State of Good tracks positive, locally reported news from Georgia. Below are 5 uplifting stories, pulled directly from Georgia's newsrooms and community publishers and refreshed every morning.
MONTICELLO, Ga. – Three years ago, Evan Newton was an intern at the Monticello News. Last month, he became the newspaper’s editor, publisher and owner after purchasing the outlet from its previous local owner. At 25 years old, Newton is one of the youngest newspaper owners in Georgia. He told the Georgia Recorder that he […]
The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is now a World Heritage site. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Heritage committee approved the addition around midnight Saturday morning in Georgia time and about 1 p.m. in Busan, South Korea, where the meeting was held. The decision was reached without debate from the international committee […]
A mistake doesn’t have to be a life sentence. That’s the promise of Georgia’s First Offender Act, which is meant to give residents who find themselves facing their first misdemeanor or qualifying felony charge a chance to avoid the stigma that comes with having a criminal record. First enacted in 1968, the law is a […]
Two courts this week dealt blows to the Trump administration’s attempts to withdraw clean energy and climate grants. A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency could not terminate $20 billion in clean energy grants awarded to nonprofit groups. And a federal judge on Monday denied the Trump administration’s attempt to […]
Georgia’s medical cannabis program experienced an unprecedented surge of new registered patients over the past month after the law changed significantly to ease access. The patient registry grew from 36,595 patients in late June to 44,854 on Monday, an increase of more than 22% in just over a month. The increase of over 8,200 active […]