by Dan Flynn | Jun 11, 2024 | The Forum
No one knows why Georgia ranks among the top ten states targeted by organized professional scam operators, but we do know that scamming senior citizens out of their life savings remains a lucrative illegal cash business in Georgia. With a few new twists, scammers...
by Todd Youngblood | Jun 7, 2024 | The Forum
The state of Georgia ranks No. 52 in its funding of the arts. Strictly speaking, we rank 50th, since Guam and Puerto Rico should technically not be counted as states. Georgia invests 14 cents per person annually with an arts budget of $1.5 million. Other surrounding...
by Speaker Jon Burns | Jun 6, 2024 | The Forum
House Republicans across the state are poised for success at the ballot box in November because of the results we have delivered on the issues that matter most to Georgians. Whether it’s lowering taxes, investing in education, increasing public safety or expanding...
by Charles Bullock | Jun 5, 2024 | The Forum
Like most states, Georgia divorces state elections from national ones so that in presidential years no statewide constitutional offices appear on the ballot. In 2024, the only contested statewide election was for a seat to the Supreme Court. Justice Andrew Pinson,...
by Chadwick Hagan | May 31, 2024 | The Forum
“It is unusual for us to give a potentially life-changing treatment to young people and not know what happens to them in adulthood, and that has been a particular problem that we haven’t had the follow-up into adulthood to know what the results of this...
by Cully Stimson & Zack Smith | May 30, 2024 | The Forum
Atlanta police have a tough job in a town that sends mixed messages on public safety. As a result they, and the residents they serve, pay a heavy price. Earlier this year, at 6 p.m. on a warm Easter evening in the Vine City section of Atlanta, as families...
