City of Atlanta, Board of Regents and local politics
If State Sen. Harold Jones, D-Augusta, has things his way, getting busted for pot might not land you behind bars. Punishment for marijuana possession could shift from a felony to a misdemeanor with the passage […]
House Bill 859, known as the “Campus Carry” bill, passed through the state House Monday. And recent Georgia State robberies gave legislators some ammunition to push the bill through with a 113-59 vote. The bill […]
Daybreak of Jan. 2, federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) went knocking on doors in Georgia, Texas and North Carolina, taking 121 immigrants into custody for deportation under federal government orders. U.S. Department […]
Half a dozen Republican Georgia House reps are pushing legislation this session to boost students’ GPAs. The proposed hike in grades from House Bill 801 (HB 801), however, would only be applied to STEM courses, […]
State Sen. Vincent Fort just dropped a new bill that could have everyone’s favorite parking enforcement agency, ParkAtlanta, driven outta town. Fort told The Signal that ParkAtlanta has spent its tenure in the city preying […]
Updated 2/4/16 at 5:06 p.m. to clarify statistics from the Georgia Lottery Corporation. Another posse of Georgia State Reps. has rolled into town to try its hand at legalizing casino gambling in Georgia this legislative […]
If State Rep. Keisha Waites, D-Atlanta, has it her way, “curing” children of queer identity through therapy is going to end in Georgia. Waites last month introduced House Bill 716 (HB 716), which would, if […]
In the United States and Georgia government, addressing gun use has become a hot topic. On Jan. 5, Barack Obama introduced 23 executive actions on gun control, and he focused on the underlying reasons behind […]
Last year, the state of Georgia dabbled with medical marijuana legalization. But nine months later Gov. Nathan Deal has yet to inhale. In April 2015, Deal ratified House Bill 1, nicknamed “Haleigh’s Hope Act,” which […]
The city of Atlanta will continue pursuing a retention pond project, even though residents, including a Georgia State professor, may be forced from homes where the selected project site is. Georgia State law professor Tanya […]
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