Atlanta Progressive News

(APN) ATLANTA — When a Chatham County, Georgia, jury handed down a death sentence for Troy Anthony Davis in 1991, the only evidence they had to go on was eyewitness testimony. The prosecution never presented any physical evidence implicating Davis in the 1989 murder of Savannah police officer Mark Allen MacPhail in a Burger King parking lot. Since Davis’s conviction, […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority (FDHA) named 17 members to the new private, nonprofit Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation (GMHC) on March 14, 2008. The new Board will be charged with raising more money for Grady Hospital, preserving its historic mission of serving the indigent and uninsured, and managing the hospital’s day-to-day operations. Members will serve staggered terms of […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The Georgia House of Representatives approved an amended bill Wednesday, March 20, 2008, that would allow a non-unanimous jury to hand down the death penalty. However, the Georgia Senate successfully stripped the controversial amendment on Thursday, March 21, 2008. SB 145, sponsored by State Sen. Preston Smith (R-Rome), started out as legislation that would have allowed District […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation (GMHC) met for the first time Monday to name officers and vote on other important matters. Atlanta Progressive News asked Chairman of the new Board, Pete Correll, after the meeting, if he believes the new Board could pull Grady Hospital out of its financial tailspin without cutting any existing services. “I would […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The Georgia State Supreme Court ruled 4-3 Monday, March 17, 2008, to deny a motion for a new trial for Troy Anthony Davis, who claims he is on death row for a crime he did not commit. A Chatham County jury sentenced Davis to death in 1991 for the 1989 murder of Savannah police officer Mark Allen […]

This article originally appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41625 ATLANTA, Georgia, Mar 17 (IPS) – As part of actions across the United States to mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, 10 “Grandmothers for Peace”, ranging in age from 57 to 80, were arrested Monday while trying to enlist in the United States […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The Fulton County Board of Commissioners approved a pair of resolutions Wednesday, March 05, 2008, concerning funding and ethics at Grady Memorial Hospital, which as Atlanta Progressive News has previously reported, has been targeted for privatization by the business community. The first resolution called on the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority (FDHA) to not reduce or eliminate any provisions […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Even though the transfer of power between the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority (FDHA) and the new Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation (GMHC) may appear to be a done deal, members of the Grady Coalition say they are going to keep fighting for Grady Hospital, its patients, and its workers. “We are marathon runners and we’re not going to disappear,” […]

(APN) ATLANTA — The Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority (FDHA) ratified the revised lease agreement March 1, 2008, that will transfer power from the Board to the Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation (GMHC), a new 501(c)(3). The FDHA, which approved a slightly different version of the lease on January 28, 2008, decided it would be best to sign off on the updated version […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Two former editorial staff members of Georgia’s two largest circulation periodicals, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) newspaper and Creative Loafing (CL) magazine, have joined forces with Rick White, the public relations representative of the Atlanta Housing Authority (AHA), Atlanta Progressive News has learned. Lyle Harris, who wrote for the Editorial Board of the AJC has joined Mr. White’s […]

(APN) ATLANTA — Public housing demolition applications to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for all the remaining large family developments in Atlanta raise serious questions about Atlanta Housing Authority’s arguments that the buildings are physically obsolete, about where the displaced residents would be going, and about the agency’s lack of resident and public consultation, Atlanta Progressive […]

(APN) ATLANTA — US Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) won Rhode Island, Ohio and Texas Primary Elections for the Democratic Party on Tuesday, March 4, 2008, snapping US Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) winning streak, and gaining new momentum in the 2008 Presidential race. Obama managed a win in Vermont and is currently leading in the Texas Caucuses, where results are still […]

(APN) DECATUR — The DeKalb County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday, February 26, 2008, consenting to the lease and transfer agreement by and between the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority (FDHA) and the newly formed Grady Memorial Hospital Corporation (GMHC). The vote comes one week after Fulton County approved the lease, and one month after the FDHA approved an […]