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The House and Senate passed President Obama’s $3.5 trillion 2010 budget proposal Thursday night without one Republican in either chamber supporting it.  The Los Angeles Times presented this analysis: Voting along party lines, the House and Senate approved budget blueprints that would trim Obama’s spending proposals for the fiscal year that begins in October and curtail his plans to cut […]

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed by voice vote the Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 (HR 985), legislation that would protect the public’s right to know by setting reasonable standards for when journalists can be compelled to disclose the identities of their confidential sources in federal court. The Senate is now considering similar legislation (SB 448), which […]

You knew it was just a matter of time. After being in then out, Atlanta City Council President Lisa Borders today officially reentered the race for mayor of Atlanta – and it looks like she’s staying this time. Borders now has an official Web site and this video on YouTube (re)introducing herself as a candidate. APN will attempt to interview […]

President Obama in February signed the Making Work Pay tax credit, a law aimed at helping working Americans. This week, many are beginning to reap the benefits. The IRS set April 1 as the deadline for employers to institute lower withholdings for their employees. The Making Work Pay Act is essentially a tax cut, which the White House describes as […]

Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today announced the release of $10 billion through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in guaranteed housing loans designed to jump start economic and homeownership opportunities in rural America. From a White House press release: Secretary Vilsack and Vice President Biden made the announcement at a fire station in […]

BREAKING: Michael Julian Bond tells Atlanta Progressive News in an email that he’s running for Atlanta City Council-at-large seat 1, which is being vacated by Ceasar Mitchell. MJB promises more details soon. Bond previously served as Councilman for District 3 for two terms and he is the son of civil rights leader, Julian Bond. MJB did not immediately return a […]

According to Creative Loafing’s Fresh Loaf blog, Clair Muller plans to run for City Council President, the seat which would be vacated by Lisa Borders. Other possible candidates for this seat include Ceasar Mitchell (see previous blog posts) and State Sen. Vincent Fort (according to CL).

Just received this press release from the Kasim Reed for Mayor campaign: WHAT: Meet Me on the Steps at Midnight! As the 2009 Georgia Legislative Session comes to a close, State Senator Kasim Reed has invited supporters and friends to join him on the steps of the Georgia State Capitol. WHEN: Friday, April 3, 2009 11:45 pm – 1:30 am WHERE: Georgia State […]

JOIN: Vincent Fort, Georgia State Senator  Rev. Timothy McDonald, III, Senior Pastor, First Iconium Baptist Church  William J. Brennan, Program Director, Atlanta Legal Aid Society Home Defense Program   11 a.m. Saturday, April 4 First Iconium Baptist Church 542 Moreland Avenue SE Atlanta 30316   For more info: call 770-313-4628 email brooksgrus@gmail.com

Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the important House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Edward Markey (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Energy and Environment Subcommittee, on Tuesday unveiled The American Clean Energy and Security Act.  The bill is designed to hasten the United States’ move away from coal and foreign oil as well as capture heat-producing gasses. The New York […]

As the Georgia General Assembly entered the final week of the 2009 session on Monday, a broad coalition of business leaders, government leaders, transit advocates, road builders, and environmentalists called on lawmakers to reach a compromise on transportation funding. “We’re on the 1 yard line,” Doug Hertz, co-chair of the Get Georgia Moving Coalition, said. “We’ve got to cross the […]

Worried About Healthcare?  What Can You Do? We are patients, not profits!    A Special LIVE Screening of SICK AROUND AMERICA Honoring Our Supportive National and Local Representatives!     Representative Stephanie Stuckey Benfield and Senator Nan Orrock will speak about US HR 676, the National Health Insurance Act!    Where: Atlanta Friends Meeting 701 West Howard Street Decatur, GA […]

On Saturday, March 28, the Nipponzan Myohoji-Atlanta Dojo held a Flower Festival Ceremony, celebrating the birth of Lord Buddha and the arrival of spring. The ceremony concluded with the 6th annual presentation of the Lil & Bill Corrigan Peacemakers Award to the 6-year Stand for Peace vigil at Colony Square and to Georgia WAND. For six years, committed peacemakers have […]

So, Lisa Borders apparently back in the race, according to the ATL Business Chronicle. Jonathan Springston at APN told me she seemed to be acting very candidate-like at the recent FIBC crime forum. This is not good. Why: Borders worked for Cousins Properties, is synonymous with the developers, was thick as thieves with Shirley. No, no, no! But there’s so […]

APN: cm is true no more mayoral run? runng 4 counc prez? matt apn CM:That’s the speculation, eh? Let’s talk first of next week?