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The Brookdale Resource Center assists families with housing and provides temporary shelter when needed.

Cold prompts emergency call for shelter volunteers: ‘Don’t want anybody to freeze to death’

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 14, 2022
A sign announcing a new mask mandate went up Wednesday at the Washington Memorial Library in Macon.

Mask mandate enacted for Middle Georgia Regional Libraries

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
September 1, 2021
The Macon Water Authority has approved $1.6 million in renovations for its Second Street headquarters.

Water Authority raises minimum wage, mandates masks in rise of coronavirus

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
August 6, 2021
Bibb County Sheriff David Davis denies jail overcrowding after a photo circulated on social media.

Bibb sheriff needs millions in jail upgrades; Mental health plan, procedures questioned

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 3, 2021

WMUB Report: the new normal; Mercer and masks

Amyre Makupson
September 4, 2020
The Macon-Bibb County Board of Health again is urging the county commission to pass a mask mandate now that Georgia's governor has set a threshold for allowing local laws.

Macon-Bibb mask mandate sought as COVID-19 deaths double after last push

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
August 17, 2020
How to Get Kids to Wear A Mask

How to Get Kids to Wear A Mask

Aliyah Dorsey, Couric Fellow Intern
August 5, 2020
Mask Maker in Macon

Mask Maker in Macon

Aliyah Dorsey, Couric Fellow Intern
August 5, 2020
The Middle Georgia Regional Library system is now requiring masks for branch visitors in Bibb, Jones, Baldwin, Macon, Twiggs, Wilkinson and Crawford counties.

Masks now required at Middle Georgia libraries to protect COVID-19 ‘wellness bubble’

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
July 29, 2020
The Macon-Bibb County Board of Health is urging Mayor Robert Reichert and the county commission to mandate face coverings in public to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Macon-Bibb health board calls for mandatory masking to slow COVID-19

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
July 10, 2020
The Macon-Bibb County Board of Health again is urging the county commission to pass a mask mandate now that Georgia's governor has set a threshold for allowing local laws.

What is considered ‘exposure’ to COVID-19? Macon business owners advised how to handle infections

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
July 9, 2020
Only essential visitors are allowed inside Medical Center, Navicent Health, where staff is bracing for a surge of COVID-19 cases.

‘We’re ready,’ Navicent Health CEO says as staff braces for surge of COVID-19

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 1, 2020
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