Ga. candidates begin qualifying for office
Candidates are signing up to run for office this week. The qualifying period began Tuesday morning and runs through Friday at noon. Every seat in the state Legislature, as well as the U.S. House of Representatives, are up for grabs. Thousands of county-level offices are also up for election, including ...
Virginia considers privately-operated ports
Virginia will consider whether to turn over the operation of its port terminals to a private company following an unsolicited proposal to do so that is valued at nearly $4 billion, state officials said Wednesday. The state Department of Transportation issued a request for alternative proposals following an unsolicited one ...
Mohawk Industries to expand in Chattooga County
Flooring manufacturer Mohawk Industries will add roughly 500 jobs as it expands its operations in northwest Georgia, officials said Wednesday. Mohwak recycles billions of plastic bottles and containers into polyester fiber used in carpets. During the expansion project at its Summerville plant, the company will invest in technology making its ...
Gov. Deal launches childhood obesity initiative
Georgia's governor and the state health department have launched a program aimed at addressing childhood obesity through government, philanthropic and academic efforts. In announcing the SHAPE program on Wednesday, Gov. Nathan Deal's Office said Georgia has the second highest obesity rate in the country for children ages 10 to 17. ...
Man leading ethics probe of Baptist leader resigns
The head of a group investigating the comments of Southern Baptist Convention ethics leader Richard Land has resigned. Arkansas pastor Richard Piles said he has taken over as Trustee Board chairman for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission after Steve Faith left in order to commit more time to his ...
Ga. Rep. Broun suggests FDIC targets GOP states
Georgia Rep. Paul Broun is suggesting that federal regulators are targeting banks in Georgia and Texas for closure because they are in Republican-leaning states. The Republican Congressman told reporters Monday that bankers in his district have reported that officials from Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are saying they will close down ...
Reservoir caught in 3-state war for water
Hickory Log Creek Reservoir in Canton is filled with water and primed to deliver its first drop after more than a decade of planning and construction and a cost of nearly $100 million. But paperwork, the bureaucracy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the long-running tri-state water wars ...
TVA, Native American tribes hold workshop
The Tennessee Valley Authority and Native American tribes in the valley have consulted on issues affecting both. A three-day workshop May 15-17 in Chattanooga fulfilled a requirement that TVA consult with tribal leaders routinely. The federal utility has conducted the workshops every five years since 2002. TVA historian and Native ...
Group threatens suit over reptile protection
An environmental group threatened Tuesday to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for not moving quickly enough to protect 25 amphibian and reptile species across the Southeast that it believes are in danger of extinction. Officials at the Minneapolis-based Center for Biological Diversity said they hoped the threat of ...
Feds: SC businessman illegally exported to Iran
The president of a North Charleston company has been arrested and charged with illegally exporting goods to Iran and lying to agents about his trade practices, according to federal prosecutors. Markos Baghdasarian was arrested Saturday at Atlanta's main airport before he could board a flight to the United Arab Emirates. ...
Education group concerned about JPMorgan losses
The Professional Association of Georgia Educators says it has concerns about losses at JPMorgan Chase and how they might affect a retirement plan for teachers. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (http://bit.ly/JlmmFX) that JPMorgan Chase's shares represent a $251 million portion of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia's holdings. Those JPMorgan Chase ...
Obama leads Ga. fund-raising; Romney closing gap
President Barack Obama continues to collect more money from Georgians than Republican challenger Mitt Romney, but the fund-raising gap between the two in the state is closing. An analysis of campaign finance reports by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://bit.ly/KOkHW7) found that Obama's re-election campaign reported about $283,000 raised from Georgia in ...
Douglasville to vote on Sunday alcohol sales
Douglasville residents will get the chance to vote on Sunday alcohol sales. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (http://bit.ly/JMzKEr) that Douglasville's city council voted Monday night to schedule a vote for November. Mayor Harvey Persons had vetoed a referendum on Sunday sales, but the city council voted 7-0 to overturn that veto ...
Deal keynote speaker for Cobb military luncheon
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal will headline a military affairs luncheon in Cobb. The Republican is speaking Tuesday before a 60th annual meeting of the Atlanta Regional Military Affairs Council at 11 a.m. The event will recognize military service members and those killed in the line of duty. Every major military ...
Head of US nuclear safety agency to step down
The embattled chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission resigned Monday after a tumultuous three-year tenure in which he pushed for sweeping safety reforms but came under fire for an unyielding management style that fellow commissioners and agency employees described as bullying. Gregory Jaczko stepped down ahead of a potentially blistering ...
Ga. judge resigns amid state probe
A veteran judge is stepping down from the bench amid a state investigation into alleged judicial misconduct. Ocmulgee Circuit Superior Court Judge John Lee Parrott submitted his retirement letter to Gov. Nathan Deal on Saturday. The Judicial Qualifications Commission said in court papers on Monday that it had been investigating ...
Celebrities toast Andrew Young's 80th birthday
Oprah Winfrey and other celebrities gathered to pay tribute to one of Atlanta's most influential residents. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (http://bit.ly/a1eK) that Sunday's gathering in Atlanta honored former Mayor Andrew Young, who turned 80 this year. Young's eight decades have included key moments during the civil rights movement at the ...
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko says he will step down
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko says he will step down.
Metro Atlanta city considers cutting police
The city council in an Atlanta suburb is considering cuts to the community's police department. The East Point City Council is scheduled to meet Monday night to take up the issue as it discusses next year's budget. WSB Radio reports that Mayor Earnestine Pittman believes the city just south of ...
Gov. Deal says he supports Romney
Gov. Nathan Deal said Sunday he's supporting Mitt Romney for president now that the former Massachusetts governor has a lock on the Republican nomination. "I have talked to Gov. Romney and certainly I will support his candidacy," Deal told The Associated Press in an interview Sunday. "He obviously is going ...
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