Atlanta Progressive News

To access links, click on full post: ####   DeKalb Commissioner Sutton Targeted in Key Election Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription) http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/dekalb-commissioner-sutton-targeted-in-key-electio/nrNmd/   Catching Up with Stan Fong Georgia Voice http://thegavoice.com/catching-stan-fong/   Council Votes to Pay Public Defenders the Same as Prosecutors Fulton County Daily Report (subscription) http://www.dailyreportonline.com/id=1202757747680/Council-Votes-to-Pay-Public-Defenders-the-Same-As-Prosecutors-Uphold-Hungry-Lawyers-Firing   House Speaker Ralston’s secret political fund Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription) http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/house-speaker-ralstons-secret-political-fund/nrL6F   Georgia Transportation […]

To access links, pls click on full post: ####   Doctors’ Group Urges Grady Cut Ties with McDonald’s WABE radio news http://news.wabe.org/post/doctors-group-urges-grady-cut-ties-mcdonalds   Marietta Joins Growing List of Cities Placing Glass in the Trash WABE radio news http://news.wabe.org/post/marietta-joins-growing-list-cities-placing-glass-trash   Retired Educators Speak in Opposition to State Takeover of Schools Online Athens http://onlineathens.com/mobile/2016-05-08/retired-educators-leader-speaks-opposition-state-takeover-schools   The warning that Capitol Police posted on […]

To access links, pls click on full post. ####   Seven Atlanta Schools Improve Enough to Avoid Potential State Takeover Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/seven-atlanta-schools-improve-enough-to-avoid-pote/nrGTS/   Plano, Texas, Shows how Rail Transit Can Positively Transform a Suburban City Saporta Report http://saportareport.com/plano-texas-shows-rail-transit-can-positively-transform-suburban-city/   Solar Freakin’ Highways: The U.S. Has Enough PV to Cover One Lane of Its Interstate Highway System Green Tech Media […]

To access links, pls click on full post.   Atlanta Mayor’s Column Ripping Bernie Sanders Drafted by Lobbyist, Emails Show The Intercept https://theintercept.com/2016/05/06/hillary-super-pac-draft-oped/   Atlanta Sets Stage to Extend Streetcar 2.5 Miles, to Beltline’s Westside Trail Saporta Report http://saportareport.com/atlanta-sets-stage-extend-streetcar-2-5-miles-beltlines-westside-trail/   DeKalb Schools: We Invest in Students, not Pet Projects Get Schooled blog, Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://getschooled.blog.myajc.com/2016/05/09/dekalb-schools-we-invest-in-students-not-pet-projects/   DeKalb CEO Vernon Jones […]

To access links, pls click on full post. ####   Have Atlanta Rents Finally Topped Out? Curbed Atlanta http://atlanta.curbed.com/2016/5/2/11566476/atlanta-rents-finally-start-decline Safe Streets Groups Call for Upgrade after impaired driver hits three pupils Saporta Report http://saportareport.com/safe-streets-groups-call-upgrade-impaired-driver-hits-three-pupils/   In Louisiana, the U.S. Has its First Climate Change Refugees Political Insider blog http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/05/03/in-louisiana-the-u-s-has-its-first-climate-change-refugees/   King County Judge Makes Historic Judgment against Washington State in […]

To access links, pls click on full post. #### Around Atlanta, the Housing Recovery’s Divide in Stark Black and White Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/classic-apps/around-atlanta-the-housing-recoverys-great-divide-is-in-stark-black-and-white/2016/05/01/5e44b34e-0e51-11e6-8ab8-9ad050f76d7d_story.html   On “Bus Crawl,” Beltline Creator Pitches Ways to Save Buford Highway Reporter Newspapers http://www.reporternewspapers.net/2016/04/28/bus-crawl-beltline-creator-pitches-ways-save-buford-highway/   Forecast says Gwinnett will be 37 percent Hispanic by 2040 WABE radio news http://news.wabe.org/post/forecast-says-gwinnett-will-be-37-percent-hispanic-2040   Plant Washington Misses Construction Start Deadline […]

To access links, pls click on full post.   Opinion: For Taxpayers, Braves Put down Bats, Pick up Screwdrivers Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription) http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local/for-taxpayers-braves-put-down-bats-pick-up-screwdr/nrFfY/   Clarkston Finds Support to Decriminalize Marijuana Possession WABE radio news http://news.wabe.org/post/clarkston-finds-support-decriminalize-marijuana-possession   Old Power Gives Way to New Power in South Georgia Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription) http://www.myajc.com/news/business/old-power-gives-way-to-new-power-in-south-georgia/nrDZW/   Justice Department: U.S. Attorney Investigator Treatment of Georgia LGBT […]