(APN) ATLANTA — In our continuing coverage of the Georgia State House District 59 race, to replace State Rep. Margaret Kaiser (D-Atlanta), this article contains the responses of candidate Josh Noblitt to the Atlanta Progressive News candidate questionnaire. Noblitt is the Minister of Social Justice and Evangelism at Saint Mark United UMC, and is also a marriage and family […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — With qualifying for State House and Senate races wrapping up this week, Atlanta Progressive News continues our in-depth foray into these critical elections. As first reported by APN, State Rep. Margaret Kaiser (D-Atlanta) is exploring a run for Mayor of Atlanta in 2017 and will not be running for reelection. Three candidates–Janine Brown, David Dreyer, […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — Brian Westlake, a high school teacher who ran in 2010 for the Democratic nomination for Georgia School Superintendent, is challenging State Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver (D-Decatur) for the House District 82 seat. Westlake, who is an advocate for public education, takes issue with State Rep. Oliver’s support of Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed Opportunity School District (OSD), […]
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With additional reporting by Gloria Tatum and Matthew Charles Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won Georgia’s Democratic Primary for President of the United States on yesterday, Tuesday, March 02, 2016. She received 71.3 percent of the vote, while U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders received 28.2 percent of the vote. Atlanta Progressive News had Senior […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — On Monday, February 22, 2016, the House Judiciary Non-Civil Committee eliminated in-state cultivation of medical cannabis from HB 722. The revised HB 722 still adds several medical conditions to Georgia’s existing medical cannabis immunity laws; and adds one cannabinoid, Tetrahydrocannabinol Acid (THCA). HB 722 has been gutted from 24 pages down to only seven. […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — Two cityhood bills involving DeKalb County are making their way through the Georgia House of Representatives: HB 613, provides for the incorporation of the City of Greenhaven; SB 208, provides for the incorporation of the City of Stonecrest, both in south DeKalb. Stonecrest passed the House Governmental Affairs Committee, while Greenhaven was tabled in the House […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — HB 929, a bill co-sponsored by State Reps. Earl Ehrhart (R-Powder Springs), Stacey Abrams (D-Atlanta), and others, would change Georgia’s allocation of Electoral College votes, in concert with several other U.S. states, to effect a national popular vote for the President of the United States. Currently, per the federal Constitution, U.S. Presidents are elected not by […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — This election cycle, at least two advocates for South Fulton cityhood–Debra Bazemore and Rafer Johnson–are putting their names on the ballot to run for State House. State House races in Districts 62 and 63, covering much of south Fulton County, will be top-heavy with City of South Fulton advocates. Atlanta Progressive News is beginning our […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — State Rep. Pedro “Pete” Marin (D-Duluth) held a press conference to introduced his resolution, HR 1033, asking the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners to work to ease the traffic congestion and listen to citizens’ demands to increase mass transit options. Marin said he wants to continue the conversation to make sure Gwinnett County is not left […]
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(APN) CHAMBLEE — About three hundred residents from Chamblee and the proposed annexed area attended a Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, February 18, 2016, at Lakeside High School to discuss the Chamblee annexation. http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2016/02/11/city-of-chamblee-fixing-to-annex-much-of-the-lavista-hills-map/ State Sen. Elena Parent (D-Atlanta) updated the gathering on the Senate Study Committee recommendations on annexation. http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2015/12/20/state-senate-house-study-committees-on-cityhood-annexation-release-reports/ State Reps. Scott Holcomb (D-Atlanta), Mary […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — Transit funding just got a boon, as SB 330, sponsored by State Sen. Brandon Beach (R – Alpharetta) passed out of the Senate Transportation Committee on Wednesday, February 18, 2016, by a vote of eight to three. The committee had to move rooms twice in order to accommodate the large crowd, and heard testimony from various […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — The Atlanta Progressive News Board of Directors endorses U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for the Democratic nomination for President of the U.S. APN declines to endorse a candidate for the Republican nomination. Sanders has been an advocate for poor and homeless people, for tackling wealth and income inequality, for civil liberties, for peace, and for […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — State Rep. Sandra Scott (D-Rex) has introduced legislation calling for automatic voter registration in the State of Georgia, following in the footsteps of the State of Oregon and the State of California, which adopted similar measures in 2015. It is a hard sell in a state that has been ground zero for voter suppression–Georgia pioneered stricter […]
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(APN) ATLANTA –– Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp kicked off this Presidential Election year with a new program to get high schoolers civically engaged. The program trains high school students to act as “Ambassadors” of the Secretary of State’s office by holding voter registration drives and educating other youth about the electoral process. “As the father of […]
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(APN) ATLANTA — The Atlanta Progressive News Board of Directors has endorsed Park Cannon in State House District 58, although noting two areas of disagreement, on cityhood and the role of nuclear power in the nation’s past energy mix. The Special Election is taking place on Tuesday, January 19, 2016. Cannon’s questionnaire responses were strong on several issues, […]
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