That would solve a problem for people who have a state medical marijuana card, but no place to buy the liquid they use to fight the side effects of chemotherapy, the frequency of seizures or other disorders.
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Maggie Lee is a freelance reporter who's been covering Georgia and metro Atlanta government and politics since 2008.
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Decatur’s unwanted Confederate monument isn’t going anywhere soon
Georgia’s state Legislature has OK’d triple damages for monument vandals. One opponent called this an attempt to suppress debate about public monuments to the Confederacy. Left behind is a bill that would’ve helped DeKalb get rid of a Confederate obelisk that no one wants.
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Georgia Senate panel narrows medical cannabis cultivation bill
Medical cannabis advocates think a rewrite of a House-approved medical cannabis cultivation bill is mainly unworkable and contains some poison pill provisions. But a key state Senator says the original might have had unintended consequences.
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Atlanta’s housing authority selects new leader from Cincinnati
After about 10 months with an interim leader, Atlanta’s housing authority has selected as its new president and CEO Gregory Johnson. Johnson is CEO of Cincinnati’s housing authority.
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Late nights and legislative vehicles: welcome to the Gold Dome
So should lawmakers meet more than 40 days per year? You won’t hardly find anyone who will answer “yes” to that.
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Under new legislation, Georgia might double spending on tire and hazardous cleanup
Between the two, that’s about $7.5 million that the state didn’t spend on environmental cleanup this fiscal year, but that it arguably should have.
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Low-cost housing deals for the long haul OK’d by Atlanta development board
Some of the significance here: public ownership of land, which can ensure the low prices don’t expire.
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Police, potholes, paving dominate mayor’s town hall in Cascade
The mayor of Atlanta sat with her top staff and something near 100 written questions heavy on potholes and paving, received from attendees at a Cascade town hall Tuesday night. But the first question was in the form of a chant from protesters, demanding justice in the case of Jimmy Atchison, shot dead by a city police officer who’s now under investigation.
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Explainer: When Georgia lawmakers do — and don’t — know the cost of their votes
The nice thing about a fiscal note is that all sides consider it at least a good-faith estimate, free of industry or partisan spin. But Georgia legislators often don’t have a nonpartisan official estimate of what their votes will mean for the state’s finances.
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Needle-exchange bill moving through Georgia Legislature
If this bill passes, expect comprehensive needle-exchange programs to take root beyond Atlanta.
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Atlanta mayor: Time for one city playbook on transportation, one consolidated department
The idea is to make a one-stop-shop, and better coordination, for all things road-related.
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Regional leaders looking for ripple effect from Gwinnett’s MARTA vote
“We don’t need to give people the idea that there is going to be a magical next chance,” said Gwinnett County Commission Chair Charlotte Nash.
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Georgia lawmakers almost done for the session — here’s some of what’s still in the running
Some of the things that still have a chance? A near-total ban on abortions, a hate crime law, a state takeover of the airport, medical cannabis cultivation and more.
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Georgia House OKs pair of tenants’ rights bills
“This law is a ban on retaliatory evictions of tenants,” said state Rep. Sharon Cooper, R-Marietta. “This is about slum landlords.”
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Georgia bill would set aside funds from Uber, Lyft, taxis for mobility and “innovation”
“Thirty million dollars to $60 million dollars can remove a whole lot of barriers for a whole lot of people in our state,” said state Rep. Kevin Tanner, R-Dawsonville.
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Georgia could approve hemp, medical cannabis grows this year — but time running low
One might ask if high-THC marijuana for sale on the street might be grown in the middle of a field of hemp.
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Crime, traffic dominate Buckhead town hall with mayor
“The only thing slowing down the criminals are the potholes,” said one resident.
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The idea of Georgia running Atlanta’s airport gets a state Senate nod — barely
“We’ve had the world’s busiest and most efficient airport for many years running, and this notion that the state can somehow run it better is presumptuous,” said Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms
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Shape of debate set as voting bill moves through Georgia Legislature
Most everyone agrees that the voting process in Georgia needs changes, but voting machines have divided folks under the Gold Dome.
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Early voting underway in nine-candidate Atlanta City Council race
Nine people are looking to join Atlanta City Council, in a west side special election to fill the seat of the late Councilman Ivory Lee Young Jr.
