U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks to a conference of Black forestland owners in Brunswick, Ga., on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Vilsack announced a new Biden administration program that will spend $150 million to help owners of small parcels of forestland partner with companies willing to pay them for carbon offsets and other environmental credits.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks to a conference of Black forestland owners in Brunswick, Ga., on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Vilsack announced a new Biden administration program that will spend $150 million to help owners of small parcels of forestland partner with companies willing to pay them for carbon offsets and other environmental credits.

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The head of the USDA traveled to coastal Georgia Tuesday to announce a new federal program meant to help small-acreage forest owners and those from underrepresented groups.

A cyberattack against Augusta's municipal government back in May is leading to higher than normal water bills for some residents now, months later.

Officials broke ground Monday on the first of three new publicly-funded behavioral health crisis centers in Georgia.

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