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GSU advancing research on impact of e-cigarettes as teen usage skyrockets

July 15, 2018, 10:25 pm/0 Comments

Researchers at Georgia State University are helping to explore the health effects and addictive nature of electronic cigarettes at a time the government is trying to curb the spiraling use of the devices among the nation’s high school students and adults.

Persistent rains end drought in Georgia, as farmers say too much has harmed crops

July 12, 2018, 5:08 pm/0 Comments

A saying from rural South Georgia goes, “The farmer prays for rain, while the golfer prays for sunshine.” This year, many Georgia farmers report the persistent rains through May have damaged crops, even as the national drought report issued today shows the rains have eliminated drought conditions across the state.

Ga. 400 express lanes a long shot for federal funding, until $184 million grant announced

July 11, 2018, 3:05 pm/0 Comments

Georgia’s federal funding request for the express lanes along Ga. 400 could have been viewed as a long shot. It was one of 234 grant applications submitted, including four others from Georgia. In the end, it was among 20 selected for the first round of major funding under President Trump’s new infrastructure initiative.

Former federal guard took $3,500 bribe over eight years to sneak tobacco to inmate

July 10, 2018, 5:50 pm/1 Comment

A former guard at the federal prison in Atlanta was sentenced to prison for taking a $3,500 bribe to smuggle tobacco to an inmate over an eight-year period. The bribe was worth about a month of a guard’s pay, according to a salary report from the federal government.

Atlanta mayor implementing campaign promises to LGBTQ community

July 9, 2018, 4:44 pm/1 Comment

The $100,000 that Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms provided in the city budget for HIV program resources is the latest indication she is on track to fulfill campaign promises to support the city’s LGBTQ community.

Kathryn Johnston Memorial Park to honor shooting victim of Atlanta police

July 8, 2018, 4:59 pm/1 Comment

Kathryn Johnston is to be memorialized by a park named in her honor. The future park is located a few blocks from the home where Atlanta police officers shot and killed the 92-year-old matron in her living room after bursting into her home in 2006.

DeKalb CEO backtracks on saying MARTA nominee would be county’s first black female

July 5, 2018, 5:21 pm/2 Comments

DeKalb County’s CEO has stepped back from a statement that his nominee to MARTA’s board of directors would be the county’s first African American female to serve on the board – presuming her nomination is confirmed.

Atlanta Community Food Bank receives $429,000-plus from Walmart program

July 4, 2018, 2:19 pm/1 Comment

The Atlanta Community Food Bank received more than $429,000 through the fund-raising drive conducted in April with partners Walmart, Feeding America, Nextdoor and Synchrony Bank, according to the ACFB.

Grady Health System aims to improve patient outcome, reduce length of stays

July 3, 2018, 4:00 pm/0 Comments

Grady Health System has hired a company to help manage the care patients receive as they transition through Grady Memorial Hospital. The goal is to better coordinate care in order to avoid unnecessary time spent in the hospital.

PATH 400, Buckhead greenspace expand with guidance from Livable Buckhead

July 2, 2018, 5:12 pm/1 Comment

The next phase of PATH 400 is to be a trail alongside Atlanta’s own version of Okefenokee Swamp, a wetlands in Buckhead complete with beaver dams. Just four years ago, this stretch of trail appeared to be little more than gilding on a dream. Now, construction is funded and awaits just a go-ahead from Norfolk Southern Corp.

New hands-free driving law coincides with big police presence for July 4th holiday

July 1, 2018, 4:36 pm/0 Comments

Almost before Georgia drivers have a chance to adapt to the new state law that, as of Sunday, bans drivers from touching their phone while driving, roadways will be under increased scrutiny from law enforcement officers who plan to step up patrols for the July 4th holiday.

Supreme Court ruling in water war may shift burden to farmers in Southwest Georgia

June 27, 2018, 7:00 pm/0 Comments

Metro Atlanta may have escaped unscathed, but farmers in Southwest Georgia may one day feel the prick of the Supreme Court’s ruling Wednesday on the lawsuit Florida filed against Georgia to increase the flow of water into the Sunshine State.

DeKalb’s CEO nominates union lobbyist to MARTA’s board of directors

June 27, 2018, 4:06 pm/1 Comment

DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond has nominated Rita Scott, the district president of the Communications Workers of America, to represent DeKalb on MARTA’s board of directors.

Supeme Court sends Fla./Ga. water lawsuit back to special master for more consideration

June 27, 2018, 10:47 am/0 Comments

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the special master who considered the federal lawsuit Florida filed against Georgia over water flow from Georgia into Florida will gather additional information in the case before justices issue a final ruling. Justices determined the special master had applied too strict a standard with Florida’s claim that Georgia was hoarding water to the detriment of the Apalachicola River Basin.

Atlanta’s citizen planners recommend incentives to boost housing development

June 25, 2018, 5:02 pm/1 Comment

Once they were finished, the citizen planners who on Saturday offered their ideas about how to promote housing development in Atlanta relied heavily on many of the same tools used around the nation for more than 30 years – government incentives to entice the free market to meet a public need for housing at all prices.

Camden Spaceport wins major political support as public comment period ends

June 24, 2018, 9:05 pm/1 Comment

The proposal to build a spaceport in Camden County that would launch space vehicles over Cumberland Island has drawn support from a wide cadre of backers, including Georgia’s two senators, the entire House delegation, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Atlanta, DeKalb to square off over annexation DeKalb says ‘smacks of backroom’ politics

June 22, 2018, 4:36 pm/2 Comments

Atlanta and the DeKalb County School District officially engage their two-front battle next week over DeKalb’s opposition to Atlanta’s annexation of Emory University and surrounding land. DeKalb says it will lose more than $2 million a year in school taxes. But more than money is at stake.

Today’s Census report: Non-Hispanic whites are only cohort that’s shrinking

June 21, 2018, 12:10 am/0 Comments

The nation’s population is becoming older and more diverse, according to a Census report released Thursday. The only cohort that reported more deaths than births from July 2016 to July 2017 was non-Hispanic whites. The report adds fuel to the ongoing debate over President Trump’s immigration policy.

No ATL senators on committee to study potential state take-over of ATL airport

June 20, 2018, 4:41 pm/9 Comments

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle on Wednesday appointed 13 members to a Senate committee that is to recommend by Dec. 1 ways the state could take over management of Atlanta’s city-owned and city-managed airport. Cagle, a candidate for governor, did not appoint a senator from Atlanta.

Future of mobility in metro Atlanta to be designed in Chamblee, Gwinnett County

June 18, 2018, 5:13 pm/0 Comments

Even with more than $7 billion in transit and road construction on the books in metro Atlanta, the future of mobility improvements is soon to be developed in Chamblee and along Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, in Gwinnett County.

Greg Hodges Long before his Atlanta Friendship Initiative...… before his leadership role with Rotary..... even before his exploits with GSU basketball, Bill was a friend and fellow... –
On: Bill Nordmark, co-founder of Atlanta Friendship Initiative, passes away suddenly

Chris Johnston @ atlman I assume your comment is directed at me, so I will reply. I am 71 years and have lived in or near Atlanta... –
On: Proposed ‘Gulch’ development designed to suppress car use, promote alternative transit

atlman Since you appear to oppose all projects, development, actions and leaders in and related to the city of Atlanta, what do you propose? For the... –
On: Proposed ‘Gulch’ development designed to suppress car use, promote alternative transit

boogadeeboo Thank you for your insightful comment. –
On: Proposed ‘Gulch’ development designed to suppress car use, promote alternative transit

Chris Johnston And exactly why should I believe anything I read in the New York Times, given their speckled recent history? –
On: Most metro Atlantans think global warning is happening, manmade, Yale survey shows

Chris Johnston Marketing spin, smoke and mirrors. –
On: Proposed ‘Gulch’ development designed to suppress car use, promote alternative transit

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