Johnson's low-key style seen as strength vs. McKinney Article
Fundraisers will benefit accident victims Article
A tale of two theaters Article
At last, city makes good on botched repairs Article
New vaccine draws fire from right wing Article
Local radio gives liberal talk the business Article
Moms push mercury-autism link Article
Voter ID cards involve race against clock Article
Capitol View church gets new lease on life Article
Barren Highlands Article
Warhol grant hoists Eyedrum fortunes Article
Comedy club gets last-minute booze reprieve Article
Plaza Theatre up for sale, future TBA Article
Popular East Atlanta eatery regains its liquor license Article
He didn't know Article
Emory grads say they've created a safer studying aid Article
Lawmakers want to punish bank for stiffing scouts Article
Rock club relocates to East Atlanta Article
No Atlanta investigation in missing persons case Article
GOP seeks four-peat for thankless job Article
Sembler planning new development Article
Stealth games Article
Co-op touts two-wheel lifestyle Article
Future uncertain for Air America's Atlanta affiliate Article
For MARTA's bus routes, simpler might be better Article
DeKalb official says hooky, burglaries linked Article
AJC public editor misses the story Article
Obscenity statute still dead Article
Seattle Weekly publisher to join CL Article
Shoddy work Article
Instant nightlife Article
More Georgians will leave institutions Article
Re-elect 'our mayor'? Article
To help sleep ... or sleepwalk Article
APD: To date, no panhandlers cited under new law Article
If a panhandling ban is passed but nobody enforces it, what's the point?
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Last year, tourism and convention industry leaders pushed City Council to pass a controversial law prohibiting panhandling in a specific downtown "tourism triangle." Proponents of the ban said it would help prevent conventions whose members had grown tired of Atlanta's over-eager beggars from relocating to rival...
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Live, work ... and pray Article
Speech worth fighting for? Article
Future unknown for Air America Article
One of the only liberal talk-show radio stations in a market saturated by conservative signals might not survive the year.
Two-year-old WWAA-AM (1690), the local affiliate of progressive radio network Air America, was sold to JW Broadcasting for $12 million in late January from Intermart, a Scottsdale-based broadcasting company. Intermart says the sale was always part of their plan.
"The...
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The breakneck race to create a city of Dunwoody has been halted for now in the General Assembly, but some perplexed onlookers remain mystified as to what was driving that runaway train — while others harbor suspicions about the motives of the cityhood proponents.
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"The only explanation that makes sense is that people up there don't want to be under a black government," says state Rep....
Bills seek to de-fang PSC Article
More often than not, the Public Service Commission sides with the utilities it regulates rather than Georgia consumers. Yet lawmakers this year are contemplating at least two bills that would bypass the commission's authority and hand utilities two early Christmas gifts.
The PSC, made up of elected officials from five districts across the state, determines how much profit companies such as...
| more...Health care tricky for legal children of illegal parents Article
State tackles mercury pollution Article
Senate is knee-deep in stem-cell debate Article
Grassroots transportation group really Astroturf? Article
Graffiti art victory Article
It's obscene! (And now, it could be legal) Article
GOP favors local control -- except when it doesn't Article
Students want to be docs, not immigration refs Article
On Feb. 13, nearly 150 med students and professionals from Morehouse College, Mercer University, the Medical College of Georgia and Emory University stood outside the state Capitol, clutching posters that said "Don't drive away our future doctors" and "Don't play politics with health care."
The signs referred to Senate Bill 529, which was introduced four days earlier by state Sen. Chip Rogers,...
| more...Biodiesel bill passes state Senate Article
The state senate approved a bill on Feb. 13 that would increase the production and use of biodiesel, the petroleum-free alternative fuel. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Brian Kemp, R-Athens, requires that local schools and state agencies run diesel vehicles, including school buses, on fuel that contains at least 2 percent biodiesel.
Because the state and local schools consume millions of gallons...
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