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What Georgians Are Reading This Week: Health care outlooks, Electric Cowboys and UGA Football

Georgia’s Health Outlook for 2019: The state legislature will begin a new week of setting state policies and introducing new laws next week. One of the top issues of concern to most Georgians is how lawmakers will shape health care throughout the state, and in particular what the legislature will do to help solve the state’s rural health […]

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Georgia Gwinnett College president retires early. An interim president has been named

Georgia Gwinnett College President Stanley C. “Stas” Preczewski, who previously announced his retirement last year, has decided to depart effective Jan. 11. He has accepted a new role leading Riverside Military Academy. Preczewski has served as president of GGC since 2014. “On behalf of the Board of Regents and the entire University System of Georgia, […]

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Meet the man who could become the next president of Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern University is one step closer to having a new university president after the board of regents named Dr. Kyle Marrero as the finalist for the position. Marrero currently serves as president of the University of West Georgia, a position he’s held since 2013. “During his tenure at West Georgia, Marrero oversaw record enrollment […]

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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms’ chief of staff is going back to the private sector

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced that her Chief of Staff, Marva Lewis will leave her administration and head back to the private sector after the first quarter of this year. Lewis, suspended her corporate career in 2017 to serve as campaign manager for then-candidate Bottoms. “Marva Lewis has been and remains a trusted advisor. Her […]

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Zoo Atlanta celebrates Wild Winter Days

We may not be experiencing much winter weather this year, but Wild Winter Days have arrived at Zoo Atlanta. Guests can enjoy the zoo’s cool-weather experiences at an exclusive seasonal discount. Now through February 28, 2019, general admission is 25 percent off across all categories. Giant pandas Lun Lun and Yang Yang and their youngest […]

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Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company will present ‘Skeleton Crew’ in February

Artistic Director Kenny Leon and True Colors Theatre Company are thrilled to present Dominique Morisseau’s Skeleton Crew beginning this February. Part of Morisseau’s The Detroit Project trilogy, Skeleton Crew, is an insightful drama about the value of work to workers and what happens when their livelihoods are threatened by layoffs. Set in 2008’s Great Recession, Skeleton Crew tells the story of factory workers at the last auto […]

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Off-duty police officer fires back after suspects shot at him while he was helping a robbery victim

On Monday, Jan. 7, the GBI was asked by the DeKalb County Police Department to investigate an officer involved shooting involving a Clarkston Police Department officer who was working a part-time security job. According to the GBI, preliminary information indicates that late Monday night the Clarkston Officer observed a male victim of a robbery in the […]

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Lawrenceville aims to become ‘the college town of tomorrow’ with $31 million arts complex expansion

The City of Lawrenceville is getting a new 500-seat theater and an expanded arts and education center. The project is expected to be completed in mid-2020. The City of Lawrenceville Mayor and Council voted unanimously to move forward with plans for an expanded arts and education center in its downtown. Though the City is fronting the investment, […]