Cobb school board maintains millage rate

Cobb’s school board voted unanimously Thursday to maintain its millage rate at 18.9 mills. The district, the state’s second largest, expects to bring in $811 million next year. With the 18.9 millage rate, a resident owning a $206,700 home would have to pay $1,374 a year in school taxes.

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How do you spell Georgia spelling bee champ? Sarv Dharavane

Two Georgia students will go on to participate in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May.

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Here’s what Georgia's colleges have been up to in this edition of AJC On Campus.

What Trump’s attempt to dismantle the Education Department means for Georgia

Although dissolving the U.S. Department of Education requires a vote from Congress, President Donald Trump's executive order requires the department to facilitate its closure.

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‘What absolute clowns’: Ossoff blasts senior Trump administration officials over group chat

While Republicans downplayed the incident, Georgia Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock blasted the news that a journalist was included on a group chat with Trump officials.

3-foot deep hole opens on North Avenue near Coca-Cola headquarters

Financial tech startup Greenwood moving from Atlanta to Tulsa under new CEO

The company co-founded by Killer Mike is charting a new path. “The headquarters, candidly, should have probably always been in Greenwood,” the new CEO said.