(APN) ATLANTA — This installment of Capitol Journal covers Week Six of the 2016 year of the 2015-2016 Legislative Session of the Georgia General Assembly. Legislative Session Day 21 (Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2016) The biggest news of the day is the new religious freedom “Franken-Bill” – which combines HB 757 (the relatively innocuous Pastor Protection Act) with SB […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — In an appalling turn of events that reveals exactly why the Voting Rights Act is still needed, State Sen. Fran Millar (R-Dunwoody) showed his true colors, as it were, in a recent interview with the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Political Insider blog regarding his opposition to early voting on Sunday. Recently, DeKalb County expanded its early voting options […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — In our continuing coverage of Georgia’s 2014 elections, Atlanta Progressive News is providing this overview of the results of the Primary and Nonpartisan Elections held on May 20, 2014. Previously, we published Part One, which contained results for statewide, U.S. House, Fulton County Commission, judicial, DeKalb County Sheriff races. In this second installment […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — On February 26, 2014, the proposal for a City of Lakeside in parts of DeKalb and Gwinnett Counties, SB 270, passed the State Senate, after a heated debate. The vote was 32 yeas, and seventeen nays. The nays included State Sens. Gloria Butler (D-Atlanta), Gail Davenport (D-Jonesboro), Hardie Davis (D-Augusta), Vincent Fort (D-Atlanta), Steve Henson […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — The proposed City of Lakeside will have its day on the State Senate floor, thanks to State Sen. Fran Millar, (R-Dunwoody), who sponsored Senate Bill 270 to create the City of Lakeside. The boundary fights between Briarcliff, Lakeside, and Tucker have made this race to the finish noteworthy, with over 100,000 voters affected by the […]
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