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Mistake delays massive Internet boost for Georgia schools
Education officials have pulled the plug this year on the biggest Internet expansion in Georgia school history, after a mistake nixed any chance to get what they need most to flip the switch: Money. At stake is a chance to bring all 180 school districts up to speed in an ...
Georgia State’s Kell Hall to be torn down
The old yellow building has served as Atlanta’s first parking garage, a saw mill, the city symphony’s rehearsal space and the first permanent building on Georgia State University downtown campus. Now Kell Hall, like so much of the city’s history, has one last mission: the wrecking ball. Georgia State President ...
Indicted Sen. Balfour posts bond
State Sen. Don Balfour, R-Snellville, posted a $5,000 bond Tuesday and was released from the Fulton County jail after being charged last week with 18 counts of filing false expense claims and theft.Balfour’s indictment is based on allegations that he charged the state for expenses on days he did not ...
Senate panel studies wrongful convictions
A state Senate committee held its first meeting Tuesday to examine how authorities handle issues involving people who are wrongly convicted of crime in Georgia. Committee Chairman Josh McKoon, R-Columbus, won his chamber’s approval earlier this year to look at what he calls “expungement reform.” He expects recommendations by next ...
Registration drive for Georgia voters Tuesday
Civic organizations including the League of Women Voters of Georgia will hold a voter registration drive Tuesday, including a 9:30 a.m. rally at the state Capitol in Atlanta.The drive coincides with a nationwide push to register voters in advance of the Nov. 5 election. The deadline to register to vote ...
Senate panel meets on “fair tax”
A state Senate committee held its second meeting Friday on whether Georgia should consider “Fair Tax” reforms, including a reduction or even elimination of state income taxes.The issue is unlikely to gain traction by January, when lawmakers come back to Atlanta for their next legislative session. That’s because while state ...
Georgia State gets record $19 million tobacco grant
Imagine this: You smoke, you’re 25, you’re a graduate student interested in public health, when you are summoned to the deathbed of your uncle. The youngest of your mother’s three brothers. Never smoked. Never drank. And he lay dying from stomach cancer.“If you ever do anything in your life, do ...
New Republican leaders in state House
Republicans in the state House filled two key positions Friday to help lead their majority caucus. Members picked state Rep. Matt Ramsey, R-Peachtree City, to be their new majority whip — someone who rounds up votes for bills backed by caucus leaders. He replaced Rep. Edward Lindsey, R-Atlanta, who stepped ...
Enrollment dip hurts University System of Georgia
The University System of Georgia for more than a decade has banked on a steady increase in students to help soften the blow of repeated tuition hikes and state budget cuts. But no more. Enrollment during the 2012-13 academic year dropped by more than 3,660 students across Georgia, a fact ...
Emory retains top 20 ranking
Emory University did it again. In rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report, the university scored among the nation’s top colleges. Emory has held on to the No. 20 spot for the last four years — including when officials sent the magazine inflated figures about its students. It ...
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