When Planned Parenthood Southeast interim President and CEO Mairo Akpose was appointed in 2024, she was the group’s fifth leader in less than four years. And now just one year later Akpose is out, forced to resign after a successful effort to oust her because she espoused ‘conservative’ views on gender identity, including refusing to use “they/them” pronouns for staffers. That despite a nearly 30% increase in patient volume during Akpose’s tenure. An organization in disarray, Planned Parenthood Southeast’s stability is 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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