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Au Revior: Rest Haven Seeks to Cease as Metro City Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/au-revoir-rest-haven-seeks-to-cease-as-metro-city/   Erick Erickson’s Culture War Strategy: We’ll Breed Them Out of Existence Political Insider Blog, Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2015/08/05/erick-ericksons-culture-war-strategy-well-breed-them-out-of-existence/   New Apartments Put Squeeze on Gay Atlanta Bars Project Q Atlanta http://www.projectq.us/atlanta/new_apartments_put_squeeze_on_gay_atlanta_bars?gid=17101   Mike Bowers Thrown Out of DeKalb Commission Meeting Peach Pundit http://www.peachpundit.com/2015/08/04/mike-bowers-thrown-out-of-dekalb-commission-meeting/   Vogtle: At $65 […]

Homeless People in Atlanta Plant Organic Garden, Feed Shelter Residents Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/homeless-people-in-atlanta-plant-organic-garden-feed-shelter-residents_55b6aa97e4b0074ba5a5d702   Prosecutor Paid Off Student Loan Debt with Funds Seized by Defendants Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/civil-asset-forfeiture-student-loans_55b12f37e4b07af29d57cc12   Can Rent Control Fix the Gap Between Wages and Housing? USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/31/stateline-rent-control/30782501/   Jimmy Carter: America is Not a Democracy Anymore Talking Points Memo blog http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jimmy-carter-us-oligarchy-bribes   Beautiful Translucent Barriers […]

To access the links, please click to view the full post.   Decatur Residents Concerned About Loss of Diversity WABE radio http://wabe.org/post/decatur-residents-concerned-about-loss-diversity   Poll Finds Big Gaps in Rural Health Care Albany Herald newspaper http://www.albanyherald.com/news/2015/jul/26/poll-finds-big-gaps-in-rural-health-care/   APD Body Camera Purchase Held Up Amid Procurement Dispute Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/apd-body-camera-purchase-held-up-amid-procurement-/nm2nN/   Georgia Sues Website for Publishing State’s Annotated Laws WABE radio http://wabe.org/post/georgia-sues-website-publishing-states-annotated-laws […]

Click on full post to click links.   Richmond Becomes First City in Contra Costa to Approve Rent Control Contra Costa Times (California) http://www.contracostatimes.com/richmond/ci_28520869/richmond-becomes-first-city-contra-costa-approve-rent   Hearing on New Vogtle Nuclear Reactors Provides New Information on Mounting Risks and Costs Clean Energy http://blog.cleanenergy.org/2015/07/07/hearing-on-new-vogtle-nuclear-reactors-provides-new-information-on-mounting-risks-and-costs/   Georgia Charter Schools: Uneven Results and Delays in Closing Failing Ones Get Schooled blog, Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://getschooled.blog.ajc.com/2015/07/16/georgia-charter-schools-uneven-results-and-delays-in-closing-failing-ones/ […]

Click on full post for live links.   Burglary Suspect Weeps after Recognizing Judge from Middle School WSVN television news http://www.wsvn.com/story/29466437/burglary-suspect-weeps-after-recognizing-judge-from-middle-school   There’s a Giant Victim Culture Temper Tantrum Coming From the Christian Right Daily Kos http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/29/1397753/-There-s-a-giant-victim-culture-temper-tantrum-coming-from-the-Christian-right?detail   Cuba Just Became the First Country to eliminate HIV transmission Between Mother and Child Daily Kos http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/07/01/1398310/-Cuba-just-became-the-first-country-to-eliminate-HIV-transmission-between-mother-and-child?detail=email#   Miami-Dade County Decriminalizes Marijuana […]

Click on full post for links.   Brookhaven City Attorney Resigns After Cover Up Exposed Brookhaven Post http://www.brookhavenpost.co/brookhaven-city-attorney-resigns-after-cover-up-exposed/30929/   Waiver Plan Still Requires Legislative OK Georgia Health News http://www.georgiahealthnews.com/2015/05/legislator-ga-waiver-plan-requires-legislative/   State policies on illegal immigrants force APS valedictorian to leave Georgia for college Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Get Schooled blog http://getschooled.blog.ajc.com/2015/05/20/anti-immigrant-policies-force-aps-valedictorian-to-leave-georgia-for-college-how-does-that-help-state/   Earth Has Entered Sixth Mass Extinction Telegraph (UK) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11687091/Earth-has-entered-sixth-mass-extinction-warn-scientists.html […]

Judge Recommends Tyrone Brooks, Jr. be Struck from June 16 Contest to Fill Father’s Seat Atlanta Journal-Constitution Political Insider blog http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2015/06/08/judge-recommends-tyrone-brooks-jr-be-struck-from-june-16-contest-to-fill-fathers-seat/   Baby Beluga Whale  Born in Georgia Aquarium Has Died USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/06/05/baby-beluga-whale-georgia-aquarium-dead/28568937/   Georgia Man Wandered Around Atlanta Airport With A Loaded AR 15 Because Something Might Happen Raw Story http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/georgia-man-wandered-around-atlanta-airport-with-a-loaded-ar-15-because-something-might-happen/   Feds Financial Pitch for Medicaid Expansion […]

CLICK ON POST to view, access links. Investigators: Legislators and Corporate Lobbyists Meet in Secret at Georgia Resort Channel 11 Alive WXIA television news http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/investigations/2015/05/21/investigators-legislators-and-corporate-lobbyists-meet-in-secret-at-georgia-resort/27695105/   Atlanta Officials Agree to $20k Settlement for Baton Bob Atlanta Business Chronicle http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2015/05/atlanta-officials-agree-to-20k-settlement-for.html   City Paid 12 Million on Outside Investigation in Eagle Raid WABE http://wabe.org/post/city-paid-12-million-outside-investigation-eagle-raid#.VVaBlPgRWg8.facebook   From the Editor: I’m Stepping Down at […]

How For-Profit Prisons Have Become the Biggest Lobby No One is Talking About Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2015/04/28/how-for-profit-prisons-have-become-the-biggest-lobby-no-one-is-talking-about/?postshare=4721430256807275   Georgia Resentencing for Educators in Test Cheating Scandal New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/22/us/georgia-resentencing-for-educators-in-test-cheating-scandal-in-atlanta.html?_r=0   Georgia Democrats Still Searching for a 2016 Senate Candidate Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription only) http://www.myajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/georgia-democrats-still-searching-for-a-2016-senat/nk476/   Fulton School Board Calls for Postponing Atlanta’s Proposed Annexation Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription only) http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-education/fulton-school-board-calls-for-postponing-atlantas-/nk67n/   […]