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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Georgia Newsletter for Saturday June 15, 2024 ( 2 items )  

National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame: Seminal College Athletics Leader Homer Rice Passes Away
IRVING, Texas, June 14 -- The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame issued the following news release: Homer Rice, the legendary player, coach and athletics administrator, including 18 years as the athletics director at Georgia Tech, passed June 10. He was 97, and he was scheduled to be inducted into the National Football Foundation Leadership Hall of Fame on June 20. "We were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Homer Rice," said NFF Chairman Archie Manning. "His passion  more

Tort reform and Georgia's judicial nightmare
ATLANTA, Georgia, June 13 -- The Georgia Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release: In 2023, Georgia had the dubious honor of topping the American Tort Reform Association's list of the country's "Judicial Hellholes." This was the second year in a row that Georgia held the number one ranking - although this time it was a split title with Pennsylvania's courts - due to what the ATRA calls an environment of lawsuit abuse and excessive tort costs. These concerns have caught the at  more