Georgia’s Homegrown Heroes
I have long been curious about Georgia’s 159 counties, stopping to read historical markers when I travel and researching famous folk who put their hometown on the map. Recently when I drove…
Georgia Trend - March 2025
Helping Homeless Young People
Recent support for ending homelessness in Georgia, such as Atlanta’s $50 million Homeless Opportunity Bond and Gov. Brian Kemp’s pledge of $62 million to address housing insecurity, is encouraging, touching a subject dear to my heart – homeless kids. In…
Trails Connecting Communities
Plans are underway to improve the Flint River Gateway Trails Network, an initiative between the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), Clayton County and the tri-city area of College Park, East Point and Hapeville. The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded two…
The Rise of U.S. Rep. Brian Jack
When I sat with U.S. Rep. Brian Jack, it was late December in an office high-rise several weeks before he’d take the oath as the new congressman for Georgia’s 3rd District. He’d just returned to Georgia from Mar-A-Lago, where he’d…
Ups, Downs and In-betweens
Nigut Signs Off: Veteran journalist Bill Nigut, a Chicago native who covered politics for WSB-TV from 1983 to 2023, co-hosted his last episode of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution podcast Politically Georgia on January 31. Nigut retired after a career that spanned leading two nonprofits, one of them…
