(APN) ATLANTA — Special Master Frank Strickland, who was appointed to make conclusions of fact and law, and recommendations, to Fulton County Superior Court Judge Craig Schwall in the lawsuits concerning the business community and City of Atlanta’s well-documented conspiracy to sabotage the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, has issued an order that is quite favorable to […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — After a forced compromise with proponents for a City of Tucker, SB 270 has been tabled by State Rep. John Meadows (R-Calhoun) in the House Committee on Governmental Affairs. At the beginning of the Session, it seemed that Lakeside was the only plausible bill out of three different attempts to incorporate out of unincorporated DeKalb […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — On the ninth Moral Monday Georgia action day at the state capitol, although held on a Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 39 people were arrested inside the Georgia Capitol protesting Gov. Deal and the Legislature’s refusal to expand Medicaid in Georgia pursuant to the Affordable Care Act. The first wave of protests consisted of four groups […]
Read moreBy Arit Essien, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News. Photograph courtesy of Sekondi Landry. (APN ATLANTA — In a move that will bring the State of Georgia closer to honoring the late civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. only steps from his birth home, members of the Georgia Senate voted Wednesday, March 12, 2014, to approve […]
Read moreThis article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/03/parents-sick-children-move-break-law/ SPOKANE, Washington, Mar 14 2014 (IPS) – Beth Collins recently picked up and moved from Virginia to Colorado, but it wasn’t for the typical reasons: new job, better schools, nicer weather. Collins’ 14-year-old daughter, Jennifer, has intractable epilepsy. Medical cannibis eases her frequent seizures. But it’s illegal in their home […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Michelle Nunn, the centrist candidate seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Georgia, is facing severe criticism from progressive Democrats and from Republicans alike, for her and her campaign’s tactics of vaguery, inaccessibility, equivocation, and deception, and for Republican-lite policy positions that are neither progressive nor openly right-wing. Progressive Democrats, including her opponents in […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — One of the hottest Democratic Primary races this election season in the Metro Atlanta area is the race to fill State Sen. Jason Carter’s (D-Decatur) seat, as Carter is running for Governor of Georgia. Seeking the Senate District 42 seat are former State Rep. Elena Parent (D-Chamblee) and Kyle Williams. Parent was one of only […]
Read moreWith additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — Candidate qualifying for Primary Elections and Nonpartisan Elections [such as judicial races] was held on March 03 through March 07, 2014. Many candidates qualified for a variety of seats. In addition, the first of two periods of candidate qualifying was held for independent and political body [minor political […]
Read moreWith additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — Candidate qualifying for Primary Elections and Nonpartisan Elections [such as judicial races] was held on March 03 through March 07, 2014. Many candidates qualified for a variety of seats. In addition, the first of two periods of candidate qualifying was held for independent and political body [minor political […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — More than one hundred activists, labor leaders, workers, and community advocates turned out in frigid temperatures on March 04, 2014 at the Georgia State Capitol as part of the Moral Monday movement in a rally to “stand up, fight back” for worker’s rights. The group advocated against anti-worker bills that had been working their […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Monday, March 03, 2014, was Crossover Day for the Georgia Legislature. This is the day by which any bills had to have passed either the State House or State Senate in order to still be alive for consideration in the other respective chamber this year. The following is a summary of the current status of […]
Read moreWith additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — On Wednesday, February 26, 2014, the Health and Human Services Committee of the Georgia House of Representatives unanimously passed HB 885, the medical cannabidiol oil bill, called Haleigh’s Hope. Cannabidiol oil is derived from cannabis, or marijuana. The bill now heads to the full House floor for a vote. […]
Read morePhotograph 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 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 […]
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