Jeff Dantre
News ReporterJeff has delivered morning news at WUGA Radio for more than a decade. Prior to this, he was a news anchor/reporter for WSB Radio in Atlanta for several years and worked for CNN during the 1990s. Jeff was among a team at CNN that won a George Foster Peabody Award in 1991 for an educational product based on the fall of the Soviet Union. He also won an Edward R. Murrow Award from Radio Television Digital News Association in 2007 for producing a series for WSB Radio on financial scams. He is the recipient of numerous awards from the Associated Press. Jeff is a graduate of the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University (MBA) and holds a BS in Business Administration from Campbell University, both in North Carolina. He still enjoys writing and delivering news stories each day for WUGA listeners.
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Collins will face off against fellow Republican and U.S. Representative Buddy Carter for a chance to challenge Democratic incumbent Senator Jon Ossoff next year. -
The Georgia Department of Education said Friday that the administration of President Donald Trump will send the state tens of millions of dollars tied to federal law. -
The state is on track to give about $55 million in taxpayer dollars to families that have chosen private schooling over attendance at their nearby low-performing public school. -
John King, one of the Republicans who declared his candidacy to unseat Democratic incumbent John Ossoff next year, has suspended his campaign, saying it’s clear there is little path forward for the nomination. -
The new Senate Committee on Eliminating Georgia’s Income Tax, chaired by Blake Tillery, will hold hearings later this summer and fall. -
Transferring students will be able to work toward the degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing without any interruption or loss of credit. -
The law required all public schools and school systems to provide onsite teacher training, with model lessons for students and prompt instructional feedback. It also required all teachers in K-3rd grade to complete literacy training by the beginning of this month. -
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported that President Donald Trump’s new budget bill will slash Medicaid by $1 trillion during the next 10 years. -
Wild pig damage is especially serious in rural, agriculture-heavy regions, but their presence is expanding, raising concerns for farms throughout the state. -
School absenteeism rates remain stubbornly high, while students are scoring worse in core subjects like math and reading.
