The rosy job growth report released Friday by the U.S. Labor Department is on track with the anecdotal reports of an improving economy issued Thursday by the Federal Reserve. Still, troubles are evident.
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Advocates call for passage of civil rights law after defeat of proposed religious liberty law
Human rights advocates on Wednesday called upon Georgia lawmakers to pass civil rights legislation, shortly after they said they delivered to Gov. Nathan Deal 75,000 emails urging lawmakers to vote against the pending religious liberty bill.
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Palmetto Pipeline loses ground in Fulton County Superior Court, state House
A Fulton County judge on Tuesday upheld GDOTs refusal to allow a pipeline company to condemn land along the Savannah River. The company said it is reviewing its options.
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GSU policy brief explores broad economic impact of Georgia’s film tax credits
Georgia’s film tax credit program may be the grand slam Gov. Nathan Deal contends, but a new GSU report reveals caveats such as the average wage paid for film jobs in Georgia was the lowest average wage among the top 10 states.
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Atlanta’s design project to unfold as a movable feast in three sites around city
The first six months of public meetings for the upcoming Atlanta City Design Project will occur at Ponce City Market in space donated by its developer, pending approval of legislation the Atlanta City Council is expected to adopt Monday.
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Agreement intends to protect a fish reduced to six Appalachian counties
A coalition of state and federal agencies, power companies and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians have joined an effort to protect a freshwater fish that’s being considered for the federal endangered species list.
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Coca-Cola historic marker to be installed at Five Points, at site of first Coke sale
Downtown Atlanta, which for years was bereft of any historic signs to mark the city as the launch pad for the Coca-Cola Co., is poised to get another Coke marker to join the neon sign atop the Olympia Building.
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MARTA’s Brookhaven development stalled; city wants more discussion about density
The mixed use development planned at MARTA’s Brookhaven Station has been put on hold by Brookhaven city officials, who want to have a broader discussion about the area’s infrastructure before homes, shops and a hotel are built at the site.
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President Obama appoints MARTA’s GM/CEO to infrastructure council
President Obama has announced his intent to appoint MARTA GM/CEO Keith Parker to a national council that advises the president on issues related to the security and resilience of the country’s critical infrastructure systems.
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MARTA may start photographing drivers, car tags as part of parking system upgrade
MARTA is upgrading its paid parking system and wants to know its options for taking pictures of each driver and license plate as vehicles enter and exit a MARTA parking facility.
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UGA’s Athletic Association in solid financial position, reports Moody’s Investors Service
A new credit report on the association that oversees UGA’s athletic program maintained an investment-grade rating on the association and showed it had operating revenues of $121.5 million in 2015 and 418 days worth of cash on hand at the end of June 2015.
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Legislation to block Palmetto Pipeline pending Feb. 23 in South Carolina, Georgia
The coming days could tell a lot about the potential of the Palmetto Pipeline being built across sections of Georgia and South Carolina.
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Moores Mill Road shopping center to break ground, could mark area’s upswing
The back-and-forth at Atlanta City Hall over the fate of a road project in northwest Atlanta has ended with the announced groundbreaking for a shopping center along Moores Mill Road.
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Georgia Tech improving park above huge cistern that helped clinch a LEED Platinum Certification
Georgia Tech has started work to improve drainage of Tech Green, a green space built as part of the effort to develop a sustainably designed building – the G. Wayne Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons.
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Emory starting theological program for future leaders who now are in high school
At a time a third of the nation’s teenagers say they have no religious affiliation, Emory University is expanding its efforts to shape future leaders whose outlooks will be rooted in theology and faith.
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Georgia adds solar jobs as Georgia Power seeks to buy additional 100 MW of solar power
Georgia added about 285 solar jobs in 2015, moving the state to 15th place in the nation in terms of the number of solar jobs, according to the 2015 jobs census by The Solar Foundation.
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Georgia’s reaction muted on delay of Obama’s climate change agenda
Georgia is among the 25 states that prevailed in their effort to have the U.S. Supreme Court delay the centerpiece of President Obama’s environmental agenda.
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Georgia creates job to boost hunting, shooting to raise funds for conservation programs
Georgia has created a position, paid with public/private funds, to recruit and retain hunters and shooters. The purpose is to maintain and grow the level of funding for conservation and law enforcement on state land, according to the state Department of Natural Resources.
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Atlanta takes aim at scrap tires; latest clean-up effort spurred by Zika virus
The Atlanta City Council pressed ahead Tuesday with an effort to remove scrap tires, which serve as breeding grounds for disease-carrying mosquitoes, as social media displays pictures of workers in another country ladling water by the cupful from scrap tires.
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Georgia’s coastal marshland buffer zone again protected by state rules
Georgia has a new set of rules to govern development along the Georgia coast, and they provide the state with statutory authority to enforce a 25-foot salt marsh buffer.
