New Scoring May Allow Some to Receive Their GED

Almost 50 students of North Georgia Technical College’s GED Adult Education program may achieve a passing grade on their GED® test thanks to new scoring enhancements by the national GED® Testing Service. The passing score for high school equivalency has been recalibrated from 150 to 145, which means that 1,880 Georgia students who, since Jan. 1, 2014, have received scores […]

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Stephens Co BOC Tables Sign Ordinance Push

By Charlie Bauder, WNEG Radio, Toccoa Stephens County Commissioners are going to get with another group to work on a possible sign ordinance for the county. Earlier this month, county commissioners began looking at sign ordinances in other counties with the thought of putting together a sign ordinance for Stephens County. Discussions on the issue continued at Tuesday’s Stephens County […]

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Rep. Alan Powell Legislative Report

This second week of session is known as “Budget Week”. The joint House and Senate appropriations committees and subcommittees held hearings to begin the budget process. These joint budget hearings were to review Governor Nathan Deal’s budget proposals and begin crafting two budget bills: the Fiscal Year 2017 (FY2017) budget and the Amended Fiscal Year 2016 (AFY2016) budget. The full […]

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Georgia Senate Panel Approves a Constitutional Amendment Allowing Horse Racing

The Associated Press reports, a Georgia Senate committee has approved a constitutional amendment and a bill allowing gambling on horse racing over objections from Democrats, who want some of the expected revenue used for need-based college aid. Members of the Senate Regulated Industries panel backed the proposals on Wednesday after asking for several changes, including dedicated funding for gambling addiction […]

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