Photograph Courtesy of Georgia Women’s Action for New Directions (APN) ATLANTA — Roberto Moraes, a well-known progressive activist throughout the Metro Atlanta area, who championed causes of peace and justice, died Monday, February 24, 2014, in his native Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was 72. Moraes suffered a stroke on February 13 while visiting his children in Brazil. He […]
Read moreWith additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — On February 25, 2014, the Georgia House of Representatives passed HB 965 and HB 966, two bills intended to reduce the number of deaths in Georgia related to heroin overdoses and overdoses from other drugs. HB 965 would provide amnesty to people who call 911 to […]
Read moreBy Johnny Walking Drum Atlanta Progressive News reported an ignominious act perpetrated by our government to curtail Moral Monday protesters’ liberties in a redress of grievance at the Georgia Capitol building in downtown Atlanta. The Moral Monday (MM) protesters, who were challenging the Stand Your Ground law, were arrested for exercising their right under the First Amendment of the […]
Read moreBy Glenn Carroll, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News (APN) ATLANTA — On February 20, 2014, U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz came down to Georgia to sign off on giving 6.5 billion in taxpayer dollars to Southern Company, its subsidiary Georgia Power, and Oglethorpe Power to build two nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle near Augusta. MEAG (Municipal […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Nearly three years after the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, Dr. Edwin Lyman, a leading expert with the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), addressed students at Emory School of Law, as well as a large crowd at the Carter Center, on Monday, February 10, 2014, to discuss stories his new book […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — On Tuesday, February 18, 2014, the Georgia House of Representatives passed HB 875, the Safe Carry Protection Act, a Second Amendment advocates’ dream bill that has been pushed by a somewhat shadowy group, Georgia Carry. The bill passed 119 to 56. It has already crossed over to the Georgia Senate, where it has been referred […]
Read moreWith additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — The Georgia House Government Affairs Committee approved two controversial pieces of legislation–restricting the early voting period in municipal elections to six days, and allowing a voter referendum on the creation of a City of South Fulton–during its meeting on Monday, February 18, 2014. HB 891 – PASSED […]
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Read more(APN) ATLANTA — The fifth Georgia Moral Monday Movement Day at the Georgia State Capitol exposed what they described as the robbing of public education in Georgia. Over 7.6 billion dollars has been cut from the education budget over the last ten years. The cuts in Quality Basic Education (QBE) started in 2003 and have continued for thirteen years. […]
Read moreWith additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — On February 04, 2014, Atlanta City Councilwoman Cleta Winslow (District 4) pled guilty as part of a plea bargain in her Driving while Under the Influence (DUI) case, stemming from her DUI arrest on May 07, 2013. As previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News, Winslow was driving […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — In another apparent attempt to disenfranchise voters, House Republicans are attempting to enact HB 891, which would shrink the early voting period from three weeks to just six days for all municipal elections, primaries, and run-offs. Currently, the early voting period is the same for all Georgia elections, about three weeks. HB 891 would create […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — House Republicans are pushing new legislation to give the Legislature a say over whether the State of Georgia will accept federal funding to expand Medicaid in Georgia. Medicaid expansion has been a hot issue, with Sen. Jason Carter (D-Decatur), the presumptive Democratic nominee for Governor, having criticized Gov. Nathan Deal for refusing to expand Medicaid […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — On February 05, 2014, the Georgia Senate Judiciary (Non-Civil) Committee held a hearing on Senate Bill 280, a bill introduced by State Sen. Vincent Fort (D-Atlanta) to repeal Georgia’s existing Stand Your Ground law. The Moral Monday Georgia Coalition and other activists packed the hearing room. “We asked the Committee Chairman for a full and fair hearing. […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Two Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation to regulate the use of domestic drones, or unmanned aircraft, in Georgia; however, both bills appear to be stalling in the Legislature this Session. HB 846, introduced by State Rep. Harry Geisinger (R-Roswell), would prohibit the capturing of certain images by drones. According to its caption, the bill […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — State. Sen. Jason Carter (D-Decatur) is currently running for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Georgia, and is hoping to challenge Gov. Nathan Deal or another Republican nominee in the General Election this November. Sen. Carter was elected to the Georgia Senate in the 42nd district by Special Election on May 11, 2010 and reelected […]
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