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Democrats look to keep momentum in 2026
3+ min ago (275+ words) Georgia Democrats believe they are coming into 2026 with momentum. The party picked up two seats on the Public Service Commission and a special election victory in a Republican-leaning district earlier this month. nehW" yllacitiloP" ew ew ot eht eht ees dias .tsacdop ,ytinutroppo no fo fo evom ",ti ni gniog edosipe riahc era na s'yadseuT ehT ,ytraP s'noitutitsnoC-lanruoJ "aigroeG aigroeG citarcomeD eilrahC ,yeliaB atnaltA ot eht eht kaeps gnitneserper ,tsacdop strap no fo ylwen stsilanruoj detcele .seitnuoc dna dna aicirtaP eenocO yhpruM gerG ,relsiG cirE tarcomeD ekralC nietseulB oslA CJA htiw retov taes nasitrap no tsaehtron woh htlaeh gnisucof deppilf eugitaf .semertxe denialpxe erac yb dna ,ytilibadroffa ssecca a esuoH relsiG aigroeG starcomeD er'eW" I" erehw tnaw ot ot ot eht troppus dnuos .dias thgir nosaer ,ytilaer etiuq evissergorp tniop ro ro ro evitcejbo ym htam ekil tfel .slebal s'ti…...
After antisemitic attacks, Georgia’s Jewish past offers a lesson in belonging
3+ min ago (664+ words) This past weekend's massacre in Bondi Beach in Australia and the Oct. 2 attack outside a synagogue in Manchester, England " on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year " were a chilling reminder of how vulnerable Jewish communities remain worldwide. It also brought to mind something closer to home: Georgia's long, layered history of Jewish life, where moments of prejudice were real, but so too were traditions of civic belonging....
Georgians have more time to sign up for some ACA coverage
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (473+ words) That's because Georgia runs its own ACA marketplace exchange, GeorgiaAccess.gov. About 1.3 million people are enrolled in Georgia Access....
Two Georgia universities joining new, controversial accreditor
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (599+ words) Two Georgia universities have volunteered to join what is effectively a test run for a new accreditation agency. The Commission for Public Higher Education, an agency being formed by Georgia and five other Southern states, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution last month Columbus State and Georgia Southern are among the 10 members in the first cohort it will accredit. The CPHE must demonstrate that it can work with an initial cohort of schools before it is approved by the U.S. Department of Education....
Major deal completed to protect endangered forest near Alabama-Georgia border
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (526+ words) Conservation groups and their state and federal partners cheered the completion of a deal Monday they say will protect more than 10,000 acres of ecologically valuable and endangered forests straddling the Alabama-Georgia border. The Conservation Fund, a nonprofit specializing in acquiring at-risk lands, announced it has finalized a project called the Stateline Forest, aimed at safeguarding habitat for bats, rare plants and aquatic species in parts of both states....
Effort to overhaul ‘woke’ college accreditation system raises questions about politics and power
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (629+ words) In March, at a hotel by Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, roughly a dozen people, including Georgia officials, met to discuss a shared mission: transforming accreditation, the quality-assurance system designed to protect the billions of taxpayer dollars that go to American universities. On the agenda were political lightning rods that align with President Donald Trump's priorities for higher education. One session looked at "the imposition of ideologies" around diversity, equity and inclusion. Another examined intellectual diversity. The meeting opened with a presentation titled, "What do you know, Trump won....
Keeping immigrant students safe means talking about ICE
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (941+ words) Stephanie Contreras, the Health Navigation and Social Services Manager for the immigrant rights group, CASA, speaks at a know your rights workshop Escuelitas on Buford Highway conducted in partnership with CASA and the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights. Photo Credit: Escuelitas on Buford Highway. In the Atlanta area, administrators have been telling teachers not to talk about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. We have heard this from teachers in JOLT Atlanta, a justice-oriented teacher collective, and from teachers in the Atlanta Association of Raza Educators. One teacher shared that an administrator at a DeKalb County school instructed them to remove from the board a hotline number for a community organization supporting immigrant families. This administrator told teachers to focus on teaching content, assuming that teachers were not teaching academic content through students" lived experiences. Part of the rationale was that…...
Some voters in Cobb and Fulton choose a state senator today
3+ hour, 18+ min ago (223+ words) The polls opened at 7 a.m. Tuesday for some voters in Cobb and Fulton counties, as they choose their new state senator. Former State Rep. Roger Bruce, a 22-year House veteran who retired at the beginning of the year, faces Jaha Howard, a former Cobb school board member and a Democrat from Smyrna in Tuesday's runoff. Howard received the most votes in a six-way special election last month, but no candidate received a majority of the vote, sending the contest to a runoff. raey ohw hcihw gniyv owt ot ot siht eht dengiser ecalper snoitrop no fo si sih ylivaeh .ronrevog morf rof sucof reilrae ,tcirtsid srevoc ,seitnuoc ngiapmac era dna osla a ehT ehT etaneS nosaJ aigroeG notluF ,sevetsE .citarcomeD ,tarcomeD bboC gnitov weiv hguorht rieht rieht eht s'etats elpmas .vog.ag.sos.pvm snoitacol dnif ,stcirtsid kcehc nac stollab ta…...
Georgia launches special savings accounts for disaster recovery
11+ hour, 35+ min ago (300+ words) DOUGLAS, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) " Georgia homeowners will soon be able to open catastrophe savings accounts to help cover disaster-related expenses as insurance deductibles keep rising. House Bill 511 creates accounts similar to health savings accounts but designed for business or home disaster expenses. Money deposited into the accounts is tax-deductible, grows tax-free at the state level, and can be used for deductibles or repairs after a governor-declared disaster. The program addresses growing costs from hurricanes, floods and tornadoes affecting Georgia homeowners. Some communities are still recovering from recent disasters. "Some of our homes that were not insured and we found out some of our homes were underinsured. We are continuing to recover at a snails pace," said Mayor Tony Paulk. A Savannah woman faces a long road to recovery after a stranger attacked her with acid that ate through her clothes…...
13+ hour, 18+ min ago (422+ words) Creekside is facing Benedictine Monday night for Georgia's GHSA Class 4A state championship. ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 15 " The No. 32/SN No. 23 Creekside [Fairburn, GA] Seminoles'and the'Benedictine [Savannah, GA] Cadets'in Georgia's GHSA Class 4A state championship game. Carrollton will play the No. 1/SN No. 1 Buford [GA] Wolves Tuesday night in a game that could decide the national championship, indicating that this Creekside team can probably line up against anybody in Georgia " even the top teams from the Class 5A and 6A ranks. Game time is set for 7 p.m. EST local WATCH ON THE NFHS NETWORK:'No. 32/SN No. 23 Creekside [Fairburn, GA] Seminoles vs. Benedictine [Savannah, GA] Cadets Is this the beginning of another Benedictine rally from 18 points down? Buckle up, because this outcome is still very much hanging in the balance. Well, here we are. After making four deep runs in the playoffs the past four years…...