by Patrick Hickey | Apr 3, 2026 | News, News 2
Editor's note: With the flurry of late night legislation on Sine Die it's impossible to include everything - keep an eye on Monday's news for a full post-mortem As is often typical of Sine Die, the final day of each year's legislative session, things got off to a slow...
by Patrick Hickey | Apr 1, 2026 | News, News 2
Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns’, R-Newington, biggest legislative priority heading into this year’s session was House Bill 1193, the Georgia Early Literacy Act of 2026. And on Tuesday, the penultimate day of the legislative session, it received...
by Patrick Hickey | Apr 1, 2026 | News, News 2
Marietta-based nonprofit Youth Empowerment through Learning, Leading, and Serving, Inc. (YELLS) is proving that young Georgians are fully capable of affecting change in their communities. The group provides afterschool programs, mentorship, and service learning...
by Patrick Hickey | Feb 6, 2026 | News, News 2
Despite Georgia's renowned higher education system, it's an interesting quirk that the state does not have any optometry schools. The Peach State is not unique in that regard - there are only 25 accredited schools and colleges of optometry in the U.S. and...
by Patrick Hickey | Jan 22, 2026 | News, News 2
The dates for a pair of special elections to fill the seats of two Democrat state House members who resigned from their seats earlier this month have been set. March 10th will see special elections in Richmond County's House District 130, the former seat of...