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What We’re Reading – Monday, August 17, 2015

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Click on full post to access links.   Medicaid Opt-Out Costing State Billions Newnan Times-Herald http://www.times-herald.com/local/Atkinson-Arnall-dinner   New State Funded Bus Line Links Kennesaw to Atlanta Marietta Daily Journal http://mdjonline.com/printer_friendly/26808559   Georgia Could Profit from Improved U.S. Relations with Cuba Atlanta Business Chronicle http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/blog/capitol_vision/2015/08/georgia-could-profit-from-improved-u-s-relations.html   Developer Plans 134 Acre Forsyth Project Atlanta Business Chronicle http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/real_talk/2015/08/developer-plans-134-acre-forsyth-project-inspired.html   WGL Energy Celebrates Opening […]

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(IPS) Moral Mondays Spread to Georgia, South Carolina

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This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website: http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/02/moral-mondays-protests-inspire-truthful-tuesdays/ SPOKANE, Washington, Feb 3 2014 (IPS) — Moral Monday, the populist movement in North Carolina that saw a diverse coalition of thousands of progressive activists descend upon the state legislature, is now spreading throughout the U.S. South. “I think it’s a sign the body politic is healthy in the U.S. […]

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Georgia’s First “Moral Monday” Pushes Medicaid Expansion

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(APN) ATLANTA — In a cold, blustery rain, about five hundred Georgians stood on the front steps of the Georgia State Capitol for over two hours imploring Governor Nathan Deal to stop playing politics with the lives of over 650,000 citizens and accept federal funding of Medicaid expansion in Georgia.       This was the day of the birth […]

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Moral Monday Movement Coming to Georgia

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(APN) ATLANTA — Since August 19, 2013, a “Moral Monday” movement has been building in Georgia to take back our State government from the interests of corporations and wealthy people.  The Moral Monday Georgia Coalition, which includes people of faith and citizens of Georgia, has been meeting every two weeks to plan for progressive actions during the 2014 Legislative Session. […]

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Seven Undocumented Students Arrested for Wanting an Education

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  (APN) ATLANTA — Seven undocumented students from around the nation were arrested today while staging a sit-down protest on Courtland Street at Georgia State University for over an hour.  Risking prison and deportation these brave students practiced the age old tradition of civil disobedience to protest the shameful laws which ban them from attending college. Georgina Perez, Viridiana Martinez, […]

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