(APN) ATLANTA — MARTA officials are spending this week making its case to the public for fare increases and service cuts while giving riders a chance to voice their opinions. Several dozen citizens packed council chambers at City Hall Tuesday night, June 16, 2009. Many signed up to speak out on proposals in MARTA’s fiscal year 2010 budget, which is […]
Read moreThe Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA) on Wednesday approved an Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) proposal to send MARTA $25 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds. MARTA will use these funds, initially set aside for long-term transit projects in Atlanta, to address its significant operating budget deficit for fiscal year 2010. The transit authority said it will use […]
Read moreThe Center For Public Integrity recently completed a year-long analysis of thousands of travel disclosure records and found Department of Defense personnel regularly accepted free flights, accommodations, and hospitality from private and foreign interests that conduct business with the Pentagon. From 1998 to 2007, outside sources paid for 22,000 trips worth at least $26 million. The trips, sponsored by numerous […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — A coalition of local labor, business, and immigrant community leaders held a press conference Monday, June 01, 2009, on the steps of the State Capitol to launch the Georgia component of the national Reform Immigration for America campaign. The campaign outlines 11 different principles of comprehensive immigration reform the coalition would like the 111th US Congress and […]
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Labor announced Friday the economy lost another 345,000 jobs in May and sent the national unemployment rate to 9.4 percent, the highest rate since 1983. Also Friday, the Labor Department released $7 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds to the states for unemployment insurance (UI) modernization incentives. Georgia is set to receive $220.3 […]
Read moreMARTA will hold public forums on June 16 and 17 on its proposed fiscal year 2010 budget, operating and capital funds budget, proposed service modifications for Aug. 15, and proposed parking and fare changes for Oct. 1. There will be two hearings on June 16 and two on June 17. Atlanta City Hall (55 Trinity Avenue) and North Fulton Service […]
Read moreProgressive groups gathered in Washington D.C. Monday at the “America’s Future Now” conference and announced they will spend $82 million in 2009 to promote President Obama’s healthcare agenda. Coalition members include Health Care for America Now, AFL-CIO, Change to Win, MoveOn.org, Democracy for America, and mobilization groups representing young people, women, and people of color. The coalition involves over 1,000 […]
Read moreAPN received an e-mail yesterday from Georgians For Alternatives to the Death Penalty (GFADP) noting the media is being denied access to Georgia death row inmate Troy Davis by the Department of Corrections. Recent media inquiries from “60 Minutes,” “Dateline,” and the Associated Press have all been denied, GFADP reports, despite the allowance of media access to other inmates. The […]
Read moreTim Franzen (left) of the American Friends Service Committee speaks to a crowd in front of Lakeside High School. To read the full resolution compiled in part by the Georgia ACLU, the Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition, and the American Friends Service Committee, click here. Below is the full statement Dr. Crawford Lewis, superintendent of DeKalb schools, made Monday before […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — A coalition of anti-war activists, students, and parents on Monday, June 01, 2009, applauded the DeKalb County Board of Education for delaying its plans to open the DeKalb Marine Corps Institute. Last week, the Board issued a brief statement saying, “there has been a change to our plan of launching the first of its kind DeKalb […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA – About two-dozen activists rallied in front of Grady Memorial Hospital last Wednesday to bring attention to the need for healthcare reform that includes the implementation of a single payer system. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, made Atlanta the first stop on his six city, five-day tour across the nation to promote […]
Read moreThe NAACP filed an amicus brief this week in support of Troy Anthony Davis’ appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Read the brief here.
Read moreThe DeKalb County school system announced this afternoon that it has canceled plans to open a military academy this fall. The Associated Press reports: The school district was unable to reach an agreement with the Marines for opening the state’s first public military academy, district spokesman Dale Davis said in a news release Friday. “An initiative of this […]
Read moreGeorgia Democratic Reps. John Lewis and Hank Johnson visited Friday with death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis at the Georgia Diagnostic & Classifications Prison in Jackson. Lewis and Johnson, along with NAACP President Ben Jealous, held a press conference in front of the prison after their visit at which time they circulated letters signed by two dozen members of Congress, […]
Read morePresident Obama visited the Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas yesterday to highlight a report from Vice President Biden that marks the progress that has been made as a result of the first 100 days of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Read Biden’s report. “In these last few months, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has saved […]
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