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A former U.S. senator respected for his foreign policy and defense expertise and a legendary football coach and athletics director are the 2011 recipients of the state’s highest honor. Sam Nunn and Vince Dooley, selected by the Georgia Historical Society…

Gabriela Ramos isn’t her real name. She’s self-employed, cleans houses for a living, speaks English well enough to work as a cashier at the grocery store, but her grammar isn’t very good. That isn’t a crime. Her only crime is…

Double-dip, anyone? Didn’t think so. What once bought you a double-thick coat of chocolate on your vanilla Tastee-Freez cone now conjures the gaunt specter of another round of belt-tightening. For some restaurants, this year’s squeeze felt more like a tourniquet.…

It’s as easy to get stuck in the present as it is to stay focused on the past. A sluggish economy and testy political climate make it difficult to see too far ahead. So as we pause to celebrate Georgia…

Stanley Bergman came to Georgia for directions to India that Google Maps can’t provide. Bergman is chairman and CEO of Henry Schein Inc., a provider of healthcare products and services to dentists, physicians and veterinarians, a New York-based Fortune 500…

When the 10th Annual Heart and Soul of Georgia Tour pulled out of Atlanta last spring, more than 50 people had signed up for a 525-mile show-and-tell trip through the Georgia countryside, with stops at nine different downtowns over a…

Bill Cochran was talking about Widespread Panic’s grip on his soul, and he kept coming back to the word energy. “The reason I go everywhere I can to see these guys is the energy they provide. They give me something…

Dan Amos doesn’t wear a tie to the office as a general rule, but he keeps one in the car just in case. And when he does put on the occasional ornamental fashion noose, chances are good it has a…

Most of Georgia’s business leaders and economic developers were expecting – and certainly hoping for – a speedier recovery from the recession than we’ve actually experienced. Yet unemployment rates remain high and job numbers are low. Nonetheless, as Georgia Trend…