To me, he will always be “Big Bad Billy Boy Shipp.” Bill Shipp, a veteran Georgia journalist and political commentator, passed away Saturday evening. Shipp, who was born Aug. 16, 1933, was just one month shy of his 90th birthday.
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Zell Miller Foundation offers new way to pay for class
Calling all current and future Georgia college students — a new way to help cover the cost of tuition is here. The Shirley Miller Scholarship is now available to anyone who qualifies for the HOPE Scholarship, which requires a full-time schedule and at least a 3.0 GPA. The mission is to cover the funding gap […]
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Column: United Way moves into new open, collaborative HQ near Georgia State University
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Jan. 19, 2018
The United Wayof Greater Atlanta moved across the alley way to its new digs on Jan. 16.
The space in the Loudermilk Conference Center, downtown by Georgia State University, used to be leased by the Atlanta Regional Commission, which has moved to Peachtree Center.
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Remembering Zell Miller: Barbed wire, honeysuckle and a flannel shirt
The political persona Zell Miller shaped through years of trial and error emphasized the parts that he shared with the broadest swath of what he thought of as his people. But he was more complicated than that.
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Zell Miller’s Legacy Dinner captures bipartisan spirit central to Miller Institute
The honoree has been ailing lately, and wasn’t about to attend. But in an age of sharp political divisions, Zell Miller’s 85th birthday was celebrated Tuesday evening by as bipartisan a group as you’ll be likely to gather these days.
