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#1. This week, court proceedings are concluding for this well-known political figure, whom two former Fulton County election workers are suing over the falsehoods spread about them.
It’s Rudy Giuliani.
The women’s lawyers are asking for at least $24 million for each woman in defamation damages alone. They’re also seeking compensation for their emotional harm and punitive damages.
#2. On Thursday, which Georgia U.S. representative announced publicly that he won’t seek reelection in 2024?
It’s Drew Ferguson.
He said he plans to serve the remainder of his fourth term representing western Georgia’s 3rd District, which expires at the end of next year.
The announcement comes two months after Ferguson said his family had received death threats amid the inner turmoil Republicans faced in electing a new House speaker following the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California.
#3. Although organizers of the monthslong petition drive to “Stop Cop City” say they have 116,000 signatures, a hand count by The Associated Press, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WABE and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution tallied only about ________.
It’s 108,500.
The news organizations found nearly half of a statistical sample of 1,000 entries couldn’t be matched to an eligible registered city of Atlanta voter.
Even with those problems, the analysis finds it’s still statistically possible that organizers met their target of 58,231 signatures. But additional legal and procedural disputes could doom the effort by sharply shrinking the total of eligible signers.
#4. According to an economic report released Monday, analysts from this Georgia-based university predict that the U.S. is heading towards an economic slowdown in 2024, with Georgia’s economy heading for a “soft landing.”
It’s the University of Georgia.
Experts at UGA expect job growth to weaken in early 2024, when they predict that the national economy may take a slight downturn.
Forecasters estimate that Georgia’s post-pandemic economic growth will slow but continue to push along.
#5. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced Tuesday that they are proposing a settlement to a long-running dispute over water flows of which Southern river?
It’s The Chattahoochee River.
Kemp and Ivey, both Republicans, said that they will ask the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to approve a plan that would guarantee minimum water flows at Columbus, Georgia and in southeast Alabama.
They also want the Corps of Engineers to affirm the current minimum level on Lake Seminole, which releases water from the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers into Florida’s Apalachicola River.
