The very low interest rates provided in a federal loan guarantee to Georgia’s Plant Vogtle nuclear plant ease the project’s financing and cost pressures. But the nightmares around a shuttered sister plant in South Carolina continue for those caught up in the bankruptcy of the former contractor for both plants, Westinghouse Electric Co., according to federal court records.
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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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ARC still accepting responses to 2019 Regional Commuter Survey
Metro Atlanta commuters who received a postcard about a survey being conducted by the Atlanta Regional Commission still have time to respond and enter to win one of 50 Amazon gift cards valued at $250. The deadline is Sunday, March 31.
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AVLF receives grant to fight unhealthy housing
With the grant, AVLF will expand its work in the health realm: curbing instances of asthma in children, which can be caused by substandard living conditions.
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Atlanta preparing to help residents cross digital divide for 2020 Census
Atlanta’s digital divide will present challenges to getting an accurate count in the 2020 Census, a city official said Tuesday. Another challenge is to get residents to overcome aversion to participating in the Census, an Atlanta City Councilmember said at the same meeting.
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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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First an apartment tower, now a senior facility planned on grassy plot near Lenox Square
Nature abhors a vacuum – the truth of the maxim is evident in the ongoing efforts to develop a grassy plot that neighbors have embraced as their park near Lenox Square. First it was a high rise apartment building, now the proposal is a senior living facility.
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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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Nesting shorebirds protected from predators in pilot program on Georgia’s coast
In the push and shove of the food chain, two bird species on Georgia’s coast received help from researchers who prevented coyotes and raccoons from eating nesting birds, their eggs and hatchlings.
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Georgia House poised to join cities in opposing offshore oil exploration, drilling
The Georgia House is poised to join more than a dozen Georgia cities in going on record against the Trump administration’s decision to allow seismic testing, and oil drilling, off the Georgia coast. A companion bill appears to be stalled in the Senate with about a week remaining the legislative session.
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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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Hyperloops on Trump agenda as Gwinnett digests MARTA referendum results
As MARTA and its advocates in Gwinnett County look beyond the unofficial negative transit vote Tuesday, the Trump administration is looking forward to a transportation future replete with innovations including hyperloops and autonomous vehicles – albeit with no details about how to pay for it or the nation’s existing infrastructure needs.
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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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Gwinnett leaders at “victory” party – watching MARTA vote returns
An influential group of Gwinnett leaders and transit supporters showed up for a victory party in downtown Lawrenceville at the Slow Pour Brewing Co. SaportaReport will regularly update the results and reaction as the votes come in.
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Atlanta BeltLine to data centers: Please stay away
To protect the Atlanta BeltLine from unsightly data centers, Atlanta is trying to set some boundaries around their size, proximity and appearance. The move begins as the city and region are emerging as a hotbed for buildings that house computer systems.
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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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SunTrust gives $5M for Atlanta’s Westside revitalization effort
The SunTrust Foundation presented the Westside Future Fund a $5 million grant Monday morning to support more affordable housing and provide entrepreneurial and small business opportunities for community residents.SunTrust CEO Bill Rogers said the grant, the single largest gift in the foundation’s history, had been in works before the bank announced its merger with BB&T.
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Lawmakers may reduce sand dune protections as hurricane threat unabated
State lawmakers may ease restrictions on the construction of decks and patios next to sand dunes, plus crosswalks over dunes, even as the lead author of NOAA’s Atlantic Ocean hurricane outlooks issued this month a preliminary warning that the upcoming hurricane season will be as dynamic as the one that pummeled Georgia in 2018.
