Atlanta Progressive News

To access links, click on full post: ####   DeKalb Commissioner Sutton Targeted in Key Election Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription) http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/dekalb-commissioner-sutton-targeted-in-key-electio/nrNmd/   Catching Up with Stan Fong Georgia Voice http://thegavoice.com/catching-stan-fong/   Council Votes to Pay Public Defenders the Same as Prosecutors Fulton County Daily Report (subscription) http://www.dailyreportonline.com/id=1202757747680/Council-Votes-to-Pay-Public-Defenders-the-Same-As-Prosecutors-Uphold-Hungry-Lawyers-Firing   House Speaker Ralston’s secret political fund Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription) http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/house-speaker-ralstons-secret-political-fund/nrL6F   Georgia Transportation […]

To access links, pls click on full post: ####   Doctors’ Group Urges Grady Cut Ties with McDonald’s WABE radio news http://news.wabe.org/post/doctors-group-urges-grady-cut-ties-mcdonalds   Marietta Joins Growing List of Cities Placing Glass in the Trash WABE radio news http://news.wabe.org/post/marietta-joins-growing-list-cities-placing-glass-trash   Retired Educators Speak in Opposition to State Takeover of Schools Online Athens http://onlineathens.com/mobile/2016-05-08/retired-educators-leader-speaks-opposition-state-takeover-schools   The warning that Capitol Police posted on […]

To access links, pls click on full post. ####   Seven Atlanta Schools Improve Enough to Avoid Potential State Takeover Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/seven-atlanta-schools-improve-enough-to-avoid-pote/nrGTS/   Plano, Texas, Shows how Rail Transit Can Positively Transform a Suburban City Saporta Report http://saportareport.com/plano-texas-shows-rail-transit-can-positively-transform-suburban-city/   Solar Freakin’ Highways: The U.S. Has Enough PV to Cover One Lane of Its Interstate Highway System Green Tech Media […]

To access links, pls click on full post.   Atlanta Mayor’s Column Ripping Bernie Sanders Drafted by Lobbyist, Emails Show The Intercept https://theintercept.com/2016/05/06/hillary-super-pac-draft-oped/   Atlanta Sets Stage to Extend Streetcar 2.5 Miles, to Beltline’s Westside Trail Saporta Report http://saportareport.com/atlanta-sets-stage-extend-streetcar-2-5-miles-beltlines-westside-trail/   DeKalb Schools: We Invest in Students, not Pet Projects Get Schooled blog, Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://getschooled.blog.myajc.com/2016/05/09/dekalb-schools-we-invest-in-students-not-pet-projects/   DeKalb CEO Vernon Jones […]

To access links, pls click on full post. ####   Have Atlanta Rents Finally Topped Out? Curbed Atlanta http://atlanta.curbed.com/2016/5/2/11566476/atlanta-rents-finally-start-decline Safe Streets Groups Call for Upgrade after impaired driver hits three pupils Saporta Report http://saportareport.com/safe-streets-groups-call-upgrade-impaired-driver-hits-three-pupils/   In Louisiana, the U.S. Has its First Climate Change Refugees Political Insider blog http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/05/03/in-louisiana-the-u-s-has-its-first-climate-change-refugees/   King County Judge Makes Historic Judgment against Washington State in […]

To access links, pls click on full post. #### Around Atlanta, the Housing Recovery’s Divide in Stark Black and White Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/classic-apps/around-atlanta-the-housing-recoverys-great-divide-is-in-stark-black-and-white/2016/05/01/5e44b34e-0e51-11e6-8ab8-9ad050f76d7d_story.html   On “Bus Crawl,” Beltline Creator Pitches Ways to Save Buford Highway Reporter Newspapers http://www.reporternewspapers.net/2016/04/28/bus-crawl-beltline-creator-pitches-ways-save-buford-highway/   Forecast says Gwinnett will be 37 percent Hispanic by 2040 WABE radio news http://news.wabe.org/post/forecast-says-gwinnett-will-be-37-percent-hispanic-2040   Plant Washington Misses Construction Start Deadline […]

To access links, pls click on full post.   Opinion: For Taxpayers, Braves Put down Bats, Pick up Screwdrivers Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription) http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local/for-taxpayers-braves-put-down-bats-pick-up-screwdr/nrFfY/   Clarkston Finds Support to Decriminalize Marijuana Possession WABE radio news http://news.wabe.org/post/clarkston-finds-support-decriminalize-marijuana-possession   Old Power Gives Way to New Power in South Georgia Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription) http://www.myajc.com/news/business/old-power-gives-way-to-new-power-in-south-georgia/nrDZW/   Justice Department: U.S. Attorney Investigator Treatment of Georgia LGBT […]

To access links, pls click on full post.   Race, MARTA Give Early Shape to the 2017 Race for Mayor of Atlanta Political Insider blog, Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/04/30/race-marta-give-early-shape-to-the-2017-race-for-mayor-of-atlanta/   Woes around Stonecrest Mirror Mall Struggles Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription) http://www.myajc.com/news/business/woes-around-stonecrest-mirror-mall-struggles/nrDXW/   Protests Prompt Stone Mountain to Explore Ways to “Prevent or Control” Future Rallies Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription) http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/protests-prompt-stone-mountain-to-explore-ways-to-/nrCzH/   Bald Eagles […]

To access links, pls click on full post. ####   Trees Atlanta: City Plans to Plant 1,200 Big Trees within Two Years Saporta Report http://saportareport.com/trees-atlanta-city-plans-plant-1200-big-trees-within-two-years/   Lost n Found Youth Moves Forward with New Shelter Plans The GA Voice http://thegavoice.com/lost-n-found-youth-moves-forward-new-shelter-plans/   Metro Atlanta Population to Reach 8 Million Atlanta Business Chronicle http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2016/04/28/metro-atlanta-population-to-reach-8-million-by.html   Fulton County Democrat Disqualified from Running (Jeff […]

To access links, pls click on full post. #### Judge: Atlanta Annexation Case Very Strong Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription) www.myajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/judge-atlanta-annexation-case-very-strong/nrCwp/   Saporta Report Explains Dismissal of Maynard Eaton Saporta Report http://saportareport.com/saportareport-explains-parting-ways-maynard-eaton/   Isakson challenger Barksdale casts himself as an outsider Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription) http://www.myajc.com/news/news/exclusive-isakson-challenger/nrC55/   This Florida Town Wants to Become the Most Sustainable Community in America (Babcock Ranch, Florida) Think […]

To access links, pls click on full post.   A Bittersweet Goodbye 11 Alive television news http://www.11alive.com/news/local/a-bittersweet-goodbye/149975521   Atlanta can now pursue a $2.5B MARTA transit expansion Political Insider blog, Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/04/26/atlanta-can-now-pursue-a-2-5b-marta-transit-expansion/   Citizen Panel Created to Reform DeKalb’s Government Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/citizen-panel-created-to-reform-dekalbs-government/nrB38/   Clarkston is on a Collision Course with Georgia Leaders over Plan to Decriminalize Marijuana Political […]

To access links, pls click on full post.   Aman Declares Candidacy for Atlanta Mayor Atlanta Business Chronicle http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2016/04/25/aman-declares-candidacy-for-atlanta-mayor.html   Party-backed Georgia Democrat Posts Disappointing Fundraising Numbers against Johnny Isakson Political Insider blog, Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/04/21/party-backed-georgia-democrat-posts-disappointing-fundraising-numbers-against-johnny-isakson/   Openly Gay Rep. Chris Sgro Taking Oath before North Carolina Session (North Carolina) Gayly http://www.gayly.com/openly-gay-rep-chris-sgro-taking-oath-north-carolina-session   After Years of Rollbacks, Democracy Movement Making […]

To access links, pls click on full post.   City Seeks $500 Million Grant to Expand Atlanta Streetcar, Improve MLK Drive Atlanta Business Chronicle www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2016/04/city-seeks-500-million-grant-to-expand-atlanta.html   Planned Highway Projects Will Move Traffic Through Atlanta Atlanta Business Chronicle http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2016/04/20/study-planned-highway-projects-will-move-the.html   Nine Candidates File for Open DeKalb Commission Seats Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/nine-candidates-file-for-open-dekalb-commission-se/nq8KK/   Fulton County to Outsource Mental Health Care Atlanta Journal-Constitution […]

To access links, pls click on full post.   Fulton County Approves $49k in Battle against Heroin 11 Alive television news http://www.11alive.com/news/local/fulton-co-approves-49k-in-battle-against-heroin/145361424   Bad Checks, Foreclosure, Unpaid Bills Plague Commissioner (Barnes-Sutton, DeKalb County) Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/bad-checks-foreclosure-unpaid-bills-plague-commiss/nQbzD/   Cities Face Deadlines for Sales Tax Ballot Question North Fulton.com http://www.northfulton.com/stories/Cities-face-deadlines-for-sales-tax-ballot-question,90908   Opinion: Guns and Learning Don’t Mix The Chronicle of Higher Education […]

To access links, pls click on full post.   Elderly Man Fatally Shot in Southwest Atlanta (Barney Simms, former executive at Atlanta Housing Authority) WTOC television news (CBS Savannah) http://www.wtoc.com/story/31684663/elderly-man-fatally-shot-multiple-times-in-southwest-atlanta   City of Atlanta, MARTA Can Create Transit Model in Age of Micro-regionalism Saporta Report http://saportareport.com/city-atlanta-marta-can-create-transit-model-age-micro-regionalism/   Demographics Haven’t Shifted Elections in Georgia, Yet Blogging while Blue http://www.bloggingwhileblue.com/2016/04/demographics-havent-shifted-elections-in-georgia-yet.html   Keith […]