Four communities – Clayton County, Sandy Springs, Savannah and Valdosta – received new grants from Georgia Tech’s Smart Community Challenge Thursday.
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Southern Poverty Law Center Announces Initial Grants in $30M Vote Your Voice Initiative – Four Georgia Organizations Included
Community Foundation has opened grant applications for next round of funding By Clare S. Richie, public policy specialist, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta In June, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced Vote Your Voice, a partnership with the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta to invest up to $30 million through 2022 from the SPLC’s […]
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James Carville urges Georgia CEOs to fix state’s voting problems by November
Political consultant James Carville is issuing a challenge to Georgia’s corporate community: Make sure Georgia holds fair elections on Nov. 3.
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Taking the Mystery Out of Removing or Modifying Georgia’s Obsolete Dams
By Sara Gottlieb, Director of Freshwater Science & Strategy, The Nature Conservancy Georgia is home to an incredibly diverse community of aquatic life – we have more species of fish, crayfish, mussels, and salamanders in our rivers than almost anywhere else on the North American continent. Georgia also has more barriers that prevent fish and […]
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Georgia 2020 Legislative Wrap-up
By Eric Tanenblatt, Edward Lindsey, Elmer Stancil, Dan Baskerville, Samuel Olens, Sharon Gay and Crawford G. Schneider, Dentons After a COVID-19 induced hiatus the General Assembly returned to Atlanta for a two week sprint to Sine Die. While the main focus was passing a budget under significant revenue shortfalls the General Assembly was able to pass several other pieces of legislation including a […]
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Georgia Legislature goes home. Here’s a wrap of health care and criminal justice bills.
Limits on businesses’ COVID-19 liability, a micro-Medicaid expansion and more.
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Georgia legislature OKs penalties for crimes motivated by hatred of police
“It gives protection to first responders and their families…”
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Hate crimes proposal drives Georgia legislators apart
Demonstrators paused during a march June 13 on a route from Centennial Olympic Park to the Georgia Capitol and to Atlanta police headquarters. Credit: Kelly Jordan A new version of this story exists, updated to reflect late Monday actions taken by the Senate Rules Committee. See the new version here. By Maggie Lee Georgia House […]
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Emory, State of Georgia Collaborate on COVID-19 Response
Featured Image: Rollins School of Public Health and the state of Georgia will embark on a new partnership to increase public health resources to combat the COVID-19 crisis, including planning, response and research. Emory University Photo. By Emory University Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health will embark on a new partnership with the state of […]
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Hate crimes proposal drives Georgia legislators apart — but consensus may be near
Not all the splits in the Legislature are partisan.
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Pared-down Georgia budget riles up Dems … and some Republicans
There’s talk of “looking at revenue.” That is, getting more money.
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Voices in Georgia streets demand change. That usually takes a while.
If these protests “feel different,” it’s also true that change is liable to be slow.
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Transformative solar power agreement will help Emory reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Featured Image: The Peavine parking decks are among the 16 campus buildings currently slated for solar panel installation. Rendering courtesy of Cherry Street Energy. By Emory University Emory University will install more than 15,000 solar panels across 16 buildings on its Druid Hills campus, which will generate approximately 10 percent of Emory’s peak energy requirements […]
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Emory, Georgia Tech students tackle COVID-19 problems in virtual hackathon
Featured Image: Emory student Alexandra Tuttle (left) and her sister McKenzie, a student at Georgia Tech, were part of one winning team in the virtual hackathon tackling problems related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event included 105 teams of Emory and Georgia Tech students. By Emory University From apps that help businesses operate under COVID-19 […]
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RESTORE Initiative Announces First Survey Results on Georgia’s Recovery
By Metro Atlanta Chamber On April 15, the Metro Atlanta Chamber (MAC) launched RESTORE, a critical initiative aimed at accelerating our state’s recovery from the current economic crisis. John Rice, Chairman of GE Gas Power and a former MAC chairman, is leading the effort in collaboration with more than 50 C-level executives along with support from […]
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Gov. Kemp misses opportunity to leverage Georgia’s global health assets
Gov. Brian Kemp’s announcement last week that Georgia would start easing restrictions due to the Coronavirus pandemic by opening tattoo parlors, bowling alleys, gyms, hair and nail salons on April 24 and then restaurants and movie theaters on April 27 has put the national spotlight on the state.
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Status of Executive Orders in Georgia
By Eric Tanenblatt, Samuel Olens, Dan Baskerville, Sharon Gay, Edward Lindsey, Ceasar Mitchell and Crawford G. Schneider On March 13, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency due to the rapidly spreading coronavirus. Since that time the virus has exploded in the United States leading to four federal relief bills and a litany of executive orders on the state level. Georgia, home to […]
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Virtual Talk: Congress’ new female caucus, as 40 female Democrats seek office in Georgia
The Georgia women campaigning for the state House and Senate represent the type of political dynamic to be discussed Wednesday evening in a virtual talk with the author of ‘The Firsts: The Inside Story of Women Reshaping Congress.’
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Georgia COVID-19 Update
By Dentons As of April 2nd 2020 the State of Georgia has 5,444 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and has suffered 176 deaths. Last week, Governor Kemp issued a state-wide stay at home order via Executive Order to Ensure a Safe and Healthy Georgia. This most recent executive order rescinds and replaces the executive order issued on March […]
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Caring for Our People and the Mission: Conservation Continues in Georgia
By Deron Davis, Executive Director, The Nature Conservancy We’ve never experienced a time like this before. Together with the many other organizations around the world – and all Georgians – The Nature Conservancy is actively adapting to the ever-changing reality of COVID-19 response. Through the adversity we are all facing, the Conservancy is focused on […]
