The final issue of JAMES Magazine for 2025 is here. We hope you will enjoy its focus on business across the state of Georgia. Check out topics including a report from Georgia’s new Labor Commissioner Bárbara Rivera Holmes, the Department of Economic Development Commissioner Pat Wilson and a special feature on the impact of technical colleges on our state’s growing workforce.
And as always, there is an excellent selection of business, regional and political features and articles from our team of staff and contributing writers:
FEATURES
GEORGIA’S BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT A FEW REALITIES
by Chadwick Hagan
ROME FURTHER ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE
by Al Hodge
GEORGIA’S TECHNICAL COLLEGES THE BACKBONE OF THE ESSENTIAL ECONOMY
by Patrick Hickey
A CEO SPOTLIGHT GEORGIA MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION’S LARRY HANSON
by Baker Owens
COLUMNS
WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD COPS GONE? A CASE FOR BOOSTING LAW ENFORCEMENT
by Lance LoRusso
THE FUTURE OF ENERGY GEORGIA POWER CEO KIM GREENE
by Phil Kent
CIVIL DEBATE ON GEORGIA’S CAMPUSES
by Chancellor Sonny Perdue
DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN 2026 PRIORITIES
by Minority Leader Carolyn Hugley and Hon. Jon Burns
STATE CHARTER SCHOOLS A PRAISEWORTHY GRADUATION RATE
by Cindy Morley
AND MUCH MORE!
