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Forsyth County's rendering of its new administration building on Freedom Parkway.

Forsyth County’s New Administration Building Project Moving Forward

Logan LeSueur, Staff Editor February 28, 2025

Forsyth County has approved a new administration campus outside the city of Cumming, sparking some disagreement within the city council. Forsyth County approved the $114 million administration campus...

Artificial Intelligence is becoming the new wave of exploration in the technology space. Photo from Wikimedia Commons

AI Progress Poses Trouble for U.S. Market

Logan LeSueur, Staff Editor February 28, 2025

Artificial intelligence has been the new frontier explored and tested by many tech companies. These companies strive to figure out how to build more efficient AI software. Along with it’s uses involving...

Musk attended the Conservative Political Action Conference last Thursday holding a chainsaw representing cutting 'fraud, waste and abuse' at the federal level.

DOGE Overhauls the Government

Logan LeSueur, Staff Editor February 24, 2025

Elon Musk had not spent much time in politics until he helped President Donald Trump with his presidential campaign in 2024. He was given a job position by Trump's Administration in his new Department...

Protester carrying "Immigrants Make American Great" sign during the Jan. 29 mass deportation protest.

Gainesville Protests Trump’s Deportations

Logan LeSueur, Staff Editor January 30, 2025

President Trump demanded that Immigrant and Customs Enforcement (ICE) target “three major cities everyday” and the White House has made it clear that any undocumented immigrant that is caught in one...

Party City in Canton, GA promotes its new and final sale for the store before going out of business.

“Party’s Over” as Party City Plans to Close

Logan LeSueur, Staff Writer January 23, 2025

Party City plans to shut its doors after nearly 40 years in business. The party store is known for its go-to party supplies for birthdays, special occasions and Halloween events. In 2023, the party...

People’s March Nationwide for TikTok Ban Appeal

Logan LeSueur, Staff Writer January 20, 2025

TikTok, the app that had 170 million users in the United States, is now "going dark" in the U.S. This comes after the Supreme Court upheld the ban in a 9-0 decision. The CEO of TikTok, Shou Chew, went...

Student classroom suffering from chronic absenteeism (Public Policy Institute of California)

Rising Rates in Absenteeism

Logan LeSueur, Staff Writer April 18, 2024

Absenteeism has risen in recent years by 30% with a major factor being the COVID-19 pandemic hurting students across all demographics, but also other factors like bus driver shortage, teacher shortage,...

The U.S. Justice Department sues Apple claiming illegal monopoly over smartphone market (Regtech Times)

The U.S Justice Department Sues Apple

Logan LeSueur, Staff Writer April 11, 2024

The U.S. Department of Justice is suing the tech giant Apple over its alleged illegal use of antitrust laws and holding a monopoly in the smartphone market.  The DOJ announced that they are accusing...

The Supreme Court looks to limit access to the abortion pill, mifepristone, while being nationwide in CVS and Walgreen's. (France 24)

The Supreme Court “Restricting” Access to Abortion Pill

Logan LeSueur, Staff Writer April 9, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court justices are taking a case that could have far-reaching implications for millions of American women and for drugs regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This decision...

Chick-fil-a looks to change its famous chicken. (Food Business News)

Chick-fil-a “Modifies” its Famous Chicken

Logan LeSueur, Staff Writer April 1, 2024

Chick-fil-A looks to change its "no-antibiotic" chicken to now allow some antibiotics into its chicken as the company says is “due to challenges it foresees finding chicken supplies that meets our rigid...

Prices of fast food like McDonalds are increasing their prices (Business Insider)

Fast Food Prices Increasing

Logan LeSueur, Staff Writer March 28, 2024

Recently Wendy’s thought about the idea of “surge pricing” with a sandwich being more expensive during hours of high influx of customers and then dropping in place when there is a lower influx of...

Biden's poll ratings sees almost 20% drop since 2020. Approval rating sits at 39% amongst Americans. (ABC News, Getty Images)

Joe Biden’s Ratings Drop Amongst Younger Voters

Logan LeSueur, Staff Writer March 21, 2024

Recently, President Joe Biden has been unpopular amongst a lot of Americans as his approval ratings have been the lowest in years with only reaching a 39% approval rating.  This is the second worst...

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