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New investigation out today with @SAHogan and @justinJprice:
Children suffered burns and beatings. Georgia calls it quality daycare.
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Your early voting update in Georgia: Republicans are starting to catch up, but Democrats are maintaining their momentum. #gapol
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Efforts to purge the government of DEI programs have taken a major toll on Black workers who now struggle to find comparable jobs. This is one of their stories by @hannah_natanson (and data by me) washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
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Keisha Lance Bottoms has faced pointed criticism of her leadership in Atlanta and disappointment in her decision to leave after one term.
Here's me and @RaR on her campaign for Georgia governor:
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"Being able to afford to retire is the top concern of aging home-based child care workers"
good look at this aging slice of the workforce from @lauren__coffey in @hechingerreport
hechingerreport.org/most-hom…
Both candidates for governor weighed in on our recent childcare investigation, along with the state's child care association and the former leader of the Georgia department that oversees daycares.
Read all the reactions here: ajc.com/news/2026/10/georgia…
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Huge news for Middle Georgia:
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Alvin Kendall gave the former Atlanta mayor her first job as a lawyer. Rebuilding his life after a federal conviction, he became a key figure inside City Hall during her term. #gapol
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Important story out this morning by my colleague @RobbinsDanny -- the latest installment in our Risky Medicine series. Here's a gift link so everyone can read this revealing coverage of med spas and unapproved weight loss drugs. ajc.com/news/2026/10/knockof…
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Really sad stories about food stamp theft in this story. Scammers Are Stealing Millions From Food Stamp Recipients. Congress Could Fix It — but Won’t. propublica.org/article/food-…
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What makes a good daycare?
There are more than 4,200 licensed daycares in Georgia, so surely there is a way to stack them up and compare — or at least weed out the less savory ones.
Read our parents' guide for tips on how to select childcare: ajc.com/news/2026/10/georgia…
I get it. You're busy. You don't have time to read a 3k word investigation.
We've got you covered: Here are our 5 big takeaways from our investigation into daycares: ajc.com/news/2026/10/georgia…
(Also please read the long version too thanks)
With all the companies he started and those he has invested in, Jackson is in a class all by himself. There aren’t enough columns in Georgia’s financial disclosure forms to fit his $3 billion net worth.
@cjoyner
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Children suffered burns and beatings. Georgia calls it quality daycare
An @ajc probe finds hundreds of Quality Rated daycares that harmed or endangered children kept their ratings under a flawed system
A must read from @SAHogan @klandergan @justinJprice
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New: More than $5 million went to Excell Preparatory Center in Lithonia since 2017 even as the department repeatedly reprimanded the daycare for hurting children.
The department has cited the daycare at least nine times for severe safety violations.
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The daycare’s problems continued this year. In March, another Excell worker was arrested and accused of slamming a 1-year-old boy down on a cot and bruising his eye.