The attorney tapped to lead Georgia’s high-stakes appeal in the tri-state water case will be paid $855 an hour.
For the first time since a federal judge’s stunning decision in the tri-state water wars, Georgia’s congressional delegation is planning to sit down with all of their counterparts from Florida and Alabama to discuss what to do next.
The drought that had the governors of Alabama, Georgia and Florida at each others’ throats until this past spring has sub sided, but the tri-state water wars continue.
The city of Charlotte and Duke Energy jumped into the water war between North and South Carolina on Tuesday, arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court that they, not the state, can best protect the energy company’s and Charlotte’s interests in the Catawba River.
Local officials and environmentalists are voicing concerns about a request that the city of Atlanta sell property it owns in Dawson County for a 2,000-acre reservoir on Shoal Creek.
Unbowed after a federal judge ruled yet again against Georgia, state officials remained steadfast Tuesday in support of their widely questioned legal strategy to guarantee future access to Lake Lanier drinking water.
The floods may be gone for most of Atlanta, but officials say it will be weeks before all the waterways are free of sewage and sediment, and tons of trash collected by the storms is cleaned up.
Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendinemore than doubled his initial assessment of flood damages from $250 million to $500 million.
