A point of contention during the legislative session was how much money to allocate for the state’s school choice voucher program. Eventually lawmakers went with the Senate’s 21,000 scholarships, which comes to about $141 million, way more than the House’s proposal of 7,000. The first application window just closed and the state receive more than 12,000 applications, of which some 7,300 were eligible for the $6,500 scholarships. There are still three more application periods in 2025, and based on the first interest is quickly RISING…
Could Paramount be coming to Georgia?
Paramount Skydance, one of the biggest and most prominent entertainment companies in the world, is furious at its home state of California over a lawsuit filed by the state’s attorney general attempting to stop a merger. In response, Chair David Ellison has threatened to move from Los Angeles to a state not actively suing his company, and Georgia was on the shortlist of possibilities. Gov. Brian Kemp welcomed the speculation at a luncheon Monday (and took a jab at California Gov. Gavin Newsom), and while it’s a longshot the mere possibility of luring Paramount has Georgia RISING…
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