What $750 million buys at Fort Benning (part 2)
Part two: the price, the fuel shortage, the used fuel with nowhere to go, and why the Army is buying it anyway.
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Reactors at Fort Benning: who gets to say yes? (part 1)
Part one: three nuclear reactors are coming to Fort Benning under a program with no NRC license and no public hearing. A plain-language guide to who approves them and what you can still ask for.
Columbus Rewrote Its Zoning Code for a Data Center Nobody Has Agreed to Build
A public authority named this project, priced it, and told Columbus how many jobs it would bring. The city's own lawyers now tell a judge the data center is hypothetical. Both come from the same government. Here is everything that actually exists.
Columbus Calls the Data Center “Hypothetical.” A Judge Hears That Argument Sept. 9.
The neighbors who sued asked a court to freeze the city’s new data center rules while the case was decided. Court records show that never happened. The rules have been in force for 80 days.
Your Water Bill Is Set to Rise 70% by 2031. Here Is What Is Behind It.
Columbus Water Works is spending about $1.05 billion. Paying that back will cost close to $1.8 billion. A new jail could add $500 million more — and nobody has said what it costs to tear the old one down. Second of two parts.
Columbus Has Stopped Shrinking. It Has Not Started Growing.
A new Columbus State University report looks at pay, jobs and housing. It finds a city holding steady — and families falling behind. First of two parts.
Cyber Attack: Are we prepared? Citizens need to ask some hard questions.
Columbus Water Works went to manual operation on July 27. A second Georgia utility issued a boil water advisory the same week. Officials confirm the state was hit and will not say how widely.
Nine Percent
Columbus elected a mayor, four councilors and a school board in 2026. Most of the city sat it out. The numbers say the usual explanations are wrong.
A Declaration of Protections
Six non-negotiable protections for Columbus and Muscogee County residents before any hyperscale data center development proceeds — a companion to The People's Overlay ordinance.
The People’s Overlay: Full Ordinance Text (Alternative Draft, June 3, 2026)
The complete legal text of The People's Overlay — the citizen-drafted alternative Technology Overlay Ordinance submitted to the Columbus City Council and city attorney before the June 9 vote on Project Ruby.