

Abrams, Georgia Democrats look to prove 2020 wasn't 'fluke'

Four years ago, Georgia Democrats had a contested primary for governor because the party old guard didn’t believe in Stacey Abrams

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2022

U. S. delegation on 8-day India visit from August 30 to September 6

Senator Jon Ossoff will work to strengthen economic, scientific, cultural, and security ties between the U. S. and India during the visit

The Hindu · Aug 18, 2022

Gene Collier: Biden can thank Trump for Inflation Reduction Act

As a highly combustible news week neared its midpoint, plans were solidifying around Friday afternoon for President Joe Biden to sign into law the Inflation Reduction Act, which, you might have heard, is no small thing.

Tribune News Service · Aug 10, 2022

Sen. Warnock cites 'bipartisanship,' avoids Biden in Georgia

Georgia Democrat Raphael Warnock is running for his first full Senate term, pitching himself as a lawmaker willing to do whatever it takes to help his state

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2022

Prisons chief deflects blame for failures, angering senators

With just days left in his tenure, the embattled director of the federal prison system faced a bipartisan onslaught Tuesday as he refused to accept responsibility for a culture of corruption and misconduct that has plagued his agency for years

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2022