City of Atlanta, Board of Regents and local politics
The University System of Georgia has announced the concealed carry protocol for House Bill 280 (HB 280). The memo outlines where guns are not allowed. In the announcement, Chancellor of the University System of Georgia, […]
The Atlanta City Council (ACC) has delayed to vote on a proposal that would eliminate jail time for people caught using marijuana, and lower possession fines to up to only $75. The ACC […]
Campus Carry (House Bill 280) Senate: Yea House: Yea The campus carry bill resurfaced as House Bill 280 (HB 280) with a few tweaks this year following its veto by Gov. Deal in April 2016. […]
The Georgia House has passed House Bill 37 (HB 37) which will cut state funding from private universities in Georgia that implement sanctuary policies for undocumented immigrants. The bill was proposed to counteract the growing […]
The State of Georgia will be expanding its definition of domestic terrorism. The new definition will take into account the terrorist’s ideological motivations. Senate Bill One (SB 1) comes amidst death threats aimed at […]
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents (BOR) has appealed a court decision that would have allowed DACA students to pay in-state tuition for Georgia’s public universities. In the Dec. 30 decision, Judge Gail […]
Georgia State will now consider accepting undocumented students at its Atlanta campus, and some advocates for immigrants’ rights are hailing the news as a triumph over a policy that’s been called discriminatory and segregating. But, […]
When Georgia’s anti-mask laws were scrawled into state code some 60 years ago, supportive legislators sought to curb anonymous violence by hooded Ku Klux Klansmen. But first-year Georgia State student Nabila Khan never guessed such […]
On Aug. 20, Georgia joined 22 other states in the fight against transgender students who want to use the bathroom corresponding to their gender identity. A week later, a U.S. District judge ruled in their […]
[slideshow_deploy id=’13961′] A fun night at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida turned into complete horror with the death of 49 people and has left the country in mourning. After this deadliest mass shooting in […]
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