by Ty Tagami | Oct 8, 2026 | News
In what was likely to be their only debate before Election Day on Nov. 3, Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and Republican Rick Jackson attacked each other and sometimes agreed on policy during a live encounter hosted by Atlanta News First Tuesday night. Billed as...
by Ty Tagami | Oct 6, 2026 | News, News 2
Georgia’s public school class of 2026 did better in math and a little worse in reading and writing on their SAT tests than students who graduated the year before. The overall SAT score still rose. The mean score for public-school students in the state was 1031, up two...
by Ty Tagami | Oct 5, 2026 | News, News 2
Attentive Georgia voters will notice something different when they go to their polling places on Election Day: pen and paper. Poll workers will log each voter in electronically, but they will also be recording voters’ names on a backup log using pen and paper....
by Ty Tagami | Oct 2, 2026 | James Magazine
Georgia’s Board of Regents formalized the hiring Thursday of the next leader of the state’s 25 public colleges and universities, naming Thomas A. Fanning as chancellor. The former president and CEO of Southern Company will take control of the University System...
by Ty Tagami | Oct 1, 2026 | James Magazine
With gasoline prices topping $4 a gallon less than two weeks ahead of early voting, Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms pledged to cut driving-related taxes. Standing outside a BP gas station near Georgia Tech on Wednesday, Bottoms said that if voters choose her as...