By Jill Nolin | Editor
“If there was an error significant enough to affect the outcome, this process is designed to catch it.” - Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, referring to the statewide election audit currently underway.
Participants roll a series of 10-sided dice as part of Georgia’s risk-limiting audit, a process used to review a random sample of election results (Photo by Maya Homan/Georgia Recorder)
ELECTIONS
By Maya Homan
They may be rolling dice, but when it comes to election integrity, Georgia’s top officials say they are taking no chances.
The secretary of state’s office opened its doors to the public Thursday to kick off a statewide risk-limiting audit, a process that has been used in Georgia since 2020 to help verify election results across the state.
Some of the nation’s biggest megachurches are getting into the college business, prioritizing hands-on job training and church culture over a more traditional liberal arts focus. (Courtesy of Austin Christian University)
EDUCATION
By Anna Claire Vollers
In the heart of the Bible Belt, a small Methodist college graduated its final class in May 2024, shutting its doors after 168 years.
Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama, was a Christian private liberal arts school that counted among its graduates members of Congress, famous musicians, Pulitzer Prize winners and the former executive editor of The New York Times. Yet it had been unable to endure years of financial losses.
Two senators have reached a bipartisan deal on legislation dealing with college athletes’ name, image and likeness compensation. (Photo by Getty Images)
SPORTS
By Shauneen Miranda
A pair of U.S. senators reached a bipartisan agreement on a sweeping bill aimed at tackling many of the biggest issues surrounding how to compensate players in college sports.
GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state — the top members of the Senate committee with jurisdiction over the matter — unveiled legislation this week that aims to “restore order in college athletics.”
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