There are still five colleges in Georgia that continue to require COVID-19 vaccinations for students to attend their classes, despite over 90% of U.S. colleges having rolled back their mandates by August.
Gas prices have risen by 18 percent nationally since the beginning of the year and by more than 30 percent for Georgians, significantly higher than the 4.6 percent average increase in the overall Consumer Price Index over the same time period. Georgia pump prices are nearly ten times higher in 2023 than the overall annual inflation rate for August.