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NEW for 6/25: Student loans, Ranked choice voting; Inflation

NEW for 6/25: Student loans, Ranked choice voting; Inflation

Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Here’s a solution to the national student loan program
EEB PERSPECTIVE: New York’s use of ranked choice voting is major system test
ANOTHER VIEW: Looking at nation’s inflation: it might be worth it
SPOTLIGHT: The Gwinnett Stripers
FEEDBACK: Remembering Hill Jordan and a key message he had for an audience
UPCOMING: Duluth rail museum fund drive is gathering steam 
NOTABLE: Building Babies Brains wins $75,000 transformation grant
OBITUARIES: Jim Steele
RECOMMENDED: Death in Venice and Other Tales by Thomas Mann
GEORGIA TIDBIT: UGA women’s swimming team is a top winner in NCAA finals
MYSTERY PHOTO: Stately house is this issue’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Start assembling hazardous waste for July 22 recycling

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by · June 25, 2021 · Full issues
NEW for 5/25: On student loan debt; Berkeley Lake; Proven programs

NEW for 5/25: On student loan debt; Berkeley Lake; Proven programs

Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Second in series of one way to solve student loan debt
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Dispelling a myth of how the City of Berkeley Lake was founded
ANOTHER VIEW: Diehard group wants to eliminate programs proven worthy
SPOTLIGHT: Gateway85 Gwinnett
FEEDBACK: Suggests use of Gwinnett Place Mall for senior housing
UPCOMING: Ribbon-Cutting at 2 p.m. Tuesday for new Duluth Public Library
NOTABLE: Walton EMC annual meeting to be a drive-through format again
RECOMMENDED: On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Once flourishing, Lithia Springs Hotel torn down in 1943
MYSTERY PHOTO: Oft-photographed scene is today’s Mystery Photo

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by · May 25, 2021 · Full issues
NEW for 4/20: On student loans; South Fulton trip; More

NEW for 4/20: On student loans; South Fulton trip; More

Click here to read the latest edition. In this issue:
TODAY’S FOCUS: What’s wrong with the student loan program from a guy who knows
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Trip to South Fulton opens eyes; Tornado devastation in Newnan
SPOTLIGHT: Lail Family Dentistry
FEEDBACK: Board denies one man more time, but Senator got more time
UPCOMING: Baker of Lawrenceville is new chair of the Gwinnett GOP
NOTABLE: Travys Harper is new supervisor of Soil-Water district
RECOMMENDED: The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia native plays lead in many motion pictures
MYSTERY PHOTO: Outdoor area is this issue’s Mystery Photo
CALENDAR: Ribbon-cutting is April 20 for new fire station in Braselton

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by · April 20, 2021 · Full issues, Uncategorized
NEW for 9/11: On hate crimes law, Senate campaign, illegally-dumped tires

NEW for 9/11: On hate crimes law, Senate campaign, illegally-dumped tires

Click here to read the latest edition. IN THIS EDITION:
TODAY’S FOCUS: Background on how Georgia’s hate crimes law got passed
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Wayne Johnson bases Senate campaign on student loan reform
ANOTHER VIEW: Support a proposal to rid our area of illegally dumped tires
SPOTLIGHT: Northside Hospital
FEEDBACK: Government not intended to be all things to all people
UPCOMING: UK firm to bring 100 new jobs to Gwinnett County
NOTABLE: PCOM student-doctors offer free flu shots at Lawrenceville ministry 
RECOMMENDED: The Book of Joy by The Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu (with Douglas Adams)
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Author Mary Hood is two-time winner of the Townsend Prize
MYSTERY PHOTO: One major clue about this Mystery Photo: no mountains!
LAGNIAPPE: Winn DAR chapter represented at Eutaw Springs ceremony

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BRACK: Johnson bases Senate campaign on student loan reform

BRACK: Johnson bases Senate campaign on student loan reform

By Elliott Brack |  Georgia’s unusual special election this fall for the unexpired two years of Johnny Isakson’s term gives the voters unusual choices. Instead of the political parties picking who will run, individuals decided themselves to run for the post. 

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by · September 11, 2020 · elections, Elliott Brack's Perspective