It’s addictive, it’s dangerous, and it’s deadly. Synthetic opioids continue to top state and national headlines and while many like Demerol, Oxycodone, and even OxyContin can be prescribed by a doctor, there’s one that’s proven to be far worse than anything else on the street. The drug commonly known as U-4770 comes in various forms and can
Georgia Southern University and Armstrong State University plan to begin studying what benefits and obstacles merging the two higher education institutions might bring. The Savannah Business Journal reported Thursday that a formal announcement will be made Friday morning at 10:00 a.m. The path they’re considering? Making Armstrong State’s campus the GSU-Savannah campus in hopes of doubling
I’m actually for casinos coming to Georgia and I believe in the next year or two, we will see some sort of legislation passed to bring casinos to Georgia, but I doubt it will be anything I can support. My problem is how the state will meddle in the industry and the manage the funds…poorly. All
On this date Ford Motor Company announced that there would be a new daily minimum wage of $5 and an eight-hour workday. Peaches An anti-Catholic law? State audit may bring changes to the Georgia lottery The Zell Miller Institute aims to increase relevancy Jimmy Carter North Carolina Gov plans to unilateraly expand Medicaid US Dept. of
Following 36 years of publication, the last weekly issue of “LIFE” magazine hit the newsstands. The magazine later became a monthly publication on this date in 1972. Peaches Byron police receive $22,500 for ‘seat belt convincer’ School bookkeeper under investigation over missing money HOA’s continue to be the blemish of society Growing Georgia the right
On this date in 1864, during the American Civil War, Union Gen. William T. Sherman sent a message to President Lincoln from Georgia. The message read, “I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah.” It’s also National Re-Gifting Day – 3 days ahead of the holiday, which makes no sense. Perhaps it
Everyone knows about the unusual conundrum of government spending: Spend it all by the end of the year so you can get the same amount the next year. But the Bibb County Board of Education is taking that idea to new heights. The BOE last week filed a lawsuit against former superintendent Romain Dallemand after it
Today is the Bill of Rights’ 225th birthday. Here’s a video from the Constitution Center. Some people could use a refresher. Peaches Funds to fight addiction remain priority Kemp wants Trump too look into DHS hack of Georgia voter rolls. Democrats seek to create independent redistricting committee. Here’s the link to the legislation. Georgia’s 86-year-old
Georgia House of Representatives member Jeff Jones, a Republican from Brunswick, has prefiled House Bill 13 to grant tax credits to some of Georgia’s teachers. The credit would be directly related to expenses teachers incur to supply and stock their classrooms. The bill, which defines “eligible expenses” as “a necessary and ordinary expense incurred by
The county attorney for Fulton County apparently believes her desire to squash the public’s access to records trumps state law. At a Commission meeting Wednesday, attorney for the county, Patrise Perkins-Hooker, proposed limited open records requests to the same agency from persons not affiliated with a media outlet to 15 per year. Along with other
