Georgia’s broadband infrastructure is seeing dramatic improvements due to a combination of federal investment and bipartisan local leadership bringing the dollars home. The results could see Georgia enhancing its status as a technology hub, with more data centers, fiber manufacturing,…
Starting this school year, Georgia students will be required to take a half-credit financial literacy (Finlit) course during the last two years of high school. Frankly, many adults could also benefit from this. But what is “Finlit” exactly? It’s not…
I was in St. Simons recently at Barbara Jean’s restaurant, having the shrimp salad sandwich and crab bisque I always get when I visit, when a printed flyer caught my eye. A certain percentage of proceeds from my meal…
Small business ownership is an American dream that should be shared by all, and large entities often have an interest in increasing their interaction with their vendors that are owned by women and minorities to level the playing field. A…
Since the opening of Augusta’s Georgia Cyber Center in 2018, the state has become a leader in the cybersecurity sector, hatching dozens of startups and expanding several existing companies. In the past few years, local cyberattacks have shown the clear…
This month’s issue features an excellent article by Phillipa Maister about artificial intelligence (AI). It’s amazing how quickly this technology has embedded itself into our daily lives. It has crept up a bit in the sense that we often don’t…
Many first ladies played prominent roles in their husbands’ presidencies, but few did their own thing quite like Georgia’s own Rosalynn Carter. Her independent approach influenced and empowered a generation of women, inspiring them to fight for equality. Mrs. Carter…
As I write this, Georgia was just named the Top State for Doing Business by Area Development magazine for the 10th consecutive year. What an exciting time to be in Georgia – our reputation for good business seems to grow exponentially.…
Post-pandemic hunger endures in Georgia, and this is a good time to consider helping those in need. According to Feeding Georgia, a network of food banks around the state, there are more than 1.5 million people facing hunger in Georgia,…
There has been a flurry of activity on childhood literacy, since this year’s passage of two bills – SB 211 and HB 528 – to address an issue that worsened during the pandemic. “Early literacy is a generational problem, not…
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