Last week news broke that DeKalb County Superintendent Devon Horton was under federal indictment for giving no-bid contracts to his friends, accepting kickbacks and abusing his purchasing card while leading a Chicago-area school district. He was quickly placed on administrative leave, but now observers are wondering why he was ever approved (he came to Georgia in 2023) when some of the allegations were known BEFORE his hiring. The headache is just beginning for Horton, who is facing federal charges, but the headache seems like it could have been easily avoided by DeKalb school officials by just… NOT hiring a candidate shrouded in controversy. SINKING…
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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