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The old Sears facade of downstairs at Macon Mall awaits renovation with an expected $40 million in bond financing through the Macon-Bibb County Urban Development Authority.

What does $540 million in bonds sought for Macon-Bibb projects mean for taxpayers?

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
December 6, 2021
Bibb Schools welcomes applications for new superintendent

Bibb Schools welcomes applications for new superintendent

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
December 3, 2021
The trash was placed at the curb on Laura Ann Place off of Forest Hill Road earlier this month.

Public weighs in on $500M in proposed bonds for novel recycling plant in Macon. Most oppose it.

Grant Blankenship, Georgia Public Broadcasting
November 30, 2021
Macon-Bibb Planning & Zoning Commission senior planner Gregory Brown points out pending road projects Monday night at Rosa Jackson Community Center during the first of nine public meetings on local transportation projects.

$763 million in transportation projects invites public scrutiny

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
November 30, 2021
Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller answers the public's questions monthly. Send inquiries to mercerccj@gmail.com.

Mayor Miller explains property tax cuts, redistricting, bond financing, blight

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
November 29, 2021
Students return for in-person classes on Nov. 9, 2020 at Ingram Pye Elementary in Macon, Ga. They went virtual again a few weeks later.

Fewer students attend Bibb County schools. What will it mean for the future?

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
November 23, 2021
Philip Tutt, 83, has been fighting for years to have vacant homes torn down on Bowden Street. He had hopes a $500,000 grant would make improvements in his neighborhood, but the project wilted on the vine.

$500K for 12 planters shows failure risk of community gardens

November 22, 2021
Nerissa Wright's son, Dontavis Mintz, died for reasons she still doesn't know in Ware State Prison near Waycross. The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the Georgia Department of Corrections largely because of such deaths.

A mother’s son died in Georgia prison. The Department of Justice wonders if understaffing is why

Grant Blankenship, Georgia Public Broadcasting
November 19, 2021
Kareemah Hanifa during her September 2021 testimony to a committee of Georgia legislators concerned with violence in the state's prisons. Hanifa began serving a life sentence when she was a teenager.

Why the investigation into Georgia prisons matters

Debbie Blankenship, Center for Collaborative Journalism
November 19, 2021

What is the Macon Arts Alliance?

Mandi Delong & Katie Linkner
November 12, 2021

What happens when a Bibb County Schools’ student tests positive for Covid?

DeeDee Cudjoe & Grace Swail, Center for Collaborative Journalism
November 12, 2021

How Do Restaurant Health Inspections Work?

Arianna Long & Austin Naab, Center for Collaborative Journalism
November 12, 2021
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