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Deal: The Best Criminal Justice Reform Is Education Reform
You can learn a lot by listening. In speaking about writing and publishing a children’s book, former Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal intertwined humor, life lessons and his late wife’s love for literacy in a passion project titled “Veto, The Governor’s Cat.” Sandra Deal, who passed away in August 2022, was a tireless advocate for childhood literacy and read to students in all of Georgia’s counties. In honor of that effort...
Georgia: Regional commissions see unemployment rates drop
(The Center Square) — Most of Georgia's regional commissions saw their unemployment rates decline in July, and officials continue to argue the state needs more jobs. Three regional commissions — Central Savannah River at 4.9%, Southern Georgia at 4.3%, and Three Rivers at 3.9% — saw no change from last month. A fourth regional commission, the Northwest Georgia, saw its rate increase to 3.9%. The remaining regional commissions — Atlanta...
GPB evening headlines for August 22, 2024
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance in Valdosta blasted Democrats Kamala Harris and Tim Walz over border security. Georgia’s former Lieutenant Governor, Republican Geoff Duncan, addressed the Democratic National Convention last night. This year's Georgia delegation to the Democratic National Convention features several politically active young people. Tagged as:
Kemp: Georgia programs give 700K insurance at 138% or less than poverty level
(The Center Square) — Critics continue to say the Georgia Pathways to Coverage program falls short of expectations, but proponents say Georgia's cumulative approach puts more people on private health insurance plans. State officials initially indicated roughly 345,000 Georgians could qualify for the program. However, officials later said the estimated adoption rate would reach around 90,000 to 100,000 by 2025. Less than 4,500 Georgians enrolled in Georgia Pathways to Coverage...
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