Carl V. Lewis

Donna Drummond’s family members pay part of their state income taxes to an unusual place: her 6-year-old daughter’s private K-12 school.

UPDATE: Story picked up by Augusta Chronicle, cited in AJC Jim Galloway’s Political Insider Following a heated day of closed-door meetings in downtown Macon, Georgia’s Senate Republican leaders decided Friday to strip some of newly re-elected Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle’s powers in the Senate. Chamber leaders are calling it a new “power-sharing agreement.” The Republican [...]

Scott topples Marshall in 8th district congressional race By Mike Stucka and Carl Lewis clewis@macon.com Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010 Reflecting the broader national backlash against the Democratic Party this election season, voters denied U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall of Macon a fifth term in office Tuesday, choosing Republican Austin Scott as his replacement. With 78 percent [...]

Sen. Brown pushes HOPE limits, seeks family annual income cap of $150K (link to story on Macon.com) By Carl Lewis clewis@macon.com Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 Georgia’s Senate minority leader proposed one possible solution to the dwindling HOPE Scholarship fund Wednesday: Only give it to the students who need it the most. Calling for a “return [...]

UPDATE: Follow-up on autopsy report from Aug. 21 SPACE Woman’s body found in backyard of vacant Macon home By Carl Lewis clewis@macon.com Friday, Aug. 20, 2010 Breaking news – Crime reports A woman’s body was discovered in the backyard of a vacant south Macon home Thursday afternoon. Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones said police received [...]

Landfill expansion opposed by some Twiggs County residents – (view story on Macon.com) By Carl Lewis clewis@macon.com Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 It’s not just the rumble of garbage trucks past Tracie Fountain’s Twiggs County home each day that perturbs her. It’s the odor. Fountain lives just down the road from the Wolf Creek Landfill in [...]

Public college students in the midstate may experience canceled classes, longer lines at the cafeteria and less one-on-one time with their professors this fall. As part of a new cost-cutting measure approved Wednesday by the Georgia Board of Regents, faculty and staff at Georgia’s colleges and universities will take six furlough days during the upcoming [...]

Ready, set, shop. It’s a sales-tax holiday. The four-day sales-tax holiday kicked off Thursday, and many area stores saw crammed parking lots and congested shopping aisles as a result. So far, in 2009, retail sales nationwide have dropped about 5 percent, said John Heavener, president of the Georgia Retail Association. But in Georgia, numbers could [...]

Click here to view article online at Macon.com By Carl Lewis clewis@macon.com Monday, Aug. 17, 2009 Enrollment at midstate colleges is higher than ever this fall as the sluggish economy compels students to work toward the safeguard of a college diploma, officials say. At Georgia College & State University, 6,665 students are set to start [...]