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How well does local government do in following Georgia's open record laws?

Murphy Center students check open records compliance

Debbie Blankenship, Murphy Center
October 22, 2024
Mayor reverses acceptance of placard for Black Confederate fifer

Mayor reverses acceptance of placard for Black Confederate fifer

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
October 17, 2024
Linear Park in the historic Pleasant Hill neighborhood is separated from Interstate 75 by a barrier wall and runs between Walnut Street and First Avenue where Middle Street once was.

County seeks new name as part of $2M renovation for bungled Pleasant Hill park

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
October 17, 2024
Neighbors packed into the Oct. 14 meeting of the Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission in opposition to a south Bibb church and Lizella business park.

P&Z: South Bibb flooding concerns sink church’s building plans 

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
October 16, 2024
The Middle Georgia Regional Commission cut the ribbon on its new offices at Macon Mall on Sept. 12, but conducted tours during the October annual meeting.

Middle Georgia Regional Commission rebrands for Macon Mall era

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
October 14, 2024
Macon Water Authority Chairman Gary Bechtel signs a supplemental bond resolution Thursday to fund $113 million in capital improvement projects for the utility.

Rate hikes pending even after Macon Water Authority inks $113m bond deal 

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
October 4, 2024
The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections headquarters inside the Macon Mall.

Bibb County elections supervisor plans to comply with new state rule on hand-counting ballots

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
October 3, 2024
Macon-Bibb OKs $20m bond deal to finance airport, approves pension increase

Macon-Bibb OKs $20m bond deal to finance airport, approves pension increase

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
October 3, 2024
Carrie Proffitt protests in 2023 across from the Georgia Governor's Mansion with photos of her son who took his own life in a Georgia Department of Corrections prison.

The federal Department of Justice: ‘deliberate indifference’ to violence in Georgia prisons

Grant Blankenship, Georgia Public Broadcasting
October 2, 2024

Ask Mayor Miller: Courthouse renovations, Macon Mall plans include hotel

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
October 1, 2024
Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission listened to neighbors' complaints that the corner of Northside and Tharpe drives is not a good location for a Dollar General store.

P&Z: N. Macon neighbors spurn new Dollar General, Pio Nono nightclub rejected 

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 24, 2024
Macon-Bibb County Parks & Recreation director Michael Glisson first planted a Helen Taft variety cherry tree at Carolyn Crayton Park in February of 2021 with Wayne Woodworth looking on. .

Fickling family to fund new downtown Cherry Blossom trail

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 23, 2024
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