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Economic recovery is well entrenched in Georgia, but that doesn't mean it isn't being dragged down by external circumstances, according to Georgia State University's quarterly economic forecast released Wednesday.

The Chattanooga law firm of Evans Harrison Hackett PLLC announced that Scott M. Shaw has joined the firm as a member.

Georgia State University has received a $900,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to recruit more science teachers to metro Atlanta.

Protesters yesterday rallied outside the University System of Georgia's downtown offices to sound off over undocumented students' lack of access to public colleges and universities.

The Atlanta Fed's macroblog provides commentary on economic topics including monetary policy, macroeconomic developments, financial issues and Southeast regional trends.

In a news release, the Whitefield Academy board of trustees Monday announced the appointment of Kevin Bracher, PhD, as headmaster of the Cobb County private school located near Vinings.

"In addition to changing demographics and cyclical effects , there are also behavioral changes afoot-a point Casselman makes in his final installment of the Post/WSJ debate.

The Lakeside City Alliance is quickly nearing its $30,000 fundraising goal, the cityhood study group said last week.

Clay County, a rural southwest Georgia community without a full-time, private-practice attorney, needs all the legal help it can get.

Most think it's standard procedure to attend college immediately after high school, graduate after four years, get a job and move forward.

Employees for Russell Stover Candies Inc. filed a federal wage-and-hour lawsuit against the company, saying they were intentionally mislabeled as sales representatives and none of them "has ever been paid overtime." Russell Stover Candies Inc., based in Missouri, employs about 5,000 people, including more than 170 sales representatives, the ... (more)

A. Lucian Ward Jr., age 87, of Cumming, passed away Monday, May 6, 2013. A.L. was born on December 13, 1925 in Knoxville, TN and graduated High School from Knoxville High in 1943.

In a month from now, the Atlanta Board of Education must approve the 2014 fiscal year budget.

"Educational Fair Use Brief in Support of Georgia State University on Behalf of Amici Curiae Academic Authors and Legal Scholars" In this case, Plaintiff Publishers accuse GSU and its faculty of violating their copyrights through this practice.

Collier Heights, the northwest Atlanta community once home to Martin Luther King, Sr., and Ralph David Abernathy, has finally been designated as a historic district by the city.

University of Georgia College of Education graduate student Candice Crowell has received a minority scholarship from The American Psychological Association.

Family and friends of a Georgia college student missing for nearly two weeks passed out flyers on his college campus in hopes of finding information about his whereabouts.

LABOR LOSS: Protesters packed the Wisconsin State Capitol in 2011 in opposition to restrictions on public-sector union organizing.

Jacksonville University announced Monday its Davis College of Business will start offering a Doctorate in Business Administration degree in fall 2014.

The U.S. Bureau of the Census calculates Georgia’s 65 and older population will increase by 143 percent from 2000 to 2030, according to a study by Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies called “Georgia’s Aging Population: What to Expect and How to Cope.” Senior living options range from aging in ... (more)