Georgia

Following the U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation into Georgia’s state prisons, the state’s two senators urged the state to swiftly improve conditions in Georgia prisons, which the DOJ found were “unconstitutional.”

The city council opted to cancel a contract with a company building a surface parking lot near downtown and look for a new partner after “unanticipated conditions” arose.

The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources advanced a measure to establish Georgia’s first-ever National Park and Preserve in Middle Georgia.