PeachFest highlights Atlanta’s dining transformation
With this summer’s FIFA World Cup fitting neatly into the 20th anniversary of the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, much has been written about how much the city has changed over the past three decades.
House study committees kick off meetings
It’s the off-session for the Georgia General Assembly, but many lawmakers are returning to work this month as members of several special study committees appointed by House Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington, kick off summer meetings.
School safety zone cameras back on lawmakers’ radar
Traffic cameras in school zones were a hot topic last year at the State Capitol. And while several bills were introduced and debated in 2025, none made it across the finish line. Now with only a few days left in the 2026 session of the Georgia General Assembly, lawmakers are revisiting the issue.
Senate Appropriations Committee lists FY27 budget priorities
Georgia lawmakers are one step closer to passing the Fiscal Year 2027 budget. The Senate Appropriations Committee began the day Wednesday by approving its version of the budget that starts in July with bi-partisan, unanimous support.
Georgia Ports preparing for citrus imports, cold chain shippers
The Georgia Ports Authority is preparing for a growing trade in citrus and other chilled imports by adding ocean carrier routes and terminal services to support cold chain logistics. Officials are expecting the season’s first arrivals of citrus from South Africa, South America and other markets to cross the Port of Savannah’s docks in May and June.
Lawmakers send education bills to Kemp for signature
As lawmakers eye the final day of the 2026 session of the Georgia General Assembly looming on April 2, they are working to get critical bills across the finish line.
Home Depot Foundation passes $1 billion in giving
Last week, the Home Depot Foundation celebrated its surpassing of $1 billion in charitable giving. Home Depot has a long history of community impact, going back to when Team Depot, the associate volunteer program, was established in 1993. The Home Depot Foundation came along a few years later in 2002. Since 2011, Team Depot has been very busy, average 150 projects a month – 5 a day.
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Democrats for governor pitch tax cuts, with more spending in some areas
Tax cuts coexisted with higher spending on education and health care when Democrats running for governor laid out their positions this week.
Ga. CEO: Kelly Loeffler talks SBA reforms
Kelly Loeffler, the 28th administrator of the US Small Business Administration, (and former U.S. Senator and James Magazine Georgian of the Year!) discusses recent reforms to the SBA and how the agency continue to work for the small businesses in Georgia and across the country.
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Opinion: Reject Raffensperger’s $52 million voting system boondoggle
Georgia’s taxpayers are being asked to foot the bill for yet more government waste— this time in the form of a counterproductive $52 million modification to our voting system that does little to improve election security while imposing massive costs on counties and the state.
Opinion: Georgia continues to gain ground on California
California’s economy is the fifth largest in the world, behind the United States, China, Germany, and Japan. Technologies we know and love were born there: Apple, Google, Facebook, Salesforce, Uber—to name a few.
Opinion: Innovation is bringing Georgia’s patients and providers new hope
Just over 20 years ago, I received a diagnosis that would change my life forever. When I was told I had lupus, I did not know what to expect, how it would change my daily routine, or how to navigate its many persistent symptoms.
