Governor awards $30 million for homelessness
Funding from the American Rescue Plan (ARPA) continues to roll out – $1.9 trillion is a lot of money. The state-directed portion of the funds totaled up to $195.3 billion split out between the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Final rules on the spending were issued by the U.S. Treasury in January this year, after the ARPA’s passage in March of 2021.
read moreCorbett Davis of Atlanta Technical College on Partnerships in the Community
Atlanta Technical College works closely with local governments and businesses as part of its comprehensive apprenticeship model, which puts students out in the community to get on-the-job training in real time. Learn more about ATC is plugging itself directly into the workforce with this video from Georgia CEO:
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Dekalb School Board Reluctantly Votes to Follow the Law
They didn’t want to do it but, after advice from their attorney, Democrats who control the DeKalb County Board of Education narrowly approved a policy about resolving complaints regarding “divisive racial concepts” after previously postponing a vote.
read moreNew Atlanta center takes aim at homelessness, crime
Since taking office in January Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens’ chief priority has been addressing the city’s surging violent crime rate. Not far behind that, the city’s homelessness problem and related issues regarding mental health, substance abuse, and then of course the crime that so often accompanies them.
read moreHouse committee looks at salary for law enforcement across the state
A House Study Committee on State and Local Law Enforcement Salaries, tasked with looking at and comparing law enforcement salaries across Georgia with those offered by other states, will hold its first meeting on Thursday at the John Pope Technology Center in Americus.
read moreSecretary of the Interior makes rare Georgia visit
It’s not too often the Secretary of the Interior makes their way to Georgia. As the agency in charge of national parks, monuments, wildlife refuges and some other public lands, the Secretary is often focused out West.
read moreNew recognition for Dentons, other Georgia legal giants
As one of the South’s economic powerhouses since sweeping up all the ash after Gen. William Sherman traveled through, Atlanta has a significant legacy of legal prowess with some of the country’s biggest firms finding a home in town.
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State awards first two medical cannabis production licenses
The agency in charge of Georgia’s medical cannabis program has awarded the first two production licenses for a product the General Assembly legalized seven years ago but that has yet to materialize.
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In An About-Face, Credit Card Companies Now Support Gun Control Tracking Program
In the now-distant past, the top priorities for the Democrat Party reflected views held by many middle- and working-class Americans, and included health insurance, higher wages, and support for public education. That once moderate set of priorities has now morphed into an agenda more at home in a European socialist country than middle America.
Atlanta’s Buckhead— not getting services it needs
As the Atlanta City Council member for District 8, the western half of Buckhead, I am often asked: What is causing Buckhead residents to entertain the idea of forming their own city government, separate from Atlanta?
The 9/11 Attack: Remembering horror & heroism
I’d trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday
–Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, “Me and Bobby McGee”
