by JMO Staff | Aug 4, 2026 | Floating Boats
The newly-formed University of Georgia School of Medicine is welcoming its inaugural class of 64 students to campus this fall. 95% of students are Georgia residents, a nod to the program’s mission of bolstering the state’s physician workforce. In...
by JMO Staff | Aug 3, 2026 | Floating Boats
As the Jackson County School System welcomes back nearly 12,000 students for the start of the school year, it has some serious work to do to keep up with its exploding population. The county, northeast of Atlanta between Gainesville and Athens, is the fourth-fastest...
by JMO Staff | Jul 31, 2026 | Floating Boats
Burke County Sheriff Alfonzo Williams has been stripped of his arrest powers after the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (POST) suspended his law enforcement certification. This action came after a federal grand jury indicted him on charges of...
by JMO Staff | Jul 30, 2026 | Floating Boats
Georgians got some good news this week when U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the agency is planning to invest $486.7 million through the Electric Infrastructure Loan Program to boost the state’s electricity grid in rural communities. ...
by JMO Staff | Jul 29, 2026 | Floating Boats
The Georgia political grassroots arms race over the past decade has been fascinating to watch unfold. Stacey Abrams and her sister organizations, the New Georgia Project and Fair Fight Action, registered hundreds of thousands of voters and helped put two Democrats...
by JMO Staff | Jul 28, 2026 | Floating Boats
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson, starting August 1st, will start spending a whopping $87 million on television and digital ads. Voters will see the digital ads on their screen statewide, but not every Georgia television will see the broadcast spots....
