President Obama Is In Decatur
To hear the WABE version of the story, click here.
Education and the economy highlight President Obama’s visit to Decatur today.
The trip comes after the President mentioned Georgia in his State of the Union address Tuesday night.
President Obama visited to Decatur’s College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center to promote his plan to bolster preschool. In his address to Congress this week, President Obama said Georgia and Oklahoma are two states where early education is a priority.
At a Decatur recreation center, the President is expected to talk about his economic policies for the middle class. In his State of the Union address, the President proposed raising the national minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $9 an hour. Georgia’s unemployment rate is 8.6%. That’s eight-tenths of a percent higher than the national jobless rate.
This is President Obama’s first trip to Georgia since winning re-election. He was last in the state in June speaking at a campaign fundraiser in Atlanta.
9(MDAxODM0MDY4MDEyMTY4NDA3MzI3YjkzMw004))
Top Stories
