The Senate Regional Transit Solutions Study Committee held its second meeting this morning, and after hearing from MARTA CEO Keith Parker and Board Chairman Robbie Ashe, the committee members were unable to reach consensus on whether MARTA would be the appropriate vehicle for regional transit governance. While committee members were generally pleased with the progress
After months of speculation and a few weeks of having an exploratory committee, City Councilmember Mary Norwood is running for Mayor of Atlanta for the second time. Norwood finished second to outgoing mayor Kasim Reed in 2009. In a statement sent to GAPol, Norwood steered clear of any formal policy announcements. Her entire statement reads:
The Georgia General Assembly’s Joint High-Speed Broadband Communications Access for all Georgians Study Committee is currently conducting regional meetings to gather input on improving broadband service across the state but especially in rural areas. While everyone cannot attend these hearings, there is an opportunity for everyone to be heard. The committee along with the UGA Carl
In light of last night, and really, any point in time thanks to our wonderful partisanship today’s song is apt. “I Don’t Believe You” by the Magnetic Fields. Boston Globe on being white and a minority in Georgia. (“People don’t look like me! Eegads how to survive?”) With 850 guns stolen from cars last year, ATLANTA LEADS
The Executive and Compensation Committee of the Board of Regents met today to interview Attorney General Sam Olens as a candidate for the presidency of Kennesaw State University, and decided to recommend him to the entire Board for consideration. University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby said in a statement, “With Sam Olens, we have
We appreciate gallows humor around here. We also often laugh at weather warnings because we know that most of them predict 10 out of every 1 actual event. Today is probably a good time to think about getting serious. Tomorrow morning some of you in SE Georgia will have to make some decisions. Hurricane Matthew
Georgia will receive $24.447 million to allow it to expand the number and quality of the Peach State’s charter schools via the U.S. Department of Education’s Charter Schools Program. The agency announced a total of $245 million would be distributed to states and charter management organizations. The funds come from the federal DOE’s 2016 budget.
Welcome to the continuing coverage of Brian Kemp’s performance as Secretary of State. Catch the first part here.* In late August, an Athens-Clarke County resident tried to get an absentee ballot, only for election officials to discover that she was dead. Except she wasn’t dead, the Secretary of State just presumed her to be. That’s
Rhonda Cook at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported last night that 13 people have been shortlisted for consideration by Gov. Nathan Deal for three open slots on the Georgia Supreme Court. Two of the three seats were newly created by the passing of House Bill 927 during the 2016 General Assembly session. The third seat is
