40 Days at the Capitol- Installment 1
Tweet To our readers: State Senator Buddy Carter (R- Pooler) will be reporting each week during the Legislative Session. The session began January 14, 2013 and is expected to last until the latter days of March. Day 1 (Monday, January 14, 2013): Although we have been out of session since March 29th of last year, [...]
Read More →University System Moving To Fund Schools Based On Graduation Rates
Tweet The State of Georgia will be taking a hard look at college graduation rates with an eye toward tweaking the funding formula for the University System of Georgia. Currently, the main driver for the state funds contributed to each institution within the system is college enrollment. Governor Nathan Deal is currently working with Chancellor [...]
Read More →ASU expands college access to southwest Georgia residents
Tweet Albany State University has developed a plan to support Gov. Nathan Deal’s goal to graduate 250,000 Georgians by 2020. Deal’s statewide initiative entitled “Complete College Georgia” was launched last August and includes all of the state’s public higher education institutions. ASU’s plan will increase retention and graduation rates; and improve the midterm and final [...]
Read More →Reluctantly, NO on T-SPLOST
Tweet T-SPLOST voters will make up their minds based on what they think is in their best interests. I live in the Atlanta region, in one of the 10 counties that make up the Atlanta Regional Commission. The economic health of Georgia extends far beyond these 10 counties to the entire state. As such, the [...]
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