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Mayor Says City Not Unserious about Building Monrial (Sandy Springs)

Atlanta Business Chronicle

http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2015/12/mayor-says-city-not-unserious-about-building.html

 

Ethics Complaints Filed over DeKalb Secret Account (Commissioner Stan Watson)

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/ethics-complaints-filed-over-dekalb-secret-account/npgZ3/

 

Qualifying Begins for First Tucker City Council Elections

Decaturish

http://www.decaturish.com/2015/12/qualifying-begins-for-first-tucker-city-council-elections/

 

How a Georgia Republican Won a Solidly Democratic District

Politics Blog, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2015/12/08/how-a-georgia-republican-won-a-solidly-democratic-district/

 

Savannah Votes to Protect LGBT City Employees from Discrimination

Advocate magazine

http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2015/12/10/savannah-votes-protect-lgbt-city-employees-discrimination

 

Former Habersham County Deputy Acquitted in Flash Bang Case

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/former-habersham-county-deputy-acquitted-in-flash-/nphZ5/

 

New Poll: Georgians Want to Expand State’s Medical Marijuana Law

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/new-poll-georgians-want-to-expand-states-medical-m/npdjg/

 

Georgia Won’t Process Benefits Application for Syrian Refugee Family

Talking Points Memo

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/georgia-no-food-stamps-syrian-refugees

 

GOP Lawmakers: Religious freedom bill must have anti-discrimination clause

Georgia Voice

http://thegavoice.com/gop-lawmakers-ination-clause/

 

AP IMPACT: After 40 years, $1 Trillion, U.S. War on Drugs has Failed to Meet Any of its Goals

Associated Press via Fox News

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/13/ap-impact-years-trillion-war-drugs-failed-meet-goals/

 

Obama Signs New K-12 Education Law that Ends No Child Left Behind

Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/obama-signs-new-k-12-education-law-that-ends-no-child-left-behind/2015/12/10/c9e58d7c-9f51-11e5-a3c5-c77f2cc5a43c_story.html

 

New Report: Charter Schools great at making money for private business, not much else

Daily Kos

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/12/10/1458969/-New-report-Charter-schools-great-at-making-money-for-private-business-not-much-else

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Go part-time vegetarian to protect the planet

BBC (UK)

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-35039465

 

Chile: President Removes Marijuana from List of Hard Drugs

Hemp News

http://crrh.org/news/node/6399

 

Finland Plans to Give Every Citizen, Rich or Poor, $870 per Month

Take Part

http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/12/06/finland-basic-income

 

(END/2015)