Good morning-ish! I know, I know, I’m rolling in kind of late this morning. Apologies all. My tenure and promotion packet is due next week, and I’m letting it take over my life.
It’s V-J (Victory over Japan) Day today. On this day in 1945, the Japanese formally surrendered to Allied Forces on the U.S.S. Missouri to bring an end to World War II several months after the Nazis had surrendered in Europe. It’s also the 108th anniversary of the awarding of the first Eagle Scout medal, which went to Arthur R. Eldred of New York.
Let’s get to the news:
Pat Conroy
- Governor Kemp is considering adding to the state’s COVID restrictions, depending on how Labor Day goes. (Alternate link.)
- College campuses around the state are creating new COVID hotspots.
- Plant Vogtle has had a second wave of COVID cases, which are finally receding. (Alternate link.)
- While Operation Not Forgotten did find 39 children reported missing in Georgia, it did not find them all in a double wide trailer together. 13 of them were safe but whose families had not notified authorities they’d been located, and the additional 26 were removed from potentially dangerous situations.
- We’ll be getting $17 back from Georgia Power on our October bills.
Alice Walker
- As schools reopen, FEMA has declared it will no longer reimburse costs for cloth masks in nonemergency settings – including schools.
- The United States won’t join a global coalition to find and distribute a COVID vaccine worldwide because it’s led by the WHO.
- The CDC has ordered a halt on evictions from homes for the rest of the year.
- The Post Office’s Inspector General has released a report regarding the agency’s election mail processing during the 2020 primaries, outlining several areas for improvement. (Alternate link.)
- The Department of Homeland Security withheld an intelligence bulletin in July regarding a Russian plot to spread disinformation on social media regarding Joe Biden’s mental health.
Flannery O’Connor
- A Gwinnett County mother jumped out of a moving car with her 1 year-old to avoid a kidnapping.