A new federal audit shows that an average of 31 percent of the ambulance transports paid for by Medicare in three metro regions of Georgia were questionable or improper – Atlanta, Gainesville and Macon.
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Atlanta poised to accept $250,000 to create a chief overseer of city’s bicycling programs
The Atlanta City Council is slated to approve legislation Monday that accepts funding to hire a chief bicycle officer, who is to oversee the city’s comprehensive efforts to promote cycling.
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Atlanta’s program to end homelessness names first ED, a former St. Joseph’s executive
Atlanta has hired a former executive with St. Joseph’s Health System to implement the city’s evolving effort to prevent and end homelessness in Atlanta, an effort that’s been underway more than two years.
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Georgia Tech PhD candidate took the lead in announcing discovery of water on Mars
A Georgia Tech student was at the center of a presentation Monday at which NASA confirmed evidence that water flows on modern day Mars.
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Atlanta to invest nearly $1 million in tree planting, programs about urban forest
Trees Atlanta is slated to plant about 4,000 trees throughout Atlanta and provide various programs to teach people about the importance of trees, according to legislation pending before the Atlanta City Council.
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Georgia Tech student at center of international intrigue over whether NASA has found evidence of water on Mars
The presence of a Georgia Tech student on a NASA panel on Monday is fueling international speculation that NASA may announce it has discovered evidence of water on Mars. NASA did confirm that water flows on today’s Mars and the student was quoted at length in NASA’s statement.
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Georgia ports thrive, plan $1.4 billion expansion to grow business: GPA ED
Georgia’s ports are on a roll, and the Georgia Ports Authority has drawn up a $1.4 billion plan to expand port facilities over the next decade in order to cement Georgia ports as the primary ones to serve the entire Southeast U.S., the authority’s executive director, Curtis Foltz, said Thursday.
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Fulfilling a dream: Metro Atlanta’s civic leaders fund public art
Public art will be installed in four metro Atlanta communities through an effort funded by local civic leaders who were so moved by a public art program in Philadelphia that they wanted to start a similar one here.
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Potential buyer of Atlanta Civic Center: Deep pockets, experience in metro Atlanta
The Houston-based company negotiating to buy the Atlanta Civic Center property has a market cap of $4.05 billion, a regional office in Dunwoody, and has been developing shopping centers and other commercial real estate since 1948 – all of which indicates the company has the wherewithal to create a game-changing development on the northern end of downtown Atlanta.
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Rainbow sidewalks art installation approved on temporary basis, artist protested
The artist protested, but the Atlanta City Council voted unanimously Monday to allow the rainbow flag to be painted on the road as crosswalks near Piedmont Park on a temporary basis, not a permanent one.
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Civic elders ask millennials to engage with community; How will they respond?
This may be a breakout year for millennials in metro Atlanta because the region’s current leaders are actively encouraging young folks to join them in the public realm. One question is the form the relationship will take.
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Atlanta City Council votes Monday on proposed rainbow crosswalks near Piedmont Park
The Atlanta City Council is slated to vote Monday on a proposal to allow the rainbow flag to be painted on the road as four crosswalks at the intersection of Piedmont Avenue and 10th Street. The artwork is to be removed a few days after the Atlanta Pride Festival.
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Georgia women paid an average of 82 cents for every $1 paid to men, report shows
Women in Georgia are paid an average of 82 cents for every dollar paid to men, according to a report released Friday. The National Partnership for Women and Families conducted a nationwide study that determined the national average is that women are paid 79 cents for every dollar paid to men. The figures represent workers in fulltime jobs.
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Watchdog organizations launched by former ED of Common Cause of Georgia
William Perry, the former executive director of Common Cause of Georgia, announced Wednesday that he’s launching two new watchdog organizations – Georgia Ethics Watchdogs and the Georgia Ethics Watchdogs Education Fund.
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Millennials offer a smorgasbord of solutions to the region’s big challenges
The Atlanta Regional Commission recruited some of the sharpest millennial minds in metro Atlanta to come up with their best solutions to the region’s thorniest problems. The overarching response is that no challenge is too great if folks are willing to try new things and work together.
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Atlanta BeltLine hires COO from public private research facility in N.C.
The Atlanta BeltLine has retained Clyde Higgs as the agency’s new vice president and chief operating officer. Higgs most recently worked in North Carolina as a vice president with a public private research facility endowed by California billionaire David Murdock, of Dole Food Co.
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Atlanta Climate Action Plan to set sustainability agenda for region’s urban core
Atlanta is poised to adopt a comprehensive plan intended to reduce the city’s greenhouse gas emissions and forestall climate change, much like sustainability initiatives at Emory University and Spelman College that have resulted in their ranking among the greenest campuses in the country.
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Atlanta to observe LGBT Equality Day annually on June 26
Atlanta will observe June 26 as LGBT Equality Day in recognition of that date being significant on the LGBT calendar because that is the date on which the Supreme Court issued rulings on human rights, and it was the date of Atlanta’s first observance of Atlanta Gay Pride Day.
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Georgia ranks No. 2 for growth in solar capacity since 2012, new report shows
A new report commissioned by Environment Georgia provides a status report on the nation’s solar power industry and shows Georgia ranks second in the country in terms of growth in solar capacity since 2012.
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A lesson for citizen advocates: How Environment Georgia won strong protection for Conasauga River
The value of patience and persistence is one lesson citizen advocates learned from the state’s decision to grant the headwaters of the Conasauga River, in north Georgia, the highest level of protection available under the federal Clean Water Act.
