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The longest running summer camp in the U.S. is wrapping up their annual week of camp
EFFINGHAM, Ga. (WTOC) - The small town of Springfield in Effingham county is home to one very big summer camp tradition. The longest running summer camp in the U.S. is wrapping up their annual week of camp Wednesday. WTOC spent the day at camp to tell us more about it.
‘It’s not a reversal’: Georgia teachers union responds to AP African American History course shift
Only a day after announcing otherwise, Wednesday night the Georgia Department of Education said schools can receive state funding for an Advanced Placement African American History class if districts use a course code linked to an existing Black history course. The existing Intro to African American studies class has been in the catalogue of state-funded […] The post ‘It’s not a reversal’: Georgia teachers union responds to AP African American History course shift appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta.
Gov. officials to deliver historic federal resources for Georgia’s agriculture
TIFTON, Ga. (WALB) - Georgia U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff will be in Tifton Friday afternoon. He is set to deliver historic Federal resources to strengthen Georgia’s agriculture. The press conference is scheduled to begin around noon and it will be held at the University of Georgia’s Tifton campus, located at 2360 Rainwater Road.
‘Show mercy’: Georgia Power rate increases driving up power bills through the summer
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Many Georgians are reporting sticker shock as they open up their recent power bills with Georgia Power. “It has gone up,” said Rebekah Brown, who lives in Old Fourth Ward, in an interview on Thursday. “Everyone is saying, wow, what happened to the...
Environmental groups pushing to delay Georgia Power gas turbines project
ATLANTA – Georgia Power should delay building three new “dual-fuel” turbines at Plant Yates near Newnan to allow time to consider potentially less expensive alternatives, an independent energy consultant said Wednesday. The Atlanta-based utility received bids late last week in an all-source procurement request for proposals (RFP)...
Commission chair says there’s no ‘single silver bullet’ to improving Georgia’s Medicaid program
Ga. (AP)-The head of a new commission tasked with recommending improvements to Georgia’s Medicaid program said Thursday that she did not see a single solution for all of the issues facing low-income and uninsured state residents. Caylee Noggle, whom Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp tapped to chair the Comprehensive Health Coverage Commission, made the remarks during […]
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