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WEB5 days ago · University system sets record for degrees awarded. by Dave Williams | Sep 12, 2024. ATLANTA - The University System of Georgia (USG) awarded a record 76,571 degrees during the last fiscal year, up 1.8% over fiscal 2023. The number of degrees the system's 26 institutions have awarded has risen by …
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WEBby Dave Williams | Sep 12, 2024 | Capitol Beat News Service. ATLANTA – The University System of Georgia (USG) awarded a record 76,571 degrees during the last fiscal year, up 1.8% over fiscal 2023. The number of degrees the system’s 26 institutions have awarded has risen by 39.6% since 2011, when the USG joined Complete College America, a ...
New hemp law takes effect soon in Georgia - capitol-beat.org
WEB1 day ago · Legislation the General Assembly passed this year that takes effect Oct. 1 will prohibit retailers from selling hemp products to anyone under the age of 21 and impose labeling, packaging, and testing requirements on manufacturers. “ [Congress] left it pretty open-ended,” said state Sen. Sam Watson, R-Moultrie, who introduced Senate Bill 494.
Federal judge rejects voter intimidation charges against …
WEBJan 3, 2024 · ATLANTA – A federal judge has ruled in favor of a Texas-based conservative group in a lawsuit over its effort to lodge more than 364,000 challenges to Georgia voters’ eligibility. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones, the same jurist who upheld state’s new congressional and legislative district maps last week, declared Tuesday that True the ...
Georgia abortion ban comes under fire at Senate hearing
WEB5 days ago · That’s all the doctor could do under Georgia’s restrictive abortion law that essentially bans the procedure after six weeks, Mackenzie Kulik testified during a field hearing of the Senate Human Rights Subcommittee at the Fulton County Government Center chaired by Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga. “Instead of giving me …
Kemp touts ‘state-based’ approach to health insurance
WEBAug 19, 2024 · Republican Kemp’s efforts in the health-insurance space have long gotten pushback from Democrats advocating a full-blown expansion of Medicaid under the ACA, as 40 other states have done. But Kemp said his state-based approach has proven the better choice. “We have covered more Georgians with …
Pediatricians want Georgia lawmakers to get serious about gun …
WEB2 days ago · ATLANTA – The General Assembly should take a carrot-and-stick approach to reducing gun violence in Georgia, a panel of pediatricians told members of a legislative study committee Thursday. Tax credits to incentivize Georgians to buy safe firearm storage devices and a law requiring safe storage of guns with penalties for violators were among ...
Georgia PSC gives final approval to biomass projects
WEB4 days ago · ATLANTA – State energy regulators Tuesday approved a plan by Georgia Power to buy about 80 megawatts of electricity generated by burning wood chips at a cost opponents said far outweighs the project’s value to the forestry industry. The Georgia Public Service Commission voted 4-1 to approve the proposal. The lone “no” vote came from ...
Woods proposes school safety steps in wake of Apalachee High …
WEB5 days ago · Two students and two teachers were shot and killed at Apalachee High School near Winder on Sept. 4 and nine others were injured. Two school resource officers played a key role in taking 14-year-old Colt Gray, the alleged shooter, into custody and preventing further violence. Gov. Brian Kemp has included school safety measures in previous state ...
Kemp signs $36.1 billion state budget - Marietta Daily Journal
WEBMay 7, 2024 · ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp signed what he called an “historic” $36.1 billion state budget Tuesday containing healthy raises for state employees and public school teachers. The fiscal 2025 budget, which takes effect July 1, represents an increase of $3.7 billion over the fiscal 2024 budget the General Assembly adopted last spring, including ...
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