Key Lawmaker Says Transit Governance Bill Shelved Until Next Year
Feb 29A key lawmaker says legislation that would create a new umbrella transit board for metro Atlanta will not come up for a vote this year. Jonathan Shapiro reports. »
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APS Parents Question Random Address Verification Checks
Feb 29It's not exactly clear when Atlanta Public Schools superintendent Erroll Davis will present his recommendations regarding the district's rezoning plan. The final decision would change where some students currently attend school and may even close or co... »
T-SPLOST Battle Continues: DeKalb NAACP Announces Opposition
Feb 28In a conversation with WABE broadcast on Friday, Feb. 24th, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed made the case for the regional transportation sales tax, or "T-SPLOST," which goes before voters in July. But also last week, the DeKalb County Branch of the NAACP ann... »
Delta Shifts ATL to LON Service, Expands Codeshare Routes with Chinese Airlines
Feb 26Delta is discontinuing its Atlanta-London/Gatwick service. Instead, it's adding a second flight to London/Heathrow. »
JunctionATL Blog Tackles Transportation
Feb 26A new blog, JunctionATL.org, looks at different ways transportation affects metro Atlanta. WABE's Jim Burress speaks with Brian Gist, a blogger and senior attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center. »
Interview with Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Part 2: Transportation Sales Tax
Feb 25This July, voters around the state will decide whether they want to tax themselves a penny on the dollar, to pay for regional transportation projects. The "T-SPLOST" is very controversial; polls show it might not pass in the metro Atlanta area. Atlanta... »
APS Educators Connected To Cheating Given Ultimatum Part 2
Feb 24Resign or be fired. That was the message for more than one hundred educators involved in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal. The district has been paying the employees while they're on administrative leave. This ultimatum for the educators is ... »
Fired APD Officer Who Said Gay Sex is Violent: "I didn't mean anything by it."
Feb 24Jeremy Edwards is asking the Atlanta Civil Service Board to give him his job back. The Atlanta Police Dept. fired Edwards for lying during an investigation into the botched 2009 raid on the Atlanta Eagle, a Midtown gay bar. »
Interview with Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, Part 1: Sewer Tax Vote and Atlanta's Water Future
Feb 24On March 6th, Atlanta voters will decide whether or not to extend the city's penny-on-the-dollar sales tax, to pay for the major overhaul of the Atlanta sewer system. Mayor Kasim Reed is campaigning hard for a "yes" vote. He took questions about the "M... »
City Council prepares for budget
Feb 23On the first day of its winter retreat, the Atlanta City Council talked about the upcoming budget. »
Atlanta Ranks Among Top Cities for Cybercrime Risk
Feb 22A new study ranks Atlanta fourth in the nation for potential cybercrime risk. The study was performed by online security firm Norton and Sperling's BestPlaces. The companies based the rankings on lifestyle habits and cybercrime data. »
Bill to Ban Illegal Immigrants in State Colleges Gets New Life in Senate
Feb 22WABE's Denis O'Hayer reports supporters of a measure to ban illegal immigrants from admission to Georgia's state colleges and universities are trying to revive the measure in the Senate, after it stalled in the House. The Senate bill, SB 458, is schedu... »
Occupy Atlanta and Union Reps Protest AT&T Layoffs
Feb 21Today the first of about 500 workers at AT&T were offered severance packages or possible transfers within the company. Union representatives and Occupy Atlanta demonstrators continued their protests outside the AT&T building in midtown Atlanta. Jonatha... »
Politics, Religion, and the Santorum Campaign: A Conversation with Emory Political Scientist Andra Gillespie
Feb 21On Sunday, Feb. 19th, Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum was in metro Atlanta. He spoke at a big suburban church, and continued to emphasize the theme of religious conservatism in his campaign. WABE's Denis O'Hayer spoke with Emory Univers... »
Santorum Supporters Eager for Georgia Showdown with Gingrich
Feb 20A day after New Gingrich brought his campaign to Cobb County, Rick Santorum rallied supporters at a megachurch in Cumming, Georgia. Jonathan Shapiro reports. »
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