A celebrated pastry chef and her community came together to create Atlanta’s hottest and most ambitious late-night hangout.

Upon acceptance to the program, students and dairy producers pay $200 to attend; allied industry members pay $500. Support from Dairy’s Foundation covers the balance of program fees, including meals.

According to the state of Colorado’s Department of Education, 42 percent of third-graders in our state read proficiently in 2024. The state’s goal is to raise that rate to 60 percent by 2028.

Much of our reporting this year focused on how unprecedented changes to the federal government affect our region’s residents and institutions, including cuts to funding for education, public safety, ...

It’s a holiday-week edition of the Terry’s Talkin’ podcast, with cleveland.com columnist Terry Pluto and host David Campbell.