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A shipping container, part of The Medical Center's temporary medical unit, gets prepared for transport to Atlanta in November 2023.

Shipping containers at Macon’s Medical Center depart for downtown Atlanta housing project

Sofi Gratas, Georgia Public Broadcasting
November 20, 2023
Georgia Department of Education Superintendent Richard Woods

State schools superintendent eyes revamped funding approach in 2024 Legislature

Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder
November 14, 2023
Dispensary Associate and Patient Educator Michelle Dubiel sells low-THC oil products to a registered patient at Trulieve Dispensary in Macon, Ga. Since April 2023, patients have been allowed to possess low-THC oil, but access to the cards is difficult.

Medical cannabis industry struggles to expand access in Georgia

Eliza Moore, Georgia Public Broadcasting
November 9, 2023
Protesters were outside the Georgia Governor's Mansion on Oct. 3, 2023 to bring attention to violence and other concerns in Georgia's prisons. One protester carries a photo of Stephanie Widener, who died of sepsis in Georgia Department of Corrections custody.

Protesters outside governor’s mansion demand Kemp take action against prison violence

Grant Blankenship, Georgia Public Broadcasting
October 4, 2023
An aerial view of the footprint for the new stone water tank Mercer helped construct in the Sabana Bonita community of El Cercado, Dominican Republic from May 31-June 17, 2023.

Unique Tank Construction Highlights Dominican Republic Work

Maura Rutledge, Center for Collaborative Journalism
July 3, 2023

Explainer: Stone Water Tank Construction

Kevin White, Center for Collaborative Journalism
July 3, 2023
Mercer engineering students, along with Sabana Bonita community members construct the water tank walls with stone and mortar. Community members had to sign up for shifts to help construct the tank in addition to paying the fees to maintain the tank.

Water Projects Improve Health of Dominican Republic Communities

Debbie Blankenship, Center for Collaborative Journalism
June 28, 2023

Video: Better Water Access is Focus of Mercer Program

Samantha Vaquero, Center for Collaborative Journalism
June 28, 2023
Georgia Academy for the Blind senior Daquan Brown with the 3d yearbook printed for him and other members of the Class of 2023 by Mercer University engineering students.

Mercer students continue tradition of creating 3D yearbooks for the blind

Grant Blankenship, Georgia Public Broadcasting
May 10, 2023
Heaven Upshaw-Peters, foreground, and the rest of the graduates in the Bibb County Teaching as a Profession program, during their Signing Day ceremony recently.

Program aimed at encouraging students to be teachers graduates its first class

Grant Blankenship, Georgia Public Broadcasting
May 5, 2023
Randy Bedingfield plays the piano during a November reception at the Daybreak Day Center, which offers an array of services to the unhoused in Macon. Daybreak is privately funded but a Georgia Senate bill would audit public funds spent on such services.

A Georgia Senate bill asks for audits of homeless services. Why?

Grant Blankenship, Georgia Public Broadcasting
March 8, 2023
Danielle Jones is the McKinney-Vento liaison for the Bibb County School District where she and a small staff work within the limits of the law to provide stability for homeless students.

Housing aid doesn’t always reach homeless youth. Here’s how educators aim to help

Grant Blankenship, Georgia Public Broadcasting
February 1, 2023
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