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NEW for 11/22: On cost of living, Stacey Abrams and wealth taxes

NEW for 11/22: On cost of living, Stacey Abrams and wealth taxes

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TODAY’S FOCUS: How legislators can help with high home living costs
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Can Stacey Abrams regain her footing in Democratic politics?
ANOTHER VIEW: Tax the ultra-wealthy and corporations at higher tax rate 
SPOTLIGHT: The 1818 Club
FEEDBACK: Send us your thoughts
UPCOMING: Buford city schools sue Hall County over E-SPLOST share
NOTABLE: PCOM’s Dr. Gary Freed wins lifetime achievement award
OBITUARIES: Samuel “Wayne” Odum
RECOMMENDED: Movie: Ticket to Paradise
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Third Catholic bishop of Georgia guides diocese in turbulent years
MYSTERY PHOTO: Only one person spotted recent Mystery
LAGNIAPPE: Lilburn Woman’s Club distributes 1,300 dictionaries to third graders
CALENDAR: Time to crave bacon in Braselton

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by · November 22, 2022 · Full issues
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FOCUS: How legislators can help with high home living costs

By Joe Briggs |  Today’s high heating, food, and housing costs should make us all think about what tools we might have to mitigate the issues and what to ask from our state legislators. 

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by · November 22, 2022 · Today's Focus
NEW for 7/22: More on newspapers, Norcross council, Greene

NEW for 7/22: More on newspapers, Norcross council, Greene

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Some reasons that newspapers may be declining
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Norcross Council considering charging seniors for waste pick-up
ANOTHER VIEW: Marjorie Taylor Greene is snookering the Democrats
SPOTLIGHT: PCOM Georgia
FEEDBACK: PCOM pleased to give medical insight to prospective doctors
UPCOMING: County adds new SPLOST proposal to ballot this November
NOTABLE: Gas South District, Northside Hospital form outreach pact
RECOMMENDED: How the Brain Works
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Cotton Patch Gospel author was Clarence Jordan
MYSTERY PHOTO: You may think this Mystery is in a rain-soaked area

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by · July 22, 2022 · Full issues
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FOCUS: Some reasons that newspapers may be declining

By Joe Briggs  |  While I grieve with Raleigh Perry on the demise of U.S. newspapers, I disagree with his analysis. He states that people who once stayed informed through daily newspapers have shifted to the convenience of the internet. But he then laments the absence of any substance in the nightly broadcasts. So have the consumers lost interest in the news, or have the news providers lost interest in the consumers?

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by · July 22, 2022 · Today's Focus
NEW for 1/25: On COVID fight; Summerour family; more

NEW for 1/25: On COVID fight; Summerour family; more

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Federal Drug Administration falls short in fight against COVID
EEB PERSPECTIVE: From Germany to Georgia: following the Summerour family 
SPOTLIGHT: The Piedmont Bank
UPCOMING: Free household hazardous waste day coming up on February 12
NOTABLE: Rainbow Village adds three members to its board
OBITUARIES: Hartwell B. Wash
RECOMMENDED: Luciano’s Ristorante Italiano, Duluth
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia last Southern state with Sunday sales “blue law”
MYSTERY PHOTO: There’s more to this photo than you might think
LAGNIAPPE: Sometimes the light comes on at just the right time
CALENDAR: North Gwinnett Kiwanis sponsor father-daughter dance 

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by · January 25, 2022 · Full issues
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FOCUS: Federal Drug Admin. falls short in fight against COVID

By Joe Briggs  |  The news of U.S. COVID-related deaths approaching 900,000 and overwhelmed hospitals after two years is alarming. More concerning is why the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is blocking our doctors from prescribing off-label use of known drugs for home use to prevent, treat, and reduce hospitalization rates. 

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by · January 25, 2022 · Today's Focus
NEW for 3/20: Health system; Virus reaction; Trust

NEW for 3/20: Health system; Virus reaction; Trust

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Linking the War of 1812 and a Single Pay Health System
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Today’s Speedy Reaction to Virus Stems from 1918 Action in St. Louis
ANOTHER VIEW: Checking Out Who Among The Electorate Is Being Trusted
SPOTLIGHT: The Gwinnett Stripers
FEEDBACK: UGA Press Also Re-Publishing Harris on Coastal Protection
UPCOMING: Gwinnett County Operating Under Local Emergency Situation
NOTABLE: Local Charities Get $52,000 from Jackson EMC Foundation
RECOMMENDED: A Game of Birds and Wolves by Simon Parkin
GEORGIA TIDBIT: In 1883 Lawmakers Approve Construction of Present State Capitol
MYSTERY PHOTO: Graceful Courthouse Awaits Your Inspection and Detection

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by · March 20, 2020 · Full issues
4/7: Mayberry Moments; On William C. O’Kelley; Against larger boards

4/7: Mayberry Moments; On William C. O’Kelley; Against larger boards

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Mayberry Moments Coming to Duluth’s Red Clay Theater on May 6
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Gwinnett To Lose Its Most Senior Government Official Soon
ANOTHER VIEW: Opposes Larger Boards in Gwinnett and Suggests a County Charter
SPOTLIGHT: Hayes Automotive Group
FEEDBACK: More on Old Rural Buildings and Insurance for Congress Members
UPCOMING: Gwinnett To Resurface 170 Miles of Roadway This Year
NOTABLE: Lawrenceville Picks 12 Residents for Hooper-Renwick Committee
RECOMMENDED: Historic Rural Churches of Georgia, by Sonny Seals and George S. Hart
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Air Crash in Paris Leads To Establishment of Memorial Arts Center
TODAY’S QUOTE: Hunting for the Exact Right Word
MYSTERY PHOTO: There’s A Story Behind Today’s Mystery Photo
LAGNIAPPE: New Painted-on-Road Directions Help Maneuver in Lilburn
CALENDAR: Bird Walk at George Pearce Park This Saturday Morning

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by · April 7, 2017 · Full issues
12/22: Woodall and accountability; Christmas music; letters

12/22: Woodall and accountability; Christmas music; letters

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TODAY’S FOCUS: Woodall Is Misrepresenting Keeping Partners of U.S. Accountable
EEB PERSPECTIVE: Several Ways To Enjoy Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
FEEDBACK: Readers Question If U.S. Senate Needs a Makeover; Idea on Merit Pay
UPCOMING: Duluth Sketching Group Produces Coloring Book for the City
NOTABLE: Graduates of Georgia Gwinnett College Now Total over 3,000
RECOMMENDED READ: Slade House by David Mitchell
GEORGIA TIDBIT: Georgia Native Don West Foremost Regional Poet, and Labor Leader
TODAY’S QUOTE: Recognizing That This Nation Has Two Types of Heroes
MYSTERY PHOTO: Several Recognize Last Week’s Mystery Cemetery
LAGNIAPPE: Mary Jane Gresham Is Snellville Senior Center Volunteer of the Year

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by · December 22, 2015 · Full issues
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FOCUS: Woodall misrepresents keeping partners of U.S. accountable

By Joe Briggs | In George Washington’s prescient farewell speech to the nation, he dedicated 11 paragraphs to warning us against ‘passionate attachments’ to other countries and “neither seeking nor granting exclusive favors or preferences.” He feared that we would take on that country’s enemies, fight their wars, and accept their values. Defenders of that country would be hailed as patriots whereas critics would be treated as traitors.

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by · December 22, 2015 · Today's Focus
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