By Dr. Shameka McElhaney #### Despite the passage of health care reform, the challenge here in Georgia is balancing rising health care costs while trying to improve the health of our citizens. True comprehensive health care reform will always allow physicians to treat patients in a way that provides consistency and safety. Every day, my goal is to give personal attention […]
Read moreCourtesy of Clyde Bradley, Voice of the Voiceless
Read moreChris Lopez, the former Atlanta Eagle bartender who filed his own claim against the City of Atlanta concerning the September 2009 Eagle raid, has received a letter from the City’s Law Department stating that they are investigating his claim. Previously, APN reported that Lopez filed his own claim after having been excluded from the federal 28-plaintiff lawsuit.
Read moreState Rep. Rusty Kidd, Georgia’s only independent state legislator, told Atlanta Progressive News that he plans to introduce ballot access reform legislation again this Session, probably in early February 2011. He said he expects that the legislature will not move forward on any ballot access reforms until the Elections Advisory Council created by Secretary of State Brian Kemp formalizes […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Five progressive state legislators–State Sens. Vincent Fort, Donzella James, and Curt Thompson, and State Reps. Stephanie Benfield and Tyrone Brooks–are opposing some of the major recommendations of the 2010 Special Council on Tax Reform and Fairness for Georgians, which released its recommendations Friday, January 07, 2011. Last year, the Republican-led legislature passed legislation creating the Commission and requiring […]
Read moreCourtesy of Bruce Dixon: “The Concerned Coalition to Protect Prisoner Rights held a press conference on January 6th, 2011 to discuss the physical assaults perpetrated on inmates by prison staff. The attacks took place in the wake of fact finding visits by the Coalition to Macon State Prison and Smith State Prison, following last month’s inmate led work stoppage that […]
Read moreThe Sunday Paper website launched as promised and it seems apparent that in addition to there being no more news, there will be no more print edition. The website’s logo now says Sundaypaper.com, and the About Us page makes numerous references to Sundaypaper.com but not a print edition. And in an interview with WABE January 04, Sunday Paper publisher […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Since January 03, 2011, the Fulton Atlanta Community Action Authority has temporarily stopped accepting new applications for heating assistance through the federal LIHEAP program, due to exhaustion of funds. The program runs from November through March. It opens for seniors and disabled people on November 01, and to the general public on December 01. FACAA CEO […]
Read moreAPN spoke with a representative from SACS, the school accreditation agency which is investigating Atlanta Public Schools, shortly before the holiday break. And they revealed that they are investigating both the board conflict, and the ties between the Board majority and Alisias, a pro-privatization PR firm whose work for the majority was allegedly on behalf of privatization advocate Glenn Delk. […]
Read moreSpeaker of the Georgia House, David Ralston, told Morris News Service that perhaps its time that Georgia rethink its drug policies: “We’re going to have to start a discussion, I believe, about our policy in terms of how we incarcerate people in Georgia. I’m not sure where that discussion ultimately will lead to,” Ralston told MNS. “We’re spending […]
Read moreUS Reps. Phil Gingrey (R-GA) and Rob Woodall (R-GA) have announced their support for federal legislation to deny birthright citizenship to children born to undocumented immigrants. APN reported yesterday on how similar legislation is also expected in the Georgia legislature. The bill, HR 140, was introduced on Wednesday, January 05, 2011, by US Rep. Steve King (R-IA). It would “amend section […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp has appointed two ballot access advocates to his Elections Advisory Council, Atlanta Progressive News has learned. They include State Rep. Rusty Kidd, the only independent to serve in Georgia’s legislature, and Associate Prof. David Shock, a Political Science professor at Kennesaw State University, who is a Libertarian. Kemp announced […]
Read moreSchool of the Americas Watch protesters, who commited civil disobedience the 2010 SOAW protest on Sunday, have been sentenced to six months in federal prison. This is separate from those who were arrested in Saturday in a separate action that ended up getting innocent by-standers arrested, as previously reported by APN. Nancy Smith from New York, and Chris Spicer […]
Read moreTharon Johnson, who managed the campaigns of US Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) in 2008 and then-Mayoral candidate Kasim Reed in 2009, has left his job as a senior advisor to Mayor Reed, to become a lobbyist for Piedmont Public Affairs, a governmental affairs firm, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper.
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