Political Notes: February 2015
David Perdue heads to D.C., Sally Quillian Yates is nominated for deputy attorney general and more runoffs for Georgia House seats.
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David Perdue heads to D.C., Sally Quillian Yates is nominated for deputy attorney general and more runoffs for Georgia House seats.
Our water issues show no signs of abating, but hopefully we can build on last year’s momentum to find a long-term solution.
The July 4th fireworks display returned last year to Eastman, and it was a great show, recalls City Manager Bea Edge. The annual celebration had fallen victim to the recession, but its resurgence last year – funded through private/public cooperation…
Things are looking up for Georgia’s A-Team: Atlanta, Albany, Athens and Augusta.
Understated wit and outstanding cocktails define Paper Plane in Decatur.
Georgia’s engineering programs are adapting to the changing technological environment and producing more engineers than ever.
Cherokee County businesses can find their location is sometimes a hard sell when seeking young college grads to fill out their workforce. It seems too far outside Atlanta’s perimeter – until the 20-somethings get here and begin to see all…
Ask a group of women which disease kills more women than any other, and many will likely answer breast cancer. But that’s incorrect. Only half or so – depending on whom you ask – will know the right answer: heart…
When travel is as easy as jumping in a car and driving a few hours to try someplace new, how do you get people to put your town on their must-see list? How do you draw the tourists who will…
As you look around Georgia today at the growing number of technology-related companies springing up, it’s easy to think that they landed here through some kind of cosmic coincidence. Nothing could be further from the truth. It took the failure…
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