Each week journalists Leah Fleming and Charles Richardson of the Telegraph talk about the headlines making news in Middle Georgia.
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HOT TOPIC #1:
State Rep. James Beverly of Macon plans to introduce legislation to change local elections from July to November in Macon-Bibb. More people vote in November, Beverly says, especially during a major election year. But Macon-Bibb Mayor Robert Reichert said he hopes Beverly decides not to file the bill and that if he does, it doesn't become law.
"We are nonpartisan now. So without a primary, you could very well end up with a need for a runoff. And a runoff from November is in December or January, which is the worst possible time," the mayor told the Telegraph.

But July elections, Beverly says, create "inadvertent voter suppression" because people don't know when elections are.

HOT TOPIC #2:
A new report says 44 percent of new teachers quit in the first five years and 47 percent would not go into teaching again.

Nearly half of Georgia teachers, 44 percent, leave the profession within five years of starting — and the top reason they leave is the number and emphasis of mandated tests, according to a survey released by State School Superintendent Richard Woods.

What's behind the struggle?

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