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A Bibb Superior Court hearing May 22 in a nine-month legal battle between the Board of Elections and Macon-Bibb County's mayor and commissioners led to the case being dismissed.

Board of Elections loses legal case against mayor and commissioners

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
May 25, 2023
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 appeals Bibb County jury’s verdict, case returns to Georgia Court of Appeals

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
May 3, 2023
Speed limit review, more street lights coming for pedestrian safety

Speed limit review, more street lights coming for pedestrian safety

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 5, 2023
Cassidy and Alex Mims went before the Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning Commission last summer pleading commissioners to allow them to keep the renovations on their home, which violate historic district guidelines.

Historic homes’ hidden costs, regulatory headaches catch folks off guard

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 3, 2023
Food Fight: Lawsuit imperils future of Wednesday farmers market

Food Fight: Lawsuit imperils future of Wednesday farmers market

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
October 3, 2022
Macon-Bibb County elections officer Tom Gillon, center, demonstrates how to operate voting machines at the board of elections office in this file photo. Gillon is the interim elections supervisor following Jeanetta Watson's retirement.

Elections board nominates new supervisor while attorney asks judge to block mayor’s selection committee

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 16, 2022
A fresh parking ticket sits under the windshield wiper of a Lexus recently caught overdue parking on Poplar Street. At least one other faded, unpaid ticket was on the dashboard of the car.

Parking scofflaws owe $208,000 in fines as meters come back online

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 2, 2022
The Macon-Bibb County Board of Elections has been searching for a new elections supervisor since January.

Elections board takes Macon-Bibb mayor, county commissioners to court over supervisor selection

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
August 19, 2022

Hoarder crackdown begins in Macon

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
July 19, 2022
A new automated traffic camera outside Rutland Middle School on Skipper Road in South Bibb County.

New automated traffic cameras catch thousands speeding in Bibb school zones

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
June 27, 2022
Georgia Department of Corrections cadets and trainers before the 2010 ribbon cutting for the department's training facility and offices in Forsyth. A labor strike of the incarcerated would come about month later. GDC lost over 2,000 correctional officers in the following year.

What’s behind the understaffing at Georgia prisons? Ask the staff

Grant Blankenship, Georgia Public Broadcasting
January 26, 2022
Vineville neighbors petitioned a judge to reverse Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning's decision to rezone the old Bennett Estate to allow for a social club with pool memberships in the Historic District.

Vineville neighbors petition judge to reverse P&Z rezoning for social club

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
July 2, 2021
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