A group of immigrants whose legal residency is disputed sued Georgia’s state government Monday for refusing to issue them driver’s licenses.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports the federal lawsuit accuses the Georgia Department of Driver Services of violating the constitutional rights of the plaintiffs, who were not named in the court filings.
The immigrants had been ordered deported, but they are either seeking to have their removals suspended or come from countries that will not allow their return. Federal officials have issued them work permits and Social Security numbers. While the Department of Driver Services had previously issued driver’s licenses to such immigrants, the state started rejecting those applications this summer.
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Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Obama gets Iran deal win as Senate Dems amass enough votes
President Barack Obama secured a landmark foreign policy victory Wednesday as Senate Democrats amassed enough votes to ensure the Iran nuclear deal survives in Congress, despite ferocious opposition from Republicans and the government of Israel.
Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland became the crucial 34th vote in favor of the agreement.
"No deal is perfect, especially one negotiated with the Iranian regime," Mikulski said in a statement. She called the accord "the best option available to block Iran from having a nuclear bomb. For these reasons, I will vote in favor of this deal."
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Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland became the crucial 34th vote in favor of the agreement.
"No deal is perfect, especially one negotiated with the Iranian regime," Mikulski said in a statement. She called the accord "the best option available to block Iran from having a nuclear bomb. For these reasons, I will vote in favor of this deal."
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Student arrested after alleged threat to stage school shooting
A Muscogee County high school student was arrested Tuesday morning for allegedly making a threat on social media to stage a school shooting.
The student was apprehended without incident after he arrived by bus at Shaw High School, said principal Michael Barden. Columbus police charged the student with disruption of a public school, said Muscogee County School District communications director Valerie Fuller. The Ledger-Enquirer didn’t obtain any other details about the student.
Barden and Fuller praised the students, staff, parents and other residents who relayed the threat to school officials and police.
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The student was apprehended without incident after he arrived by bus at Shaw High School, said principal Michael Barden. Columbus police charged the student with disruption of a public school, said Muscogee County School District communications director Valerie Fuller. The Ledger-Enquirer didn’t obtain any other details about the student.
Barden and Fuller praised the students, staff, parents and other residents who relayed the threat to school officials and police.
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Georgia has its first recorded case of plague
More than 1,000 confirmed or probable human plague cases occurred in the U. S. between the disease’s arrival here in 1900 and 2012. This year, the state of Georgia had its first recorded case — an 18-year-old girl from Thomasville.
Hannah Lundquist, a sophomore at Valdosta State University, probably contracted the bubonic plague after she was bitten by a flea during a hiking trip in Yosemite National Park in California. According to Georgia Health News, she is recovering at home now, following a week in a Thomasville hospital and will be taking a semester off from school to continue her recovery.
Benjamin Haynes, public affairs official for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, says since April 1, a total of 11 cases of human plague have been reported in residents of six states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, New Mexico and Oregon. The cases in Georgia and California residents have been linked to exposures at or near Yosemite National Park in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.
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Hannah Lundquist, a sophomore at Valdosta State University, probably contracted the bubonic plague after she was bitten by a flea during a hiking trip in Yosemite National Park in California. According to Georgia Health News, she is recovering at home now, following a week in a Thomasville hospital and will be taking a semester off from school to continue her recovery.
Benjamin Haynes, public affairs official for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, says since April 1, a total of 11 cases of human plague have been reported in residents of six states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, New Mexico and Oregon. The cases in Georgia and California residents have been linked to exposures at or near Yosemite National Park in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California.
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015
A New Forage Comes to the Midwest, Courtesy of Mother Nature
A forgotten forage grass imported from Europe in the 1800s could soon begin to help boost cattle and dairy production in parts of the Upper Midwest. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Madison, Wisconsin, recently released the grass for commercial production.
The grass, named "Hidden Valley," was discovered on a farmer's shaded hilltop in a long-time pasture that had never been seeded with commercial forages. Cattle thrived on the grass, and it gradually spread from the hilltop into gullies and open areas. The farmer fed hay made from the grass to more cattle and spread the seeds in the manure. He also eventually began consulting with Michael Casler, a plant geneticist with USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
Casler and his colleagues at the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center spent more than a decade evaluating Hidden Valley, named for the farm where it was discovered. They found that cattle digest it more easily and eat more of it than other forages, thus gaining more weight when it's available and producing more milk.
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The grass, named "Hidden Valley," was discovered on a farmer's shaded hilltop in a long-time pasture that had never been seeded with commercial forages. Cattle thrived on the grass, and it gradually spread from the hilltop into gullies and open areas. The farmer fed hay made from the grass to more cattle and spread the seeds in the manure. He also eventually began consulting with Michael Casler, a plant geneticist with USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
Casler and his colleagues at the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center spent more than a decade evaluating Hidden Valley, named for the farm where it was discovered. They found that cattle digest it more easily and eat more of it than other forages, thus gaining more weight when it's available and producing more milk.
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