Investigators in Bibb County, in and around Macon, announced this week that they arrested some 33 gang members as part of a major bust. The operation, coined “Operation Hidden Eye,” has led to a precipitous drop in violent crime, with the county’s murder rate dropping by 44% and burglaries down 29%. Great work by Sheriff David Davis and his department, whose efforts have Bibb’s and Macon’s ships RISING…
Latest and Largest Effort in State’s Opioid Response
Opiates bind to receptors in the human brain and spinal cord, blocking pain and causing feelings of well-being. They’re legally prescribed for people in serious pain caused by surgeries, injuries and cancer. They’re also highly addictive, and thus dangerous....2020 Election: Both Parties Look at “the Numbers”
With another Democratic party presidential debate being held tomorrow at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, focus naturally turns to Georgia and its importance in the 2020 election cycle. Is Georgia a “swing state” up for grabs? Both parties are “doing the...Georgia lawmakers get first-hand look at issues impacting Coastal Georgia
Last week a group of state lawmakers got a first-hand look at some of the issues impacting the Georgia coast while taking part in the Carl Vinson Institute of Government’s Legislative Environmental Policy Academy. Members of the House and Senate Natural...Georgia Department of Education provides grant to help train computer science teachers
While other bills were drawing a lot of attention and media coverage during the 2019 legislative session, there was at least one education bill that passed quietly — but will have a major impact on students and school districts across the state. Senate...Georgia voter registration: Never easier
After her 2018 defeat to now-Gov. Brian Kemp, Stacey Abrams called the result into question, making claims that voter fraud, or at least voter suppression, had swung the result over to the GOP. Abrams’ PAC, Fair Fight Action, has sued the state over its...
