State Department of Education to pilot new teacher evaluation system
ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Education (DOE) Wednesday announced a pilot project to test a new method for evaluating teacher performance. The new program will be called GaLEADS. It will be tried in a dozen Georgia school districts beginning in the...
Georgia lawmakers may help fund new approach to treating post-traumatic stress disorder
ATLANTA - Two Georgia veterans lent their support this week to the use of the psychedelic drug psilocybin in treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Following multiple combat deployments, Ethan Whitfield and Marcus Capone traveled outside of the U.S. for...
UGA places 10th in national ranking of public universities
ATLANTA - The University of Georgia is ranked 10th on a new list of top public colleges and universities in the country. The list, released by the rankings platform Niche this week, rates more than 500 schools based on academic, admissions, financial, and student life...
Kemp announces $250 million for parks and recreation in low-income communities
ATLANTA—Gov. Brian Kemp announced Tuesday he is allocating around $250 million to help low-income Georgia communities improve parks, sidewalks, recreation facilities, and healthy food access. A statement from the governor’s office said investment in infrastructure...
Economist: Georgia farmers struggling with national, global challenges
PERRY - Georgia’s rural economy is being buffeted by national and global headwinds that are making it harder for farmers to make ends meet, an agricultural economist said Tuesday. Supply chain disruptions, trade wars, droughts across the globe, the COVID pandemic and...
Former Statesboro councilman headed to prison for tax evasion
ATLANTA - A former Statesboro city councilman was sentenced to 33 months in prison Monday for evading taxes on income from bars he co-owned. Will Britt, a member of the council from 2004 through 2015 now living in Bluffton, South Carolina, and a group of business...
Kemp allocates $62 million to address homelessness and housing insecurity
ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp announced Monday that his office will provide $62 million to help Georgia communities address homelessness and housing insecurity. The governor’s office will award the funds to 20 organizations who applied via a competitive process. The funds...
Fulton judge orders Kemp to testify in probe of Trump’s election interference
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp will have to testify before the special grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election inGeorgia, a Fulton County judge ruled Monday. But the governor won’t have to appear in court...