Earlier today, the medical sterilization company Sterigenics announced that they will permanently close their facility in Willowbrook, Illinois, attributing the decision to “the unstable legislative and regulatory landscape in Illinois.” Sterigencs has been in the Atlanta news since a story broke in July detailing the Georgia EPD’s decision to not inform residents near the Cobb
National Daughter Day, a completely made up holiday that Hallmark hasn’t yet managed to monetize and probably only exists to bolster facial recognition algorithms, was yesterday. Thus, I hereby declare today to be National Hearing Day! Yes, there’s a Really Big Deal hearing happening in Washington today – maybe you’re listening or watching right now!
The Georgia Department of Public Health confirmed the state’s first vaping-related death earlier today. DPH announced previously that they were investigating nine cases of lung illnesses related to vaping; as of September 19, the CDC was tracking more than 530 cases of vaping-related lung injuries, with seven confirmed fatalities. Unlike most of the reported cases,
Good morning! The Cobb County School Board is at (partisan) odds over eliminating the open comment period for school board members at the close of their meetings. Increased diversity may be the key to addressing declining enrollment at Georgia Southern’s Armstrong Campus in Savannah. The Statesboro Herald will reduce publishing from six days a week
…and some art, since I’m writing these on September 16. It’s election day in parts of Fulton County and the City of Atlanta! We’ve established that Georgia is in play in 2020 – possibly for a Democratic Presidential debate. We have the initial results of air quality testing in Cobb and Fulton Counties. The good
Good morning! Yesterday US News ranked Agnes Scott College as the nation’s most innovative liberal arts college, and having the best experience for first-year students. And kudos to Spelman for being the top HBCU in the country (womens colleges FTW), and to Morehouse, Tech, Emory, Georgia State, UGA, and Mercer for their recognitions and for
Good morning! If you live east of I-95, you know what to do: be safe, and go with the contraflow. We’re still not sure exactly where Dorian will go next, and the wanton nature of hurricanes is precisely what makes them so lethal. Here are the latest updates from Savannah. Here’s what you might expect
We’ve discussed possibilities for who Governor Kemp might appoint to fill the vacancy left when Senator Johnny Isakson (R-Statesman) resigns from the Senate at the end of this year, and plenty of folks are debating whether Kemp will appoint a placeholder, or a 2020 contender. What is clear is that the 2020 Senate races –
Good morning! Throughout Georgia, upstanding citizens are qualifying to run for local office. Can a convicted felon run for office? Well, that depends on how you define “moral turpitude” and whether you receive a pardon. And running for office isn’t the same thing as holding office. It’s complicated. Just…watch the clip. How Georgia’s cities got
The next public meeting on Ethylene Oxide is tonight, Monday, August 19, 2019, at 7:00 PM at the Cobb Civic Center. An Open House will precede the meeting, and from 5:00 PM until 6:45 PM, representatives from the EPA, the Georgia EPD, the CDC, and community organizations will be available to discuss the issue one-on-one.
