August 3, 2025

History

Funds

House Armed Services amendment blocks funds for Fort Gordon name change

It was Fort Gordon, then it was Fort Eisenhower, now it’s Fort Gordon again. But there are efforts to fight against that change at Augusta’s U.S. Army base along with the other recently renamed military installations. Who was Fort Gordon named after? Originally, Augusta’s Fort Gordon honored Lt. Gen. John Brown Gordon, one of Confederate

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Investment

FDR Park opens new Gateway Plaza, with more to come

FDR Park has been around since the Philadelphia World’s Fair in 1926, and some of its infrastructure dates back to that time. It was originally called Olmstead Park, for the landscape firm that designed it, and re-named after president Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1955. In the 21st century, the 348-acre park struggled with underfunding, flooding

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Finance

Senate Finance advances Oz nomination to lead CMS

The Senate Finance Committee Tuesday advanced President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by a vote of 14-13, splitting along party lines. Mehmet Oz,  known best for his time as a television personality and host of the daytime talk show “The Dr. Oz Show,” was a practicing heart surgeon

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