Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., arrives before a subcommittee hearing, Sept. 13, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. During a subcommittee hearing on Monday, Oct. 30, chaired by Ossoff in Atlanta, two Georgia juvenile court judges said the head of the state's child welfare agency asked judges in an August meeting to illegally jail foster children while officials looked for other places to house them.

Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., arrives before a subcommittee hearing, Sept. 13, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. During a subcommittee hearing on Monday, Oct. 30, chaired by Ossoff in Atlanta, two Georgia juvenile court judges said the head of the state's child welfare agency asked judges in an August meeting to illegally jail foster children while officials looked for other places to house them.

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Hundreds of children likely have been sex trafficked while in Georgia’s foster care system, according to U.S. Senate testimony.

Federal agriculture officials have issued a disaster declaration for four Northwest Georgia counties after eight weeks of drought.

Non-profits are offering solutions to overcrowding after a state judge last week threw out a plan to send detainees to other states.

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