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Bibb County’s school lunch delivery schedule

Bibb County is delivering school lunches to students’ neighborhoods while the community deals with the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. Find the delivery schedule below.

Weather & Emergency

Trump doesn’t care about Puerto Rico

Donald Trump has tweeted about the NFL 24 times over the past five days. Puerto Rico has been worthy of a whole four tweets. Yes, a U.S. territory home to 3.4 million Americans and facing a devastating humanitarian crisis, has received the president’s attention a whole four times. The entire island lost power, and there continue to be water, food and fuel shortages. Less than 20 percent of the hospitals have power, while everyday people

Poverty

What states of emergencies mean for lower-income communities

It’s a well-known fact that lower income communities often suffer more direly when disaster strikes. There are many different factors, all stemming from the economic and labor exploitation and political negligence that people living in poverty face. Because disaster-prone land, like floodplains, is often cheaper, it is more often marketed to people with lower incomes. Texas A&M research shows that between 2000 and 2012 populations near the coast grew nearly twice as fast as the

Weather & Emergency

Irma & Jose — updates

Hurricane Irma — now a tropical storm — has made it’s way to Georgia, while Hurricane Jose idles out in the Atlantic Ocean just east of the Bahamas (and Florida). Here’s some basic information about what is going on and where to report any problems. State agencies have been shut down for the next two days, and so will re-open on Wednesday. Yesterday, Gov. Nathan Deal expanded the state of emergency to cover all 159