By Jill Nolin | Editor
The search is on to replace an entire local school board in a central Georgia community after the governor made the rare move to fire sitting board members after years of financial mismanagement within Dublin City Schools.
Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a Georgia Chamber event in Athens, Aug. 5, 2026. Kemp suspended all seven members of the Dublin City School Board after its accreditation came under threat following years of financial instability. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder
EDUCATION
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Gov. Brian Kemp hopes a newly appointed panel can help clean up a financial mess in Dublin City Schools.
Kemp suspended all seven of the board’s members via an executive order Monday and appointed five local leaders to help select temporary replacements. Their dismissal followed a unanimous recommendation from the state Board of Education issued last week.
A basket of freshly caught Atlantic white shrimp ready to be put on ice. Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current
ECONOMY
By Gracie Nelson, The Current
Coastal Georgia is known for its hospitality as well as its shrimp-abundant waterways and estuaries. However, not all restaurants along the coast source their seafood from local waters, while allowing people to assume they do.
Foreign imports have flooded the market in the United States, selling farm-raised shrimp for lower prices and making it difficult for local shrimpers to compete.
A new state law, House Bill 117, took effect on July 1, turning the tide for both Georgia shrimpers and the state’s restaurants. The bill requires that all Georgia restaurants, excluding those operated by a state agency, disclose whether the menu items they serve contain foreign imported shrimp.
A crane on the construction site of the planned White House ballroom, where the East Wing used to be, during the early morning of Thursday, June 11, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
DC BUREAU
By Ashley Murray
Historic preservationists asked the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday to deny President Donald Trump’s appeal to continue construction on his $400 million White House ballroom on the grounds of the demolished East Wing.
In response to Trump’s application to the high court, the National Trust for Historic Preservation argued irreparable harm would result if construction continued, and that the project is “illegal” without authorization from Congress.
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