by Christy Tarallo | Apr 17, 2020 | The Forum
The issues plaguing rural Georgia’s broadband connectivity have simmered with increasing intensity over the last several years. However, that simmer has come to a rolling boil in the wake of the global pandemic, which has forced schools and some businesses to...
by Dink Nesmith | Apr 16, 2020 | The Forum
If you’re looking for a mountain in South Georgia, stop. But wait a minute. A Tattnall County “Hill” is rising from the sweet-onion country’s sandy soil to become a very notable “mountain.” How’s that? A “hill” can become a “mountain” if it’s named for the late...
by U.S. Rep. Jody Hice | Apr 15, 2020 | The Forum
To combat the coronavirus pandemic, extraordinary measures are being implemented at all levels of government. From shelter-in-place orders to financial assistance to managing medical supply chains, government is playing a larger role in American life today than...
by Rick Jackson | Apr 7, 2020 | The Forum
Personally, I’m not surprised by Georgia businesses’ incredible acts of generosity and innovative responses to the coronavirus crisis. This might be Business’ finest hour. In Albany alone, Georgia’s COVID-19 epicenter, I’m seeing scores of businesses and...
by Marc Hyden | Mar 31, 2020 | The Forum
“I am not superstitious, but I am a little stitious,” The Office’s Michael Scott once said. While the statement was intended to be comical, I sometimes sympathize with it. Indeed, when Georgia’s 2020 legislative session convened on Jan. 13 amid a torrential...
by Janelle King | Mar 30, 2020 | The Forum
One morning I sat at my kitchen table and began to read the front page of my local paper, the Sandy Springs Neighbor. In bold letters it said “Virus Crisis.” The article outlined the devastation that has already hit Georgia just three weeks into the start of...
