Q: What does the Georgia Council on Economic Education do? A: We help teachers teach economics and personal finance in the public and independent schools in Georgia by providing engaging professional development and effective classroom resources that we show teachers…
Before it got famous for music, Macon was a mill town. You can find echoes of both identities in the city’s historic downtown, where Cherry and First streets intersect with Cotton Avenue at a 45-degree angle. Here stands the new…
From its 2020 peak-to-trough the Valdosta metropolitan statistical area (MSA), which includes Brooks, Echols, Lanier and Lowndes counties, lost about 10% of its jobs to the COVID-19 recession. The heaviest losses were in government and high-contact service industries such as…
Stacey Abrams likes to say that Georgia has a Democratic majority that would consistently elect her party to statewide offices if not for “voter suppression.” While the suppression narrative is as fictitious as her Selena Montgomery novels, the 2020 elections…
Cars have been part of American life and culture for over 100 years. Not long after the very first car was invented in 1886 – the Benz Patent Motor Car – personal vehicles became synonymous with the freedom inherent…
The recent LINK Trip to Austin was huge, in more than one way. Organized by the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), the trip included some 120 Metro Atlanta leaders traveling to learn urban solutions from other cities. This may have been…
More EVs: Hyundai Motor Group’s first facility in the U.S. dedicated to producing electric vehicles (EVs) and batteries will be built on a 2,923-acre site in Bryan County. The $5.54 billion investment, in addition to another $1 billion investment by…
“Horses just may be the most intuitive creatures on the face of the earth,” says Marie Allen, cofounder and CEO of the faith-based nonprofit in northern Hall County. “To see the kids’ little egos when they’re chosen by a 1,000-pound…
On to November: Having trounced his Republican primary opponent, former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, Gov. Brian Kemp now faces Democrat Stacey Abrams in the November general election in a rematch of the 2018 gubernatorial contest. Abrams had no opposition in…
Brisk economic development is transforming Carroll County. As with any growth, it brings both opportunities and challenges for local governments, businesses and residents.. Managing the growth hurtling west out I-20 toward Carrollton and its six sister cities and retaining the…
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