Originally constructed as Centennial Olympic Stadium ahead of the 1996 games, the 85,000 seat venue was repurposed into Turner Field the following year, housing the Atlanta Braves until they moved to Cobb County in 2017. At that point it became Georgia State Stadium, the home of the GSU Panthers’ football team. Monday it was announced that the stadium will have a new name, pending expected USG approval – Center Parc Credit Union Stadium. The company will pay $21.5 million for the naming rights, which it will keep for 15 years. That’s a nice chunk of change for a school that, like all others, could use the cash in the midst of the pandemic. The new name might not exactly roll off the tongue, but fiscally it has GSU RISING…
Georgia Congressman Bishop under scrutiny for use of taxpayer and campaign funds
A newspaper and website published in Washington, D.C. is reporting that Georgia Congressman Sanford Bishop Jr. (D-GA-02) is under intense scrutiny for his use of thousands of dollars worth of taxpayer funds and campaign cash for personal expenses including...Atlanta Police Now No-Shows for Non-Injury Accidents
“If you are visiting, or live in, the city of Atlanta then don’t have a non-injury vehicle accident,” warns a Facebook response to a recent, little-publicized policy change by the Atlanta Police Department. People who saw the post on Facebook by Atlanta311...Who’s on the ballot for the CD-5 special election?
A former state representative who gave longtime 13th District Congressman David Scott a slight scare in the June Primary is among seven contenders who are seeking to finish the unexpired term of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis in a Sept. 29 special election....Secretary of State’s office fires back at error-filled New York Times story
The Georgia Secretary of State’s Office wants to set the record straight — addressing what they called a number of errors in a recent New York Times article, “Anatomy of An Election ‘Meltdown’ in Georgia,” published July 25. Walter Jones, Voter Education...State Board of Education awarded $18.5 million for virtual learning
The U.S. Department of Education announced on Wednesday that 11 states will be receiving approximately $180 million in grant funding for “rethinking education to better serve students during the COVID-19 pandemic.” The Rethink K-12 Education Models Grant...
