Georgia school districts get funding aimed at high-demand careers
Georgia school districts will receive additional funding that will allow them to prepare students for careers in high-demand fields. Officials at the state Department of Education announced they are awarding $2 million in Top State for Talent Grants to allow school districts to outfit their Career, Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE) programs.
TCSG hits all-time high number of graduates, credentials, job placement
The 2026 Academic Year was a record one for the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) as they reached new highs in graduate numbers, credentials and job placement. According to information from TCSG, they graduated a record 50,847 students while marking its fourth consecutive year of enrollment growth.
Republican Jackson gets help from (Democrat) friends
Billy Linville, a longtime influential Democrat political/business consultant and sometime lobbyist, minces no words: “I know Keisha Lance Bottoms (the Democrats’ candidate for governor). By any objective standard, she is the worst mayor in modern Atlanta history. She refused, or was unable, to lead and govern.” That’s why, while remaining a Democrat, he is launching “Democrats and Independents for Rick Jackson” who is the Republican gubernatorial candidate.
McCormick’s STOP the SWAMP Act Heads to the Senate
Georgia’s U.S. Republican Rep. Rich McCormick’s legislation designed to strengthen congressional oversight and hold federal employees accountable for obstructing congressional investigations, is gaining strength.
Ossoff hit for attack on female presidential aide
The First Amendment grants U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga. every right to criticize President Donald Trump and his policies. But during a Sunday Georgia campaign re-election rally many critics— Republicans, Democrats and others– say his singling out of a young White House aide in a snide remark against Trump is unnecessary, inappropriate and crosses a line.
Powerful legislators named to nominating committee for troubled Dublin school board
Following Gov. Brian Kemp’s suspension of all seven board members of the Dublin City Board of Education through an executive order, he has appointed two powerful lawmakers to serve on a special Nominating Committee for that board. House Appropriations Chairman...
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Jackson rolls out five-point ‘action plan’
Republican Rick Jackson unveiled an expansive pitch to voters Tuesday as he campaigns against Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms to win the governor’s office.
Ga. CEO: Introducing the new executive director of the Georgia Foundation for Agriculture
Andrew Schmidt was recently named the new executive director of the Georgia Foundation for Agriculture.
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Opinion: How conservative fiscal policy is tangibly helping Georgians
Governor Brian Kemp deserves credit for once again proving that conservative fiscal policy works. At a time when many Georgians are struggling to make ends meet, signing HB 463 and SB 33 into law shows that Governor Kemp and legislative leaders are focused on providing meaningful relief to families while also positioning the state to be an economic leader long into the future.
Opinion: Leftists used racist tactics to determine reapportionment
There is one thing we can say for certain about the hysterical claims made in the weeks since the Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais that the majority “gutted” the Voting Rights Act (VRA) and is re-implementing “Jim Crow”: those claims are false and dishonest, intended to disguise the partisan — and patronizingly racist — objectives and motivations of the critics.
Opinion: Trump loves solicitors general; Georgians should re-elect one – Justice Sarah Warren
One of the most frequently asked questions about President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees is whether they are different than those from his first term. Now, almost 18 months in, trends are beginning to emerge, and one is clear— the president loves to nominate former state solicitors general.
