Category: State

  • Editorial: A critical tool to help Georgians afford health care may soon expire – Decaturish

    Editorial: A critical tool to help Georgians afford health care may soon expire – Decaturish

    [ad_1] By State Sen. Gloria Butler (SD-55), Member of Health and Human Services Committee It’s been difficult to see Georgia communities struggle throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, especially people in our underprivileged communities, our senior citizens and people already suffering from chronic and acute health conditions. For many of these Georgians, it’s a constant, stressful and financially…

  • New elementary education program will bring agricultural literacy to Georgia classrooms

    New elementary education program will bring agricultural literacy to Georgia classrooms

    [ad_1] New elementary education program will bring agricultural literacy to Georgia classrooms | Georgia Public Broadcasting Skip to main content [ad_2] Source link

  • Tax help from IRS | How to get free help from the IRS to pay tax

    Tax help from IRS | How to get free help from the IRS to pay tax

    [ad_1] The IRS is supplying grants for Low Income Taxpayer Clinics. ATLANTA — More help is coming for low income families who want to challenge their tax bill, and it’s coming from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Low Income Taxpayer Clinics provide legal help to struggling taxpayers for little or no cost. In Georgia, there…

  • Clayton State University names new chief of police

    Clayton State University names new chief of police

    [ad_1] Keener, an 18-year veteran of law enforcement, served 16 years with the University of West Georgia Police Department and led as the school’s administrative services division commander. Prior to that role, he ran criminal investigations for the university and served as the evening watch patrol division commander. “We are extremely happy to have Chief…

  • Turner, Joyce

    Turner, Joyce

    [ad_1] TURNER, Joyce Joyce Yerkes Turner, age 82, of Richmond, VA, and formally of Atlanta, GA, passed peacefully through that thin veil between life on earth and life in heaven to be present with the Lord on May 1st after a long and courageous battle with Parkinson’s. She was welcomed home by her mother and…

  • Thompson, Kathryn

    Thompson, Kathryn

    [ad_1] THOMPSON (COCHRAN), Kathryn Kathryn Cochran Thompson, 93, of Marietta, Georgia, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and devoted friend to many, passed away February 26, 2022, surrounded by her family. Born in Atlanta on July 21, 1928, from an early age Kathryn loved books and was fascinated by life and the people around her.…

  • Atlanta doctors remind women abortions are still legal in Georgia– for now

    Atlanta doctors remind women abortions are still legal in Georgia– for now

    [ad_1] ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) – Healthcare officials in Atlanta are reminding women that abortions are still legal and abortion care is still accessible in the state. “As of right now, women who choose to seek abortion care are still able to seek abortion care,” said Dr. Didi Saint Louis, an OBGYN in Atlanta. Dr. Saint…

  • Georgia GOP Senate debate focuses on Herschel Walker absence | State News

    Georgia GOP Senate debate focuses on Herschel Walker absence | State News

    [ad_1] ATLANTA (AP) — Tuesday’s debate among Georgia Republican Senate candidates was predictably defined by the man who wasn’t there — Herschel Walker. If the race wasn’t dominated by Walker’s football celebrity and Donald Trump endorsement, Gary Black, Latham Saddler, Kelvin King, Josh Clark and Jon McColumn might all be more viable candidates for the…

  • Bulldogs Earn Bids to NCAA Singles & Doubles Championships

    Bulldogs Earn Bids to NCAA Singles & Doubles Championships

    [ad_1] Story Links ATHENS, GA – University of Georgia men’s tennis program had three Bulldogs, Philip Henning, Tristan McCormick and Hamish Stewart, receive bids to the 2022 NCAA Singles Championships. One doubles pair, Trent Bryde and Henning, earned a bid to the 2022 NCAA Doubles Championships announced by the NCAA on Tuesday…

  • Taking Credit for Tim Hortons in Georgia

    Taking Credit for Tim Hortons in Georgia

    [ad_1] My “roussette au miel” at Tim Hortons hit the spot. Editor’s note: Trevor Williams traveled to Quebec April 25-29 for research on a special report looking at the province’s economic and trade ties with Georgia in advance of the SEUS/Canadian Provinces Alliance Conference and its return to Savannah this June, 15 years after its…