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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
The dormer of this house at 1783 First Ave. overlooks Jefferson Long Park and is down Craft Street from The Little Richard Resource House. The Georgia Department of Transportation paid CEA more than $180,000 to build it for a nonprofit created by Rep. James Beverly.

Minimal oversight led to misspent money meant for Pleasant Hill, records show

GDOT paid $180,000 to build a home for nonprofit created by Rep. James Beverly
Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
July 18, 2024
Ulysses Colbert’s house at 2269 Anthony Terrace in Macon on March 14, 2024. Colbert had rented out this house, but after losing out on thousands of dollars in rent, and now having to go clean up the mess left by the previous tenant, is reconsidering being a landlord.

“I might just let it sit vacant:” How Code Enforcement impacts property owners in Macon-Bibb

Henry Keating, Reg Murphy Center
April 18, 2024
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