by Dave Williams | Aug 19, 2025 | News, News 2
A former district attorney in the state court system was sworn in Monday as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed Margaret “Meg” Heap to the post effective Monday. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the...
by Dave Williams | Aug 18, 2025 | James Magazine
The state’s lottery-funded HOPE Scholarship program has been highly successful, covering most or all of college tuition for more than 2.2 million Georgians since its inception in 1993. But Georgia lawmakers are considering expanding state aid to public college...
by Dave Williams | Aug 14, 2025 | James Magazine
Lawyers representing the state and the Republican National Committee asked a federal appellate court Wednesday to reverse a lower court order blocking two provisions of a controversial election reform law the GOP-controlled General Assembly passed in 2021. A...
by Dave Williams | Aug 13, 2025 | News, News 2
The University System of Georgia (USG) generated $23.1 billion in economic impact in fiscal 2024, while recent graduates stand to earn $1.4 million more over their lifetimes thanks to their college degrees, according to two studies released Tuesday. The...
by Dave Williams | Jul 25, 2025 | James Magazine
The state Senate is about to begin laying the groundwork for making Georgia the 10th state with no income tax. Sen. Blake Tillery, R-Vidalia, who chairs the budget-writing Senate Appropriations Committee, announced plans Thursday for a series of hearings a...