State sales tax revenue typically drops in January and February, as consumers start to recover from holiday spending after receiving bank and credit card statements.
In 2022, about 365,000 adults lost their jobs because of time away taking care of children, and 1.3 million adults left a job to care for children, according to a U.S. Census survey.
Christopher Miles' business, Miles' Styles Barbershop, has sat in the same location in downtown Rockdale for 18 years but the area doesn't look the same as it did when he first opened his doors.