ATLANTA: A CITY ON A HILL Thank you for allowing me the privilege of standing before you today as the 59th Mayor of the great City of Atlanta. This is truly the single most important moment of my life, and the gratitude I feel toward all of you who made it possible, is beyond measure. I will forever remember, and […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — With Atlanta’s 2009 municipal elections now over and a new Mayor set to take office in January 2010, Atlanta’s police accountability and public safety advocacy groups are turning their attention to the search for a new chief for the Atlanta Police Department (APD). Mayor-elect Kasim Reed named George Turner, a long-time Atlanta Police Department veteran, the Interim […]
Read moreThis article originally appeared on the Inter-Press Service at http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=49715. ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec 16 (IPS/TerraViva) – As governments negotiate future greenhouse gas emissions in Copenhagen, a recent report from Environment America has highlighted the problem of the United States’ older coal-fired power plants, which generated nearly three-quarters of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from power plants in 2007. Altogether, U.S. power […]
Read moreThis article contains additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — A Fulton County Superior Court judge on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, dismissed a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of uninsured dialysis patients, some of whom are undocumented, against the Grady Health System. With little comment, Judge Ural Glanville dismissed the case after hearing an hour of arguments from […]
Read morePower4Georgians, a consortium of electric cooperatives, announced plans to construct yet another coal-fired plant in south-central Ben Hill County. The 850-megawatt plant would be located on the Ocmulgee River near Fitzgerald and north of the proposed Plant Washington near Sandersville. “If proposed Plant Ben Hill is anything like its cousin in middle Georgia, Plant Washington, we can expect more than […]
Read moreThe Atlanta Independent School System (AISS) agreed this week to implement a number of improvements at its alternative school as part of a settlement of a federal lawsuit brought last year by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Georgia. Atlanta’s Forrest Hill Academy, pictured here in Fall 2008. – Photo by Jonathan Springston, Senior Staff Writer, […]
Read moreVice President Joe Biden announced the launch of $7.2 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds for a broadband grant and loan program during an appearance Thursday in Dawsonville, Ga. with Gov. Sonny Perdue. There will be $2 billion made available on a rolling basis over the next 75 days to bring high-speed Internet to places where there […]
Read moreVice President Joe Biden announced Wednesday the release of $5 billion in additional funding for the Advanced Energy Tax Credit under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). This tax credit supports the building and equipping of new, expanded, or re-tooled factories that manufacture green energy products. The program covers many clean energy technologies, including wind, solar, batteries, energy efficiency, advanced […]
Read moreA federal court handed down new sentences on Monday for two members of the so-called “Cuban Five,” a group of Cuban intelligence agents accused of spying in the United States. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida sentenced Ramon Labinino to 30 years in prison, down from life in prison, and Fernando Gonzalez to 17 years and […]
Read moreGrady Health System CEO Michael Young and staff paid a visit to the First Iconium Baptist Church in East Atlanta Monday night to speak to members of the Grady Coalition and other concerned citizens. Young promised earlier this summer to make quarterly visits to the Rev. Timothy McDonald’s church to deliver Grady status updates and field questions from the audience. […]
Read moreA group of lawyers on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the state of Georgia for failing to provide legal counsel to 200 convicted indigent defendants who do not have representation for their appeals. The suit, filed in Fulton County Superior Court, comes on behalf of Bondurant, Mixson and Elmore, P.C.; Garland, Samuel and Loeb, P.C.; Moraitakis, Kushel, and Pearson, LLP; Martin […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — Former US President Jimmy Carter discussed the past, present, and future of the relationship between the United States and China, during a forum Thursday night, December 03, 2009, at The Carter Center. In 1978, Carter announced the establishment of US diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China, a move that has since opened up many new […]
Read moreWith additional repoting by Matthew Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — Various notable groups within Atlanta’s progressive community appear to have come to very different conclusions about SB 57, a bill currently in the State Senate which would change laws regarding mortgages in Georgia. Georgia Watch and Georgia STAND-UP are supporting the bill, while the Atlanta Fighting Foreclosure Coalition (AFFC) is not. […]
Read more(APN) DECATUR — About 75 patients, doctors, and advocates gathered Tuesday, December 01, 2009, to discuss the latest details regarding dozens of dialysis patients displaced from Grady Hospital and to look for potential long-term care options for them. Emory University’s Center For Advocacy and Dispute Resolution, in conjunction with Grady Advocates for Responsible Care (GARC), hosted the event. Several patients […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — The Rev. Al Sharpton was in Atlanta Monday, November 23, 2009, to lead a National Day of Outrage against urban gun violence. Sharpton, speaking from the National Action Network (NAN) Southeast headquarters in the West End, drew a line in the sand against drug pushers and gang leaders. “We must be just as outraged when those who […]
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