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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Celebrate National School Lunch Week Oct. 14-18
Coming up, National School Lunch Week is an opportunity to tip the hat to the lunchroom heroes who ... Read more
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United Way launches United for ALICE initiative
MOULTRIE — The United Way of Colquitt County takes on the United for ALICE project as one of ... Read more
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Warnock introduces affordable housing bill
ATLANTA – U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., introduced legislation Thursday that would provide federal funding to build 3 ... Read more
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State removes limits on donations to helping kids aging out of foster care
ATLANTA – Limits on donations to a state tax credit that supports foster children aging out of the ... Read more
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Black Americans are underrepresented in resident care communities, AP/CNHI News analysis finds
Norma Upshaw, 82, was living alone south of Nashville, when her doctor said she needed to start in-home ... Read more
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SHAILLY BARNES: Low-income voters shaped midterms
The midterm elections confirmed that in many ways, we are a nation divided. But maybe not as divided ... Read more
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Ga. lawmakers ponder adding poverty as factor in overhaul of state school funding formula
ATLANTA — Mason Goodwin, a recent graduate of Atlanta Public Schools, told a Senate committee Friday that securing ... Read more
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Census: Relief programs staved off hardship in COVID crash
WASHINGTON (AP) — Massive government relief passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic moved millions of Americans out ... Read more
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Expanded federal child tax credit to kick in next week
ATLANTA — The expanded federal child tax credit Congress passed this year is expected to lift nearly 700,000 ... Read more
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88% of children covered by monthly payments starting in July
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department said Monday that 39 million families are set to receive monthly child ... Read more