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Imogene Patterson peers through the blinds behind the check-in desk at Economy Hotel on Pio Nono. She said she sometimes holds her breath watching some of the hotel guests trying to cross the five lanes of Pio Nono Avenue to get to the Circle K convenience store.

‘I hate to look.’ Deadly stretch of Pio Nono lacks crosswalk, stoplight as pedestrians keep dying

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
February 13, 2023
Buc-ee’s employee Joseph Hortman on Feb. 18, 2021 in Buc-ee's Warner Robins location. Hortman and a co-worker said it’s easy to tell when someone is a first time Bucc-ee’s visitor. They agreed first time visitors spend their time taking pictures and videos. Photo by Macee Palmer

Georgia may be best for business. But this 30-year-old policy is why some say it’s worst for workers

By Ellen Eldridge, GPB News
February 10, 2023

New poll shows Georgians support Medicaid expansion, increasing education funding

Rebecca Grapevine, Capitol Beat News
February 8, 2023

Georgia Senate bill aims to regulate third-party food delivery industry

Dave Williams, Capitol Beat News
February 2, 2023
Henry Young III, 64, knows well how deadly Pio Nono Avenue can be for people on foot. He says lowering the speed limit could help because, "they treat this road here just like a racetrack."

Macon’s deadliest streets: Two roommates die months apart crossing same busy road

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
January 31, 2023
eorgia Power’s rate case calls for 12% increases in electricity rates over the next two years, but the nuclear expansion at Plant Vogtle and reimbursement for fuel costs could add to the burden on ratepayers. The Georgia Public Service Commission is expected to vote on the 2022 rate case by Dec. 20

How a Powerful Company Convinced Georgia to Let It Bury Toxic Waste in Groundwater

Max Blau, ProPublica
January 27, 2023
Internet privacy activists say the end of Roe vs. Wade could bring new scrutiny to issues of digital privacy. Pictured: Abortion protest in Atlanta, May 14, 2022.

Georgia’s six-week ban not enough for anti-abortion activists pressing for more restrictions at Roe’s 50th anniversary

Ross Williams and Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder
January 23, 2023
A Bibb County sheriff deputy's car with blue lights activated near a pedestrian crosswalk on Jeffersonville Road in Macon.

Macon’s roads are becoming deadlier for pedestrians, but few hit-and-runs are solved

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
January 17, 2023
The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections awaits a judge's ruling on their lawsuit against Mayor Lester Miller and county commissioners over the elections supervisor selection process.

2023 Preview – Part 4: Board of Elections stalemate, downtown improvements, Chamber move, Farmers Market conflict, celebrating Macon’s 200 years

Liz Fabian and Laura Corley
December 29, 2022
The Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center was established in 2018 by Georgia lawmakers to address “the complex health care challenges and wellness disparities facing rural communities,” according to the Center’s website. Maternal morality is one area of their work across the state, with initiatives underway to make holistic maternal healthcare more accessible to Georgia’s rural communities.

Georgia’s maternal mortality rates are growing– how are local organizations responding?

McKenna Kaufman, Center for Collaborative Journalism
December 12, 2022
Health workers work during a COVID-19 vaccination event in Cochran, Ga., January 25, 2021. The pandemic strained an already stressed public health system, one that $100 million in federal grants aims to repair and strengthen.

Georgia’s public health system gets nearly $100 million for workforce and upgrades

Sofi Gratas, GPB News
December 7, 2022
An ambulance is pictured outside the Medical Center, Navicent Health, (then The Medical Center of Central Georgia) in this 2009 file photo. Federal law requires all Medicare-participating hospitals with emergency departments to medically screen and stabilize any patient in need of emergency care.

Hospital authority plans to ask Macon-Bibb for a cut of its tax revenue

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
November 17, 2022
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