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U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff gets a demonstration of a hydraulic stretcher in one of the new Atrium Health Navicent ambulances from EMT Josh Humphrey and paramedics Kerry Sanders, back, and Jeannie Middlebrooks on Monday, April 22, 2024.

Atrium receives $600k to purchase new ambulances for Macon, Middle Georgia counties

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
April 22, 2024
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
Academy for Classical Education Principal Laura Perkins, second from right, during a recent meeting of the school's governing board.

Finances in flux, future uncharted for ACE

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
May 31, 2023
The Friends of Rosa Parks Square Board walked through the redesign with the architects in the summer of 2021, but a contractor has not yet been hired or the money raised for the renovation.

Choosing contractor latest delay in planned Rosa Parks Square renovation

Funds have yet to be raised for multi-million-dollar construction project going out for bids for a third time
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
April 10, 2023
Dale Folwell talks to reporters about hospital prices in June 2022. Behind him sits interim State Health Plan director Sam Watts.

How much should nonprofit hospital CEOs make? NC Treasurer’s report fuels debate.

Michelle Crouch and Rose Hoban, Charlotte Ledger and North Carolina Health News
February 20, 2023
Money In Hands

What to Know About TurboTax Before You File Your Taxes This Year

Don’t get tricked into paying for tax prep if you don’t have to. Learn how the biggest tax preparation companies have suppressed free filling options for years.
Sophia Kovatch, ProPublica
February 5, 2023
Bibb County School Board elected Juawn Jackson as its president for 2023. Jackson was elected to the board in 2020 and represents the county's west side.

Bibb Schools’ financial cushion threatened by governor’s proposed budget

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
January 20, 2023
Macon-Bibb County Pedestrian Safety Review Board pamphlet and hat.

Macon-Bibb Pedestrian Safety Review Board a ‘high risk’ grantee, state office says

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
June 1, 2022
Newly elected Bibb County School Superintendent Dan Sims speaks to members of the Bibb County Board of Education after they voted 6-2 to approve his hiring.

Bibb BOE approves contract for incoming Superintendent Dan Sims in a split vote

Laura Corley, Civic Journalism Fellow
May 19, 2022
Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller answers questions from the Center for Collaborative Journalism's Ask Mayor Miller segment in March.

Mayor Miller speaks on feasibility of mall project, trash, blight, $35 million in new funding, staffing, city auditorium and pool season

Send your questions to [email protected] for the Center for Collaborative Journalism's monthly 'Ask Mayor Miller' segment
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
March 23, 2022
Chiquita Dinkins teaches a unit on photosynthesis to students at Northeast High School in Macon. Dinkins, who was head cheerleader at Northeast as a student in the 1980s, is one of 18 alumni teachers at the school.

Bibb teachers have wish lists. The school district now has a way to fulfill them.

Laura Corley, Civic Fellow
February 1, 2022
The Macon Arts Alliance gallery at 486 First St. could soon be open Saturdays to lure business from guests staying at Hotel 45 down the street.

Macon Arts Alliance lands $100K NEA grant for COVID-19 relief

Macon Arts is one of 567 organizations divvying up nearly $58 million in American Rescue Plan funds
Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow
January 27, 2022
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