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News Georgia Government: Some Georgia districts get to replace standardized tests

Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
Some Georgia districts get to replace standardized tests
News source: https://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/some-georgia-districts-get-replace-standardized-tests/OTT2ricKelzNlCGT2HCoNI/

Georgia is joining a small group of states that have won tentative approval from the federal government to experiment with new ways of testing students. If everything goes as planned, two groups ...

News Georgia Government: The Week In Russia: Georgia, The G20, And 'All This Fuss About Spies'

Published on: Friday 28 June 2019
The Week In Russia: Georgia, The G20, And 'All This Fuss About Spies'
News source: https://www.rferl.org/a/the-week-in-russia-georgia-the-g20-and-all-this-fuss-about-spies-/30026407.html

"Those who had visited Georgia were saying that it's good here ... Voronezh" -- the term some genius coined to describe those awkward moments when the Russian government takes aim at the West but ends ...

News Georgia Government: U.S. Rights Groups, Doctors Sue to Stop Georgia 'Heartbeat' Abortion Ban

Published on: Friday 28 June 2019
U.S. Rights Groups, Doctors Sue to Stop Georgia 'Heartbeat' Abortion Ban
News source: https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/06/28/us/28reuters-usa-abortion-georgia.html

(Reuters) - A group of civil rights organizations, doctors and clinics sued Georgia's government on Friday to overturn a law passed in March that bans abortions if an embryonic or fetal heartbeat can ...

News Georgia Government: Georgia legal experts: Impact unclear in granting ‘personhood’ to fetus

Published on: Tuesday 04 June 2019
News source: https://www.omaha.com/news/nation/georgia-legal-experts-impact-unclear-in-granting-personhood-to-fetus/article_d8c32595-8c68-556d-8f83-25f0197e5622.html

ATLANTA — Offices across Georgia state government have fielded calls and questions from residents concerned or confused about the state’s new anti-abortion law since it was introduced. State employees ...

News Georgia Government: In nod to Georgia, Armenia changes UN vote

Published on: Wednesday 05 June 2019
News source: https://eurasianet.org/in-nod-to-georgia-armenia-changes-un-vote

This year, however, Armenia abstained on the vote. It didn’t explain its reasoning but Johnny Melikiyan, an analyst of Armenia-Georgia relations at the Armenian government think tank Orbeli Center, ...

News Georgia Government: Greenville enters negotiations with Georgia city manager favorite

Published on: Tuesday 04 June 2019
News source: https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2019/06/03/greenville-nears-end-city-manager-search-three-finalists-named/1335495001/

After a closed-door session, the City Council instructed its human resources director to negotiate a potential contract with John McDonough, the city manager for Sandy Springs, Georgia ... over 27 ...

News Georgia Government: What Hollywood Boycotts Would Really Do to Georgia

Published on: Wednesday 05 June 2019
News source: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/06/georgia-abortion-hollywood-boycotts/591106/

With that context, calls to abandon Georgia’s film workers as a way to spite the state’s government seem especially hollow. Schweitzer calls boycotts a generally ineffective tactic for extracting ...