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Waiving SAT As HOPE Requirement Beyond 2021 An Open Question
Mendels and his fellow tutors are giving lessons online now, but demand remains high for SAT and ACT prep classes.
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Top Nurses Upset At Sudden Exit Of Popular Georgia Board Chief
Jim Cleghorn's sudden departure evokes past conflict between nursing leadership and Kemp. Top nurses are not pleased with the move.
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Secretary Of State’s Office Says 1,000 Georgians Voted Twice In Primary
About 150,000 Georgians showed up June 9 at their precinct because they never got their absentee ballots or opted to vote in person.
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Georgia Signs On 15,000 Poll Workers In Run Up To November Voter Surge
Secretary of State Raffensperger’s office is scrambling to recruit people like Hammond to assist voters for a Nov. 3 presidential election.
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Labor Day Nothing To Celebrate For Georgia Workers Still Displaced By Pandemic
Nearly half a year has passed. On this Labor Day, workers around the state are struggling to make ends meet in an economy stung by COVID-19.
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Feds Seek Investigation Into Imported Produce As U.S. Growers Face ‘Crisis’
Fruit and vegetable farmers had pressed unsuccessfully for protections in Trump’s United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
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Looser Showerhead Rules Could Send A Lot Of Water, Money Down The Drain
Trump has turned efficiency standards into symbols of intrusive government; his actions and rhetoric have undermined such efforts.
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Bookman: Trump’s Mendacious Bad Cop Act Fans Flames Of Confrontation, Vigilantism, And Racism
A good cop knows that the first goal is to separate and calm the warring parties, to de-escalate the conflict before it blows up.
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Georgia American Civil Liberties Union Says State Wrongly Erased 200,000 Voters From Rolls In 2019
The Palast Investigative Fund report “Georgia Voter Roll Purge Errors” indicated 198,351 potential voters were erased on a "faulty premise."
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Milestones Test Might Be Back For Georgia Students Despite Pandemic
That pressure to test drew a strong rebuke from fellow Republican Georgia Supt. Richard Woods.
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Georgians Warned Of Potential COVID-19 Hangover From Labor Day Weekend
Georgia has seen a recent decline in new infections, but it was only a few weeks ago when the state had the highest number of new cases.
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Loeffler Joins Republican Push To Underwrite Private School Tuition As Part Of COVID-19 Relief
The bill has seven Senate Republican co-sponsors; strong opposition comes from teachers' unions, superintendents, and civil rights groups.
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Judge Grants More Time For Absentee Ballots Mailed By Election Day To Count
State Democrats and voting rights advocates cheered the decision by U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross as a significant victory for voters.
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Bookman: Virus Toll Ranks High In Southeastern Conference Country As Teams Huddle Up
As of Tuesday, Florida could claim the title of No. 1 in the country, reporting the highest weekly per-capita death rate from coronavirus.
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Kemp Names State Patrol Captain To Lead Emergency Management Agency
Kemp announced Capt. Chris Stallings will take over the reins as director of the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency.
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Mnuchin: White House Would Back Additional Cash To States In Relief Deal
The treasury secretary said the White House is open to providing additional aid.
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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren Pushes For Answers From Georgia Dorm Operator
Schools are told to maintain full capacity in dorms, despite the pandemic, the report indicates.
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Students And Staff Navigate Uneasy Return To Georgia’s College Campuses
“I don’t feel the majority of students are aware, or are choosing to ignore it, given their actions,” Jordan said of the pandemic threat.
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GA Families With Foster Children Juggle Online School, Parenting Challenges
Virtual education challenges can be magnified for the nearly 12,000 foster children in Georgia.
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Volunteers Clean Tire Dumps This Summer, Georgia Voters Can Add Heft This Fall
Georgia tire sellers tack on a fee that’s supposed to be used to clean up piles of tires, but that money is often swept into a general fund.