NEW YORK, Feb. 26 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * Advocates in DeKalb County Secure First of Its Kind... Yesterday, elected officials in Georgia passed sweeping legislation to address water affordability issues and implement stronger protections against shutoffs in DeKalb County. These efforts are the result of years of advocacy by the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and local organizations, including DeKalb Water Watch, the Sout  more

NEWBERRY, South Carolina, Feb. 26 -- Newberry College posted the following news: * * * Blackwell returns to Newberry in student affairs NEWBERRY -- Newberry College has appointed Devin Blackwell '18 as assistant dean of student affairs for community, conduct & standards. Blackwell returns to his undergraduate alma mater after having served as coordinator of student integrity at the Georgia Institute of Technology since 2023. He has also served in similar student affairs and student success   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-Georgia, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta File Title VI Civil Rights Complaint Against Fulton County School District Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta (Advancing Justice-Atlanta) and the Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-GA), the local chapter of the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group (CAI  more

STATESBORO, Georgia, Feb. 27 -- Georgia Southern University issued the following news release: * * * Georgia Southern biologist predicts delayed but strong allergy season Spring allergy sufferers in Georgia may experience a delayed, but still potent pollen season in 2025, according to Alan Harvey, Ph.D., biology professor at Georgia Southern University. This year, according to Harvey, Georgia's allergy season is expected to start later than usual due to the cold snap and snowfall. "That bla  more

STATESBORO, Georgia, Feb. 27 -- Georgia Southern University issued the following news release: * * * Professor of design, by design What inspired a Georgia Southern University interior design professor to move from industry to academe. Erica Bartels' passion for design and teaching has found its home at Georgia Southern University, where she began lecturing in 2020. Drawing on her extensive experience in the industry, she encourages her students to appreciate every aspect of their environmen  more

KENNESAW, Georgia, Feb. 27 -- Kennesaw State University issued the following news release: * * * Kennesaw State president, provost lead Honors course on leadership It's not every day that students get the opportunity to take a class with the two highest ranking administrators on campus. However, Kennesaw State University President Kathy S. Schwaig and Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Ivan Pulinkala are redefining what it means to be a university leader. This semester  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 26 -- The Georgia Public Policy Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Tort reform advances. What's next? Gov. Brian Kemp's push to curb abusive lawsuits cleared a significant hurdle this past week. The state Senate approved a comprehensive reform bill on a mostly party-line vote (one Republican voted against it, and one Democrat for it). Along the way, opponents lodged a spate of wrong-headed objections. One complaint struck me as particularly deceptive   more