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Georgia students are making steady progress towards pre-pandemic levels, according to state testing results.

Georgia students are making steady progress towards pre-pandemic levels, according to state testing results.

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Georgia Milestones test scores show student progress

News Staff
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Georgia students have yet to fully recover from the disruptions of the pandemic, but they’re making steady progress, according to the latest results from the Georgia Milestones tests. This year’s results, released Friday, showed increases on 13 of 21 end-of-course assessments.
Photo by Arnaud Jaegers

Photo by Arnaud Jaegers

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Early voting proving popular in Georgia

News Staff
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Georgians have taken to early voting in a big way. The Peach State ranked second in the nation for early voting last November, according to a new study released by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission.
Photo courtesy of the Georgia Department of Community Health

Photo courtesy of the Georgia Department of Community Health

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Limited Georgia Medicaid expansion now available

News Staff
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Georgia Republicans have sought to go their own way in expanding Medicaid coverage for more than a decade since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) passed by a Democratic Congress gave states that right. Now, the “Georgia-centric” version of Medicaid expansion is available.
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Photo by Tingey Injury Law Firm

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New state laws took effect Saturday, July 1

News Staff
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Controversial legislation imposing mandatory minimum prison terms for gang recruitment in Georgia took effect July 1. Senate Bill 44 is one of dozens of bills the General Assembly passed this year that became law with the start of a new fiscal year.
Our family—all 16 of us—love basking in the natural wonders of Georgia’s outdoors. Sunrise on the coast of the Golden Isles is a special time of day. And it’s an extra special time for our son, Alan, to take his sons, William and Fenn, fishing in the surf of Cumberland Island. As soon as all eight of our grandchildren could walk, they were holding fishing poles.

Our family—all 16 of us—love basking in the natural wonders of Georgia’s outdoors. Sunrise on the coast of the Golden Isles is a special time of day. And it’s an extra special time for our son, Alan, to take his sons, William and Fenn, fishing in the surf of Cumberland Island. As soon as all eight of our grandchildren could walk, they were holding fishing poles.

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Georgia is always on my mind

Dink NeSmith
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
The fascination came early. Even before I could drive, I was addicted. Decades later, I am still like a kid in a candy store. I struggle to decide which I like best. That’s why I can never get enough. When Emily was in pigtails, we would slip through the Altamaha River swamp in a skiff.