Month: September 2019

AG Carr on the addiction stigma

September is National Recovery Month, and today, an estimated 180,000 Georgians are living with an opioid-use disorder. To put this staggering number into perspective, that means we have a population the size of Macon coping with the malicious effects caused by the opioid crisis. That was the opening paragraph of Attorney General Chris Carr’s op-ed

Morning Reads for Tuesday, September 3

Good morning! If you live east of I-95, you know what to do: be safe, and go with the contraflow. We’re still not sure exactly where Dorian will go next, and the wanton nature of hurricanes is precisely what makes them so lethal. Here are the latest updates from Savannah. Here’s what you might expect

Governor Orders Evacuation From Coastal Counties; Others Add Encouragement To Heed Warnings

We interrupt your holiday because a hurricane wants to do so as well. This morning, Governor Brian Kemp has ordered the mandatory evacuation of six Georgia coastal counties. To aid the evacuation, I-16 will have “contra-flow” beginning tomorrow, with eastbound lanes converted to additional westbound lanes in order to expedite traffic away from the coast.