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WASHINGTON — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue wants to relocate the headquarters of two research divisions of his department out of Washington, and two Georgia communities — Athens and Griffin — are among the many competing for the prize. Leaders in dozens of states covet the headquarters of the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture for… Read more »

Columbia County, GA - A local middle school track team found that helping others stretches further than a finish line. they made a big difference for a local hero. A simple trip across a soccer field could have turned into a disaster for a veteran in a wheelchair.  That's when some young students with big hearts stepped in to help. Today, they were on the Evans Middle School… Read more »

Tom Robertson sees both technical and political obstacles to finding a workable solution to creating a fish passage in the Savannah River at New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam. Speaking Monday to the Kiwanis Club of Augusta, Robertson of Cranston Engineering Group said there is a long and tangled history to finding a way to get migratory fish past the lock and dam, which opened in 1937. The… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Rick Allen called on House leadership Monday to consider a bill requiring health providers to provide medical care for a child born alive after an abortion procedure. Allen, R-Augusta, is one of 48 original co-sponsors of House Resolution 962, the “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.” Democrats have refused to consider the resolution 20 times, Allen’s office said in a… Read more »

Fort Gordon won’t see construction funds for a new cyber instructional and network center diverted to build a border wall, the area’s Republican congressman confirmed Monday. Two cyber-related construction projects at the Army base appeared on a list of hundreds of military appropriations at risk if President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration leads to those funds being diverted to… Read more »

ATLANTA — MEAG Power announced Friday it has closed on $414.7 million in additional loan guarantees from the U.S. Department of Energy to go toward the energy collective’s share of the construction of nuclear Units 3 and 4 at Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro. At the same time, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, Gov. Brian Kemp, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and North America’s… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Rick Allen believes repurposing the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility for a plutonium pit production mission is the right move. Asked Thursday morning by the Aiken Standard if he supported the prospective MOX-to-pits switch, the Georgia Republican said, "Absolutely." "Well obviously New Mexico can't handle what is required, OK, so it's got to go somewhere. And… Read more »

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry will visit and speak at Plant Vogtle in Georgia on Friday, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. U.S. Rep. Rick Allen, a Georgia Republican, on Thursday morning confirmed Perry's trip during an interview with the Aiken Standard. Perry will be accompanied by a breadth of dignitaries and energy executives including Georgia Gov. Brian… Read more »

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) - Citizens are urged to come to a public hearing on March 21 to learn more about the proposed projects concerning the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam. Early March 21, two local congressmen held a press conference on the Riverwalk in downtown Augusta where they expressed their thoughts about the dam. Georgia Congressman Rick Allen and South Carolina Congressman… Read more »

Politicians from both sides of the Savannah River came together Thursday morning to fight to keep the water in the river at full pool and against a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plan that would significantly lower it. U.S. Reps. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., and Rick Allen, R-Ga., came to Riverwalk Augusta to urge people to speak out at a Thursday night public comment hearing in Augusta about the… Read more »