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A worker leads a racehorse back to the stables on the backside of a horse racing track in Louisville, Ky., on April 29.

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  • USPS

Horse racing industry braces for crackdown on illegal immigration

Horse racing depends on thousands of workers without legal status, and industry leaders fear that Trump's soft touch toward the industry in his first term will not persist in his second.

May 19, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
According to an annual survey of college online-learning officers, 83% of online programs in higher education cost students as much as or more than in-person courses.

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  • Education

As enrollment in online college grows, students wonder: Why does it cost more?

Rather than lowering the price, some universities use online courses to subsidize everything else.

March 15, 2025
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By:
  • Jon Marcus
The Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management is seen on Monday in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

White House defends its 'Fork in the Road' offer to federal employees

The White House says the federal employees union is doing its members a disservice by urging them not to resign with the promise of administrative leave until September.

February 03, 2025
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
Colleges and universities collectively experienced a 15% decline in enrollment between 2010 and 2021, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

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  • Education

A looming 'demographic cliff': Fewer college students and ultimately fewer graduates

The long-predicted downturn in the number of 18-year-olds is almost here. And it isn't just a problem for higher education. It's a looming crisis for the economy.

January 08, 2025
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By:
  • Jon Marcus
Black Handled Key on Key Hole. Pexels

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  • News

Coastal communities land state housing grants

Coastal Georgia is the beneficiary of a fifth round of grants through Gov. Brian Kemp’s Rural Workforce Housing Initiative. Brunswick and Chatham County will receive more than $4.8 million for infrastructure supporting 129 housing units, Kemp announced late last week.

September 25, 2024
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By:
  • Dave Williams
A new report from Gallup and Workhuman finds employees who get meaningful recognition for their work are 45% less likely to leave their jobs.

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  • Business

Want to keep good workers? Praise them, a new study finds

New research from Gallup and Workhuman finds that employees who receive recognition on the job are 45% less likely to leave their jobs. Younger workers, in particular, say appreciation is key.

September 18, 2024
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  • Andrea Hsu
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  • Health

Georgia lawmakers look to open jobs to more workers who need license to work

The Joint Blue Ribbon Committee Investigating Licensing Issues is expected to hold several meetings this year as it considers ways to reduce professional licensing glitches, costs and the amount of time it takes to process and review applications. Ideas include adopting more universal standards and making it easier to transfer licenses from other states and countries.

July 03, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Students of the first Clean Tech Infrastructure Academy cohort gather at the Goodwill to celebrate completing the program January 23, 2024. They each have on blue work jumpsuits and blue hats.

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Goodwill of North Georgia celebrates inaugural class of clean energy job training program

Georgia's electric vehicle industry continues to grow, and Goodwill of North Georgia is working to train people for clean energy jobs. The first cohort has officially completed the program.

January 24, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
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State awards second round of grants through new rural housing program

The state awarded more than $9 million Monday to support more than 400 housing units in four Georgia communities, the second round of grants through a program Gov. Brian Kemp created last year.

January 09, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
Standing on a trolley loaded with representatives from land banks across Georgia, River Edge Behavioral Health CEO Cass Hatcher points to the construction site where a tiny home development for people with disabilities is being built. The tour of housing developments in Macon on Wednesday was part of the annual Georgia Association of Land Bank Authorities summit.

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  • News

Georgia aims to grow workforce housing amid statewide housing shortage

A shortage of housing for Georgia’s growing workforce is becoming a greater issue for the state’s economic prospects as it works to attract more manufacturers and big businesses who want to know where their employees will live.

December 08, 2023
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  • Laura Corley

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  • Health Care

Ga. nursing home advocate: industry in 'death spiral' from lack of health care providers, low pay

An additional 3,652 health care employees in Georgia would cost $187 million per year, the Georgia Health Care Association said.

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
A student walks past the campus green at Kennesaw State University. Lawmakers hope to lower the costs of attending Georgia’s public universities, but the cost of living remains high as inflation rises.

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  • News

New streamlined admissions program aims to send more Georgians to college

Gov. Brian Kemp announced a new admissions program for Georgia public colleges on Thursday.

October 05, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis

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  • News

Jobs often held by women are more vulnerable to AI replacement, study says

A recent study by McKinsey finds women are one and a half times more likely to be impacted by artificial intelligence job replacement.

August 10, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Aircraft within a building.

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  • Business

In Savannah, a Georgia Senate study committee looks at how to end workforce shortages statewide

At the second meeting of the Georgia Senate Study Committee on Expanding Georgia's Workforce in Savannah, representatives from regional companies detailed their work to grow and improve the local workforce.

July 26, 2023
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By:
  • Ambria Burton
 Wendy Dean (left) with the Georgia Advocacy Office talks to state Sen. Nikki Merritt in the hallway of the Coverdell Legislative Office Building on Wednesday’s day of advocacy. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Hiring more people with developmental disabilities pitched as Georgia’s labor shortage fix

People living with intellectual and developmental disabilities say one solution to Georgia’s workforce shortage is to hire them.

March 10, 2023
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  • Aaleah McConnell
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