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Georgia’s school funding formula should be overhauled to steer more resources toward students from low-income families, educators, parents, and students from Chatham County told a state Senate study committee Friday.

How should Georgia determine school funding?

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceSeptember 16, 2022September 16, 2022

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Here are Georgia’s 2022 Blue Ribbon Schools

by School ReportsSeptember 16, 2022September 16, 2022

ATLANTA -- The Atlanta City Council’s Finance/Executive Committee will convene a work session with the Fulton County Assessor’s Office on Thursday, October 13 at 1 p.m. to review residential and commercial property assessments.

In The Know: Here’s how you can talk to Atlanta leaders about property assessments

by Thom ChandlerSeptember 16, 2022September 16, 2022

Disparities in school spending have been a point of contention in the American public education system for decades. Because public schools typically receive the bulk of their funding from local sources such as property taxes, wealthy districts are often better funded than poorer ones.

What is Georgia’s wealthiest school district?

by Samuel Stebbins | 24/7 Wall St. via The Center SquareSeptember 16, 2022September 16, 2022

ATLANTA – The state will funnel $130 million in federal COVID relief funds to Grady Memorial Hospital to help offset the impact of the looming closure of WellStar’s Atlanta Medical Center (AMC), Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday. The Republican governor and two Atlanta-area Democratic leaders addressed how Georgia’s capital city will cope with the closure

Here’s how Atlanta leaders plan to address Wellstar closing Atlanta Medical Center

by Rebecca Grapevine | Capitol Beat News ServiceSeptember 15, 2022September 24, 2023

ATLANTA – Reversing learning loss stemming from the pandemic, boosting the education workforce and stepping up school safety measures will be Gov. Brian Kemp’s top education priorities if he wins a second term in November, Kemp said Monday. At an elementary school in Oconee County, the governor announced he will ask the General Assembly for

What are Brian Kemp’s education priorities if he wins a second term?

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceSeptember 12, 2022September 12, 2022

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Gas prices in Georgia are averaging $3.25 per gallon this week

by AAA ReportsSeptember 12, 2022September 24, 2023

The Georgia Department of Public Health will begin offering the new bivalent COVID-19 booster this week, as shipments of the vaccine arrive in the state.

Georgia will begin distributing the new bivalent COVID-19 booster this week

by Thom ChandlerSeptember 7, 2022September 7, 2022

ATLANTA – Georgia and 31 other states have reached a $438.5 million settlement with JUUL Labs in a lawsuit over the e-cigarette manufacturer’s marketing and sales practices. An agreement announced Tuesday ends a two-year bipartisan investigation into a company that until recently was the dominant player in the vaping market. The investigation revealed JUUL aggressively

Georgia to share in multi-state settlement with JUUL for marketing to underage users

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceSeptember 6, 2022September 6, 2022

Georgia gas prices continue to decline at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $3.33 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday's state average is 5 cents less than a week ago, 36 cents less than a month ago, and 35 cents more than this time last year.

Georgia Gas Prices: The average driver can fill up their car for less than $50 again

by AAA ReportsSeptember 5, 2022September 24, 2023

Atlanta officials say they were blindsided yesterday when Wellstar Health System announced it would be shuttering Atlanta Medical Center in Downtown Atlanta effective Nov. 1.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens demands answers about Atlanta Medical Center shutdown

by Thom ChandlerSeptember 1, 2022September 24, 2023

The Lung Institute, a source for pulmonary information for better lung health, including disease prevention and management, commissioned a national study to establish a ranking of lung health across America, over a five-year period. This data analysis factored the following statistics from the last 5 years: the change in smoking rate in each state, as well as the change in pollution level (measured in PM2.5, which is the average daily density of fine particulate matter in micrograms per cubic meter).

Out of Breath: Georgia ranked the 11th worst state in the U.S. for lung health

by Special to The Georgia SunSeptember 1, 2022September 1, 2022

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Georgia’s gas tax suspension has been extended until Oct. 12

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceSeptember 1, 2022September 1, 2022

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 counseling and treatment of their PTSD with psilocybin after standard drugs failed to treat their severe

Georgia may help fund new psychedelic drug for treating PTSD

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceAugust 31, 2022August 31, 2022

Woman in yellow shirt while filling up her car with gasoline

Gas prices in Georgia have dropped to a $3.38 per gallon average

by AAA ReportsAugust 29, 2022September 24, 2023

If you have a library card through Cobb County, you can now stream movies and TV shows using a service called Kanopy on any of your devices.

Now you can stream movies and TV shows with your Cobb County library membership

by Thom ChandlerAugust 28, 2022August 28, 2022

August means it is time to pack on the pounds, for bears.

Beware of Bears: The end of summer is a peak time for residential bear sightings

by Thom ChandlerAugust 24, 2022August 26, 2022

Methadone is a “gold standard of opioid addiction treatments,” according to study author and UGA health economist Jayani Jayawardhana.

Rural Georgia lacks access to essential opioid addiction treatment

by Rebecca Grapevine | Capitol Beat News ServiceAugust 24, 2022September 24, 2023

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