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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Georgia Newsletter for Thursday March 20, 2025 ( 6 items )  

2025 NAIA Baseball GoRout Coaches' Top 25 - No. 2 (March 19)
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 19 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * 2025 NAIA Baseball GoRout Coaches' Top 25 - No. 2 (March 19) KANSAS CITY, Mo. - LSU Shreveport (La.) claimed all 19 first-place votes to retain the top spot in the second regular-season installment of the 2025 NAIA GoRout Baseball Coaches' Top 25. Tennessee Wesleyan remained No. 2, followed by a top-five shuffle that saw Georgia Gwinnett move t  more

Construction Starting on Kennesaw State's Newest Residence Hall
KENNESAW, Georgia, March 20 -- Kennesaw State University issued the following news release: * * * Construction starting on Kennesaw State's newest residence hall Kennesaw State University will make room for approximately 460 more students interested in living on campus with the addition of The Summit II residence hall, which was celebrated during a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday. The nearly 97,000-square-foot residence hall is being built on the south end of the Kennesaw campus adjacen  more

Emory University Rollins School of Public Health: Ask an Expert - Drug Pricing in the United States With Courtney Yarbrough
ATLANTA, Georgia, March 20 -- Emory University Rollins School of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * Ask an Expert: Drug Pricing in the United States with Courtney Yarbrough The cost of prescription drugs in the United States is high--nearly 2.78 times as high as prices in other countries. And most Americans agree that health care access and affordability is a top priority. Policymakers are currently discussing how to protect consumers from inflated prescription drug costs.  more

Emory University: Levodopa May Improve Motivation in Depression Linked to High Inflammation
ATLANTA, Georgia, March 20 -- Emory University issued the following news release: * * * Levodopa may improve motivation in depression linked to high inflammation March 19, 2025 A study from Emory University suggests that levodopa, a medication that increases dopamine levels in the brain, may help treat individuals with depression who experience motivational impairments due to high inflammation. Researchers found that a common blood test measuring C-reactive protein (CRP), a blood biomarker o  more

Keeping Georgia's Promise
ATLANTA, Georgia, March 19 -- The Georgia Public Policy Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Keeping Georgia's Promise New beginnings are exciting. They can also be tough, which is why new initiatives don't need any extra obstacles placed in their path. The pattern for new school choice programs around the country has been to ramp up slowly at first. Families may not know about them. Parents might want to wait and see how they're working out for friends and neighbors before e  more

Kennesaw State Alumna Selected as One of 25 International Olympic Committee Young Leaders
KENNESAW, Georgia, March 20 -- Kennesaw State University issued the following news release: * * * Kennesaw State alumna selected as one of 25 International Olympic Committee Young Leaders Out of more than 5,000 applicants from around the world, Kennesaw State University alumna Kyndall Hudson was one of 25 selected for the International Olympic Committee Young Leaders program. The four-year program empowers recruits to build out a grassroots sports project of choice by providing $10,000 in se  more