The Georgia Department of Agriculture is strengthening programs that help ensure the state’s kids receive healthy – and in some cases locally grown – meals at school. Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black recently announced additions to two such. The Feed…
Early voting has begun in Georgia, including on Amendment 1, the Opportunity School District proposal backed by Gov. Nathan Deal. Amendment 1 ballot language reads: “Shall the Constitution of Georgia be amended to allow the state to intervene in chronically…
University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby will retire at the end of 2016, and now a new interim chancellor has been named. Huckaby has overseen the state’s public colleges and universities since July 2011 and was named Georgia Trend's…
This past weekend was the state’s sales tax holiday, which must mean kids are heading back to school. There have been big changes in education over the last year – legislation to reduce the…
The University of Georgia is turning its eyes to the well-being of kids much younger than college age with a couple of new initiatives aimed at supporting child victims of sexual abuse and families in the state’s child welfare system.…
Where do Georgia politicians go after leaving the political arena? If you’re former U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss and former U.S. Rep. John Barrow, you head to Athens. Students at the University of Georgia School of Law and the School of…
After driving for miles into what seemed like the back end of nowhere, a scene that could have come straight out of the nightmares of some drug-addled madman unfolded in front of me. As the fog lifted over the fields…
A growing (pardon the pun) part of Georgia’s economy got a boost this summer with the groundbreaking of the new turfgrass research and education facilities on UGA’s Griffin campus. “Turfgrass is one of Georgia’s largest agricultural commodities, and the future…
Imagine spending your days – your work days – rock climbing, whitewater rafting or teaching young people about the environment. If you're Rob Dussler, chair of the outdoor leadership department at Young Harris College (YHC) in the north Georgia town of Young Harris,…
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