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Kemp taps former Cobb candidate to Georgia utility regulator


Kemp taps former Cobb candidate to Georgia utility regulator
By JEFF AMYJuly 21, 2021 GMT
ATLANTA (AP) Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is naming businessman Fitz Johnson to fill a vacancy on the state Public Service Commission.
Kemp on Wednesday announced he would tap Johnson, a Republican who ran unsuccessfully for the Cobb County Commission last year, to fill a vacancy on the commission created when Kemp on Tuesday named commissioner Chuck Eaton to fill a superior court vacancy in Fulton County.
The commission regulates private, for-profit utilities including Georgia Power Co. and Atlanta Gas Light Co., meaning its decisions affect the pocketbooks of millions of Georgians. ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20210617:11:54:00

Playoff elimination after blowing a 26-point lead at home and losing game five of the series against the atlanta hawks. this after the sixers coughed up an 18-point lead in their game four loss. ouch, john berman. it was almost mathematically impossible for the sixers to lose. they had a 99.7 win probability i m told. not only did atlanta beat the sixers, but atlanta beat math. someone has to be in the 99 percentile. doesn t happen often, but, yikes. you ve lived there your whole life. after four years of obsequious deference to donald trump, republicans say it s joe biden who is soft on russia. john avlon with a reality check. the big lie is now the operating assumption of most republicans. lie big, lie loud. and assume the base won t know or care as long as they get their quick fix of confirmation. ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC The Week With Joshua Johnson 20210607 01:42:00

America s reopening is in full swing and for many people life starting to feel normal again. that is thanks to new coronavirus infections being down. and vaccination rates going up. it is fully vaccinated. one sign of normalcy, the nba playoffs. check out this game. atlanta beat philly 128-124. maybe crowds like this or even smaller crowds like these make you anxious. maybe you re not ready for normal yet. many people spent a year quarantining on their couches. how do we learn to embrace the outside world again? that is the focus to have night s dear doctor. joining us now to answer your questions is dr. jeffrey gardier. he is a clinical psychologist and associate professor. ....

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