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New boosters are in production to combat Covid’s recent resurgence.

New round of COVID-19 booster shots on the way after CDC recommendation

Jennifer Shutt. Georgia Recorder and Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder
September 14, 2023
Cirrus Academy in July 2016.

Cirrus Academy works toward compliance after notice of violations from State Charter Schools Commission

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 14, 2023
Crews built a temporary set at Dunlap Park at Third and Poplar streets for The Color Purple musical that filmed in downtown Macon in April, 2022. Liz Fabian/File

Georgia film industry generates $4.1 billion in fiscal ’23

Dave Williams, Capitol Beat News Service
September 13, 2023
Recreation upgrades planned; New restaurant denied alcohol license

Recreation upgrades planned; New restaurant denied alcohol license

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 13, 2023
A crow flies over the sign of a gas station in Bartow County. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder.

Georgia governor suspends gas tax, declares state of emergency over inflation

Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder
September 12, 2023
Attorney Bill Larsen tells the Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission that his client wont be able to do anything with less than half-acre along the railroad tracks on Forsyth Road as long as its zoned residential.

Neighbors reject retail center, billboard; P&Z OKs fitness centers, downtown renovation

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 12, 2023
Robert Lee Cohen, 87, takes the MTA paratransit bus to a dialysis center in east Macon three times weekly. Cohen moved to Macon from Buffalo, New York, in 2021. Here you got to have a car to get around, Cohen said. The new technology will call Cohen before the MTA bus arrives so he doesnt have to wait in the elements. It would make things easier, Cohen said of the bus tracking system.

Real-time tracking by phone, Wi-Fi coming to Macon Transit Authority buses

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 11, 2023
Commissioners grapple over downtown security measures, hiring minority contractors

Commissioners grapple over downtown security measures, hiring minority contractors

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 7, 2023
Sen. John Kennedy, who served as chair of the Senate Redistricting Committee, promotes the GOP map during the 2021 special session. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

Georgia redistricting trial opens with debate over federal requirements for Black representation

Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder
September 5, 2023
ENVOCOREs Colby Barnes reaches into the meter box at the Macon Water Authority, which is upgrading to Automatic Meter Reading technology, or AMR.

Water bills higher? MWA cites new meters in technology upgrade

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 5, 2023
On Thursday, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp rejected calls for a special legislative session to punish Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for prosecuting the 2020 election interference case. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

Kemp spurns calls for special session to discipline Fulton DA over election 2020 indictments

Stanley Dunlap and Ross Williams
September 4, 2023
Cirrus Academy governing board members conduct a meeting Aug. 29, 2023, via Zoom as staff and members of the public are present in-person.

Violations of state charter contract threaten future of Cirrus Academy

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
September 1, 2023
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