(APN) ATLANTA — In the latest filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday, January 29, 2015, Westinghouse Electric and the other contractors building Units 3 and 4 at Plant Vogtle revealed that they will be delayed another eighteen months, pushing back reactor starts for Vogtle Unit 3 to 2019 and for Unit 4 to 2020. […]
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Photograph by Steve Eberhardt (APN) ATLANTA — On Wednesday, January 21, 2015, the fifth anniversary of the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision of the Supreme Court of the U.S., State Sen. Nan Orrock (D-Atlanta) and Rep. Karla Drenner (D-Avondale Estates) announced the introduction of resolutions calling for a U.S. Constitutional Amendment to allow U.S. Congress to place common-sense […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — On yesterday, Monday, October 27, 2014, eight activists were arrested after a sit-in staged in the office of Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, in protest of what voting rights organizations say are 40,000 missing voter registration applications. Chants of “We will not be silenced!” and “Let Us Vote! Let Us Vote!” rose from citizens and activists […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Fulton County Superior Court Judge Christopher Brasher did not immediately issue a ruling, after a hearing yesterday, October 24, 2014, on the writ of mandamus sought by New Georgia Project (NGP) and other voter advocacy groups with respect to what they say are approximately 40,000 missing voter registration forms. A writ of mandamus is an extraordinary form […]
Read moreWith additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale, News Editor (APN) ATLANTA — The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a national organization, has filed a lawsuit in Fulton County Superior Court against Secretary of State Brian Kemp and five Georgia counties, regarding more than 40,000 voter registration applications that they say remain unprocessed. They filed the suit on behalf […]
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