Governor Deal signed Ava’s Law, which requires insurance coverage for several treatment methods used to treat autism in children, in April 2015. Like the medical cannabis issue, autism advocates worked tirelessly for years to achieve their goal, and Ava’s Law was a victory after a bruising session in 2014. The conversation about autism coverage is far from over,
Good morning! It seems like we have a lot of four-day weeks this year, and we are only in the third week of 2017. So. Onward! How did President Obama survive four years in the White House without completely losing his sanity? Reading. Trump “shows his values” with the religious leaders he chose to speak
Good morning! If you have children at home, I hope for everyone’s sake that they’re back in school today – and that’s one more reason why we need to keep the Albany area in our thoughts, since school there won’t resume until January 17. Power outages are still widespread, and cleanup continues more than a
A Senate study committee chaired by Senator Steve Gooch (R-Dahlonega) recommended last week that the General Assembly consider “a path forward” towards a transit governance bill, perhaps as early as the 2018 session. From the Atlanta Business Chronicle: The committee’s report recommends the legislature set aside funding this winter the State Road and Tollway Authority (SRTA) would use
Good morning! I’m fresh off of a(nother) long car trip, and once again, it’s time to ease yourself back into reality – although, unlike last Tuesday’s mid-holiday fugue, this time, it’s for keeps. In what seems like a borrowed page from the Georgia Legislature’s playbook (cough*JQC*cough), House Republicans voted last night to kill the Office of Congressional
Good morning! Tonight is the fourth night of Hanukkah, so take a moment to enjoy last year’s Tiny Desk Concert featuring Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings performing “8 Days (of Hanukkah).” It’s a spectacular song, and while we lost Sharon Jones earlier this year (enough, 2016!), her joy is transformative – and may be the
Good morning! Today is the last day to send first-class mail if you want it to arrive before Christmas. Cindy Stowell died before her “Jeopardy!” triumph aired. A group of really really smart scientists figured out how to blast antimatter atoms with a laser. Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF, was found guilty of “negligence.”
Good morning! We’re in the thick of what I like to call Marathon Week, where you get as much done as humanly possible this week, so you can meander through next week. Onward into Tuesday, and may your Bullet Journals (I’m not the only one here who does that, am I?) be a column of
Good morning! Pretty sure it’s Election Day, somewhere. Also, I guess it’s 5:00 somewhere, too, so you may as well have a Bloody Mary. An Emory professor writes about how it feels to be added to The Professor’s Watchlist. The Port of Savannah has some very cool, very large new cranes. Ocmulgee National Monument is
Today, Agnes Scott College President Elizabeth Kiss announced that the Decatur college will join Emory University in supporting its DACA students. Last week, a group of more than 700 Emory University students, 100 faculty members, and 17 campus groups sent a letter to their administration urging them to ensure that the private university will be a “sanctuary campus”
