Rural Georgia struggles getting lawmakers’ attention

There’s a phrase that more and more people are using at the state Capitol, and not everybody says it with a country twang.

Rural Georgia.

Lawmakers are talking about the problems that plague some of Georgia’s smaller communities. Main Street businesses that have closed. Financially struggling hospitals. Poor internet connections. Schools that don’t offer all the classes that will help students get into the University of Georgia or Georgia Tech. Young people moving to cities and never coming back.

Now there’s a move afoot in the state House to try and look at all these things comprehensively.