Georgia’s top home and auto insurer, State Farm, is doubling down on Atlanta as a regional hub. The company is hiring over 1,500 new employees to work in and around its new tower near Perimeter Mall, and is increasing wages for current employees across the board. State Farm will employ upwards of 8,000 Atlantans by the time the round of hiring is over, and to see such a major company loving life in Georgia sees all involved parties’ ships RISING…
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The small town of Milner (population 1,000) in Lamar County, about 45 minutes southeast of Atlanta, saw its police chief and all five officers resign due to a a “lack of trust in the city council and mayor.” Chief Lamar Bunn accused Mayor Craig Timmons of placing a tracker on his personal truck as part of an odd saga that led to the resignations. Milner city officials say they’ll likely push to unincorporate, since the police were about the only service the county didn’t provide. The odd circumstances have Milner and its residents SINKING…
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