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2026 Legislative Newsletter – Week 10

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Thursday, March 26, 2026

By Alan Powell, State Rep. The House returned to the Gold Dome on Monday, March 9, following a very busy Crossover Day. My colleagues and I have worked diligently during this week to pass several measures, most importantly the Fiscal Year 2027 (FY 2027) budget.

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Preschool, Head Start registration now open

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Thursday, March 26, 2026

Submitted by Patty Tillman Hart County Head Start Early Head Start and Head Start registration is now available through Ninth District Opportunity's Hart County Head Start and Early Head Start program.

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Artificial intelligence is no substitute for human abilities

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Thursday, March 26, 2026

By Madison Linton, lead news reporter A 2014 article from the Scientific American about what defines dreaming and how it affects memory states, “Some dreams are so highly realistic that it is difficult to convince ourselves they aren’t real, while others are fuzzy and indistinct.

Friends (left to right) Sherry "Mo" Scoggins, Angela Smith and Kathy "Jenks" Haralson during a visit in Dewy Rose in March 2025. Photo courtesy of Kathy Haralson.

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Taking time to remember a friend

Rose Scoggins - Editor and Publisher

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Sometimes this profession can feel heavy. We report on things like shootings and car accidents that claim lives and are often some of the first to read the obituaries of those who die across the community.

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Where key bills stand after Crossover Day

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Thursday, March 19, 2026

By J. Thomas Perdue, Guest columnist Last Friday marked Crossover Day in the Georgia legislative session, the point by which bills must clear their chamber of origin to remain viable.

Population data trends by county show that Hart and Franklin counties have seen a steady rise in population since 2010, with larger increases happening since 2020.

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Where are all the people coming from?

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Thursday, March 19, 2026

By Brandon Johnson, Mayor of Hartwell The pictures above tell an important story. To some it will be surprising but to those in the know it confirms reality. 1. The City of Hartwell’s population has remained flat for the better part of 70 years. The highest recorded population was in 1970.

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Helpers

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Thursday, March 19, 2026

By Lorin Sinn-Clark Local columnist “My hands are small, I know, but they’re not yours, they are my own and I am never broken. In the end, only kindness matters…We are God’s eyes, God’s hands, God’s heart and we are never broken.

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Magic is ever evolving

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Thursday, March 5, 2026

By Lorin Sinn-Clark- Local columnist “Children see magic because they look for it.” – Christopher Moore I’m a big believer in magic, always have been – isn’t everything more fun when there’s magic in the air?

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Anonymity is not productive

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Thursday, March 5, 2026

Some of the questions plaguing your local newspaper editors/publishers are: Why are people not writing letters to the editor anymore? What will make them begin again?

While I admittedly neglected my "garden" more than I should have last year, my knockout roses showed out throughout the season. Come mid-April, I'm hoping they'll look just like this again. Photo by Rose Scoggins.

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Itching to get my hands dirty

Rose Scoggins - Editor and Publisher

Thursday, March 5, 2026

There they were. Stacked high on wooden pallets, wrapped in white plastic and taking up the majority of the store parking lot. I could smell them through my car window. Bags upon bags upon bags of fresh wooden mulch.