Senate committee on higher education affordability presents final report
Affordability has become a buzz word among state lawmakers as they prepare for the 2026 legislative session. Tuesday, a Senate Study Committee on Higher Education Affordability voted unanimously to adopt its final report. The committee, chaired by Sen. Nan Orrock, D-Atlanta, is offering key recommendations to address higher education affordability across Georgia institutions.
Runoff results across Metro Atlanta
A cold, rainy Tuesday didn’t figure to help election day turnout as (some) voters across Metro Atlanta took to the polls to vote in runoffs for a handful of mayor, city council, school board and even a Gwinnett Co. state House seat.
Metro Atlanta voters heading to polls for runoffs
Today voters across the Atlanta metro will once again head to the polls to vote in municipal runoff elections for mayor, city council and school board seats in the cities of Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Roswell, East Point and South Fulton.
Georgia Lottery reaches $30 billion raised for education
The Georgia Lottery has hit a historic milestone. With the most recent quarterly transfer of $414.8 million to the State Treasury’s Lottery for Education account, the amount raised by the Georgia Lottery Corporation for education now totals $30.2 billion since its inception in 1993, according to an announcement by Gov. Brian Kemp.
Senate committee studying chronic absenteeism adopts final report
A Senate study committee tasked with working with school administrators, educators, parents, policymakers, and community organizations to help Georgia develop the best solution to chronic absenteeism has unanimously adopted its final report. The Senate Study Committee on Combating Chronic Absenteeism in Schools offers 22 recommendations in the report, including the last – prohibit cellphones in high schools.
Lawmakers, including former defendant, react to dismissal of Trump election case
The only lawmaker among the group of co-indictees with President Donald Trump who were dismissed from the election fraud prosecution this week lashed out at the Fulton County district attorney who brought the charges more than two years ago.
Willis case is dead, but Fulton taxpayers will have to pay
The executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia overseeing the Fulton County 2020 election “racketeering” case against President Donald Trump and others said on Wednesday that the criminal case should be dismissed. “In my professional judgment, the citizens of Georgia are not served by pursuing this case in full for another five to ten years,” Pete Skandalakis declared. He further said the state’s racketeering law was improperly used.
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Ga. CEO: How Western Governors University is helping students succeed
Enrollment Counselor Specialist at Western Governors University Nicole Spellman discusses her role and how her experience contributes to supporting WGU students’ success.
No handing out food and drink at polling places, court rules
A federal appeals court has restored a state ban on giving food and drink to people waiting in line to vote.
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