Published 7:42 pm Friday, September 4, 2026 TIFTON — State legislators met with city, county, and community officials to share an update on their efforts at the Capitol during the annual legislative appreciation breakfast this past Thursday. State Senator Carden Summers and State Representative Jaclyn Ford sat down with local leaders over coffee, juice, and the most important meal of the day the morning of Sep. 3 to discuss their recent developments, hot topics and issues on their radar, and the projects they hoped to pursue moving forward as part of their work in the state Senate and House, respectively. Members of several local organizations, ranging from city and county governments, their various departments, and Tiftarea businesses, and representatives of other state and federal legislators like U.S. Representative Austin Scott or Governor Brian Kemp, took part in the morning event. The two state legislators took the stage together, collaborating on sharing the news of what they had done in their respective prior sessions and what they planned to do in the future. Ford focused on recent accomplishments, proudly reporting on the reform she had helped secure to remedy issues in education, insurance, and the workforce. This included the implementation of literacy coaches in elementary schools across the state to address low literacy rates among students, the creation of nearly two-hundred thousand jobs and extension of maternal leave for state employees from six to nine…
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