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He attended the University of Georgia but never graduated. His voter registration lists his residence as a Chatham County home owned by his mother and a mailing address in Atlanta. Just as his prominent father did more than three decades ago, he is hoping to jump from a job as an insurance salesman to a seat in the U.S. Congress.
Heading into Tuesday’s Republican primary election, Jim Kingston is riding high as President Trump’s endorsed candidate in the race to become Coastal Georgia’s next congressman and appears likely to make the June runoff, if not prevail outright against his five Republican rivals for the nomination.
But The Current GA spoke to two dozen Republicans who have known Jim Kingston for years and have strong opinions about their neighbor and colleague who grew up in the Savannah area but has lived much of his adult life elsewhere in Georgia. Few wanted their names used, even though many echoed the barbs of his primary rivals who have derided him as the “Atlanta candidate.”
Kingston’s campaign repeatedly declined to make the candidate available for an interview. At the request of The Current, it instead provided two people to discuss why they are voting for him. Both emphasized his work ethic.
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🖊️: Craig Nelson and Caitlin Philippo
📷: Justin Taylor/ The Current GA
Standing outside of a shuttered abortion clinic in Savannah, state Supreme Court candidates Miracle Rankin and Jen Jordan spoke to their stances on reproductive rights ahead of the May 19 election.
As part of their campaign visit, they invited Shanette Williams, mother of Amber Nicole Thurman, the first woman to die in Georgia due to delayed care under HB 481, to speak directly about her experience.
“Today I speak from a place of humanity. It is about people. It’s not about control, it’s not about power, it’s not about dictatorship. It is about what’s right and evil is not right. So we do need to get these seats flipped,” Williams said.
Rankin and Jordan were both endorsed by former President Barack Obama last week in a Facebook post urging voters to, “Make sure you have a plan to vote for Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin, the only two candidates in the race with strong records of standing up for all Georgians.”
Early voting ends May 15 and May 19 is Election Day. Read more about the Supreme Court race and all other ballot items at the link in our bio.
Staff from Ogeechee Riverkeeper monitor the Ogeechee River in Georgia as wastewater from a Hyundai plant is treated at the North Bryan County Water Reclamation facility and discharged into the river. Ogeechee Riverkeeper tracks water quality near the outfall and reviews treatment methods and permit requirements tied to the system.
🔗 See the full story by Mary Landers at the link in the @catchlight.io bio.
Photos: @justinwiththecamera / @thecurrentga / CatchLight Local / @Report4America
(1-3) Michelle Lowery, environmental scientist with Ogeechee Riverkeeper, conducts tests on river water samples in Ellabell.
(4) Damon Mullis, executive director of Ogeechee Riverkeeper, and Mary Landers, environment reporter for @thecurrentga , discuss water quality testing in the Ogeechee River.
(5) Jody Slater, Michelle Lowery, and Damon Mullis of Ogeechee Riverkeeper in Ellabell.
(6) Location outflow pipe from the Hyundai Metaplant.
Three prominent Savannahians — Rev. Thurmond Tillman, Mayor Van Johnson, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock — sounded the alarm Monday over the U.S. Supreme Court's decision two weeks ago that hollowed out a landmark Civil Rights-era law that has increased minority representation in Congress and elsewhere.
The decision "marked a devastating day in the history of our country, and a massive step backwards in American democracy," Warnock told a gathering of some 100 elected and former officials and civil rights activists in front of the historic First African Baptist Church.
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The rezoning request on behalf of companies linked to businessman Kirk Tovey was rescinded on Monday amid concerns about the proposed facility’s environmental impact and an unusual plea from the commander of the Naval Submarine Base at nearby Kings Bay.
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🖊️: Jabari Gibbs
📷: Justin Taylor/ The Current GA
The Cherokee of Georgia held its spring powwow on April 3, 2026, bringing together tribal members and the public in St. George for dance, music, art, and community vendors in celebration of Southeastern Indigenous culture. The gathering also included a Grand Entry recognizing veterans.
🔗 See the full story by Caitlin Philippo at the link in the @catchlight.io bio.
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Early voting is happening now in Coastal Georgia ahead of the May 19 primaries.
Hear from our reporters on early voting locations in the counties they cover. Early voting continues until May 15.
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A businessman based in Jacksonville, Fla. is seeking to rezone nearly 700 acres of Camden County land along Interstate 95 for a proposed industrial park which would allow data centers.
Two separate companies led by Kirk Tovey own the adjacent Camden parcels that currently have overhead power lines but not much other infrastructure. One area is located inside Kingsland city limits. For the other, Tovey is also seeking city annexation as part of the zoning application on the agenda for the May 4 meeting of Kingsland’s Planning and Zoning Board.
Kingsland city staff have met with the developers twice and agree that the site is a desirable location for an industrial park, according to documents posted with the agenda.
Early posting of agendas gives residents time to understand their community’s public business — and to get in touch with their elected representatives.
At least 11 Georgia counties have passed prohibitions on data center developments. Glynn County commissioners earlier this month passed new zoning ordinances that would allow data centers there, despite residential opposition to the water-and power-gobbling industry.
🖊️: Maggie Lee/ The Current GA
After months of renovations, Liberty County has reopened the old Jones Creek Park as Susie King Taylor Park at Jones Creek. It’s the spot where the young Civll War heroine rowed to freedom at age 14 with several family members.
Susie Baker’s grandmother made sure to educate her in Savannah’s clandestine school for free people of color. After escaping Gress Plantation, she enlisted with the U.S. Colored Troops as a washerwoman. Yet she worked as a battlefield nurse, using herbs and potions she had learned as a child. She married Sgt. Edward King that year. After the war, she taught other newly freed African Americans to read, write and do math.
When her husband died in 1866, Taylor moved to Boston, where she married a second time and served in the Woman’s Relief Corps. She wrote the memoir Reminiscences of My Life in Camp With the 33rd U.S. Colored Troops Late 1st S.C. Volunteers. Taylor died in 1912 and is buried in Boston.
“We want this to be a destination. Not a park. A destination,” Liberty County Chairman Donald Lovette said.
Park improvements are being funded by a combination of Special Local Option Sales Tax revenue, donations from Georgia Power, the Liberty County Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Liberty County Historical Society, as well as various grants.
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🖊️and 📷: Robin Kemp/The Current GA
