2014

W.S. Badcock Corp., one of the largest privately held furniture retailers in the United States, last week said it will construct a new regional distribution center in LaGrange, investing $22 million and employing more than 100. [...]

A total of 103 local education authorities will be awarded more than $36.7 million from the Connections for Classrooms, a collaborative funding effort between the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement (GOSA), the Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) and the One Georgia Authority (OGA) to help ensure classrooms across the state have the high-speed broadband access required for digital and blended learning. [...]

Atlanta Police Chief George Turner has signed new policies aimed at establishing Atlanta Police Department procedures for interactions with transgender, intersex and gender non-conforming individuals. [...]