A federal judge in Atlanta says that there’s got to be a day in court for a law that would nearly close the door on abortion in Georgia.
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A Georgia vote reveals innate tension between energy, environmental policies
The complete story of last week’s vote in Congress to ban offshore oil drilling isn’t evident in the final tally of votes. A “No” vote from Georgia’s representative from the coast belies his efforts to support the opposition to drilling off Georgia’s coast that’s been voiced by his constituents and Gov. Brian Kemp.
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Georgia AG joins 49 others in Google antitrust investigation
U.S. attorneys general including Georgia’s Chris Carr are asking whether Google has crossed the line from aggressive business practices into illegal, monopolistic ones. It’s not the first time AGs have banded together to investigate a company.
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Georgia loses one of its great unsung heroes – George Berry
George Berry, one of the Georgia’s greatest public servants, passed away Saturday night.
Whether working for the city of Atlanta, the state of Georgia or Cousins Properties, Berry was one of the most influential leaders in the state for several decades beginning in the 1960s through the 2000s.
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Federal judge places resolution of Georgia’s water lawsuit in Trump administration
The federal judge in Brunswick who ruled in favor of Georgia’s lawsuit seeking to overturn an Obama-era water rule has thrown it to the Trump administration to decide which waterways in 11 states are overseen by the federal government and which are controlled by the states.
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Leadership search for politically active Sierra Club of Georgia begins Saturday
The discussion begins Saturday about replacing the departing director of the Sierra Club’s Georgia chapter, one of the state’s few environmental organizations that endorses political candidates, seeks to influence legislation and sway public opinion.
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AT&T Georgia’s Venessa Harrison: ‘I truly believe I can make a difference’
Venessa Harrison first set her sights on moving to Atlanta from North Carolina 40 years ago. In fact, the reason she first joined AT&T in 1979 was because she believed she would be able to transfer to Atlanta to join several of her friends who had decided to move to Georgia.
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Georgia leaders raising $90 million to honor Bernie Marcus
Never before has Atlanta held a birthday party for one of its leading citizens by raising $90 million in his honor.
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Column: Georgia Tech’s Sam Nunn School names new leader
A new leader has been selected as chair of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Tech
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Georgia’s pension fund cited in positive light by Moody’s credit analysts
Georgia’s pension fund is highlighted in a positive light in a recent credit rating action by Moody’s Investors Service. Moody’s issued the rating for about $951 million in debt the state plans to sell for purposes including education and election voting systems.
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Breaking down barriers for Latino entrepreneurs In Georgia
By Guest Columnist GIGI PEDRAZA, executive director and founder of Latino Community Fund
From the carpet industry’s rapid growth in Dalton in the 1980s to the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta to Georgia’s continued economic growth right now, our state has repeatedly drawn in Latino immigrants with the promise of a chance to live the American Dream and provide a better life for their children. Today, over a million people with Latin American roots live in Georgia.
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Doraville’s top cop to stand in for indicted Georgia insurance commissioner
“No. 1, we have to have a person of very high integrity in the current situation that we’re in,” Gov. Brian Kemp said.
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A conversation with Keith Parker President and CEO of Goodwill of North Georgia.
By King Williams Keith Parker is the current President and CEO of Goodwill of North Georgia. He is also known to many in Atlanta as the former CEO of MARTA, who for five years oversaw one of the greatest turnarounds in the organization’s history. Parker is a long-time industry veteran who has worked in transit […]
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Speaker scandals take different paths in Georgia and Tennessee
Gee, what a coincidence. In Tennessee, as in Georgia, the state house speaker has been embroiled in scandal this year, with calls for him to step down. Things couldn’t be working out much differently than they are in these neighboring states, however.
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As suicide rate spikes among Georgia vets, Shepherd Center raises money to help
As the suicide rate among young Georgia veterans rises to well over twice the rate of their peers who did not serve in the military, the sixth annual event to raise money to help vets with brain injury and/or post-traumatic stress disorder is to end Memorial Day in Buckhead, when runners conclude their run from New York City to the Shepherd Center.
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If Georgia’s budget were $1, health care and education would get quarters. Most other things would get pennies.
Georgia’s budget, counting state and federal money, is bigger than football, but smaller than Home Depot. Most of the spending is on health care and education.
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Georgia 2019 legislative recap
This post originally appeared on Denton’s Soapbox Blog By Eric Tanenblatt, Edward Lindsey, Dan Baskerville, Elmer Stancil and of Dentons At midnight on Tuesday, April 2, the 2019 Georgia Legislative Session came to a close. After hundreds of bills were introduced in both the State House of Representatives and the State Senate, the select few […]
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The Georgia Conservancy Under the Gold Dome – A Brief Recap of the Legislative Session
By Leah Dixon, Georgia Conservancy Advocacy Director Photo above: Cumberland Island by Georgia Conservancy member James Powers The lawmaking process at the state level during the final days of the legislative session can be described as one-part country auction and one-part emergency reconstructive surgery. The energy at the State Capitol is fast-paced, the Chambers and […]
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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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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.
