With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — On Thursday, July 28, 2016, the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a revised Georgia Power Company Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for 2016. The IRP is a twenty year plan that Georgia Power updates every three years. The Plan includes at least an additional 1,200 Megawatts (MW) of […]
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With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall (District 2) has introduced an ordinance that, in its current form, would repeal the section of the City of Atlanta’s Code of Ordinances that currently contains the so-called “Quality of Life” laws that disproportionately target homeless people, poor people, people of color, and other […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — Last month, in June 2016, the City of Atlanta and Fulton County officially launched the Pre-Arrest Diversion (PAD) Initiative to divert from the criminal justice system people whose infractions are driven mainly by addiction, mental illness, and poverty. The launch makes Atlanta/Fulton County the fifth jurisdiction in the U.S. to embrace the PAD program. The project […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — The Housing Justice League presented “Renter’s State of Emergency,” its report on the struggle of low-income workers to pay their rent, to the public and to various elected officials in a public hearing held on Tuesday, July 19, 2016. Advocates presented their research report to assist the Atlanta City Council with policy decisions going forward. […]
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Reporting on protest and meeting by Gloria Tatum. Legal analysis by Matthew Charles Cardinale, News Editor. (APN) ATLANTA — A meeting held yesterday, Monday, July 18, 2016, between organizers of recent protests against police violence; and City of Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Police Chief Turner, Atlanta City Councilmembers, and others, appears to have turned into what constituted, at minimum, […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — While U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has endorsed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for President of the U.S., some supporters of the Sanders Campaign have started a new political action committee, the Brand New Congress (BNC), to put power in the hands of the people. BNC is made up of progressive […]
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Photograph by Laura Emiko Solitis (APN) ATLANTA — Five nights of protests in Atlanta has temporarily ended with a promise for a formal meeting Monday, July 19, 2016 between Black Lives Matter (BLM) leaders, other organizers, Mayor of Atlanta Kasim Reed, and Atlanta Police Chief George Turner to discuss their complaints. The Monday night July 11 protest […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — During the June 30, 2016 hearing of the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) on the 14th Vogtle Construction Monitoring (VCM) report, on the proposed new Reactors 3 and 4, the public witnessed Georgia Power and the PSC doing the “time warp” yet again. “There will be further delays for both Vogtle 3 and 4, Steven Roetger […]
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Photograph courtesy of Laura Emiko Soltis. (APN) ATLANTA — Two gigantic rallies have been held in the last two days since the tragic discovery of a deceased Black man hanging in a tree in Piedmont Park on the morning of Thursday, July 07, 2016. The first rally on Thursday evening, was held in immediate response to the news […]
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(APN) CLARKSTON — The City Council of Clarkston, Georgia, voted unanimously on Tuesday night, July 05, 2016, to lower simple possession of one ounce or less of cannabis (“marijuana”) to a 75 dollar fine with no jail time. Harsh state law in Georgia allows for arrest and confinement of people for up to one year in jail, in addition […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — There is a tremendous shortage of affordable housing units and shelter beds in the City of Atlanta – but, this shortage would be so much worse if the City of Atlanta weren’t locking so many homeless people up in cages. The City of Atlanta’s criminalization homeless people and other marginalized communities continues through the enforcement of […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — On Wednesday, June 15, 2016, inside the Fox Theater in Atlanta’s Midtown neighborhood, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump talked to his loyal followers. Meanwhile, outside on the sidewalk, hundreds of anti-Trump folks gathered to protest his policy platform, which would discriminate against so many minorities in the U.S. The lines going into the […]
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By the Atlanta Progressive News Board of Directors. (APN) ATLANTA — From Columbine, Colorado – to Orlando, Florida, the frequency of massacres in the United States is increasing and the death toll is rising. People are beginning to wake up and question the ridiculous and extreme gun policies that allow the purchase of assault weapons that are made […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — Once again, it’s that special time of the year when the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) pretends to care about the public. Last week, on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 the PSC held its fourteenth, semi-annual Vogtle Construction Monitoring (VCM) review hearing, regarding the status of the two new nuclear reactors at Vogtle. Currently, the project is […]
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(APN) DECATUR — At an arraignment hearing, former DeKalb County Police Officer Robert Olsen pled not guilty to all charges in the shooting death of Anthony Hill. Reading of the formal charges was waived, and the entire proceeding took less than five minutes. Olsen was indicted on January 21, 2016 on six counts for the murder of Anthony […]
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