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Ch. 2 investigation exposes mismanagement of adoption funds for parents
A Channel 2 investigation has discovered that Georgia could be forced to repay the federal government nearly $15 million because the state has badly mismanaged payments to adoptive parents. There are no accusations of fraud, but federal inspectors called the state's hand on the over-payments. Channel 2's investigation showed Georgia's ...
Sources: City cabinet member suspended over Ch. 2 interviews
Channel 2 Action News has learned a member of Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed's cabinet has been suspended because she granted an interview to Channel 2. Two sources said the mayor's chief of staff ordered the suspension this week. Channel 2's Richard Belcher said it's another signal of the administration's sensitivity ...
Former UGA coach accused of defrauding others out of millions
Former University of Georgia football coach Jim Donnan is caught up in a financial scandal that includes charges he defrauded friends, coaches and former players out of millions of dollars. Donnan was UGA's head coach for five years in the late 1990s. He posted a winning record and took the ...
Records show airport contract winner not allowed to do business in Ga.
Channel 2 Action News has learned that a politically well-connected company never even bothered to get approval to do business in Georgia before it won part of a contract at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. Channel 2's Richard Belcher found out a key figure in the company is a political supporter of Atlanta ...
Audio tapes show former superintendent bullying state official over CRCT cheating
Channel 2 Action News has learned a well-known former school superintendent at two metro districts is caught on tape bullying and threatening a state education official. The issue was the state's use of erasure analysis to spot potential cheating on the CRCT exam. James Wilson was the superintendent at Cobb ...
Investigation shows hundreds of officers no-shows at DUI hearings
A Channel 2 Action News investigation found Atlanta police officers are no-shows at hundreds of DUI hearings. Blood tests are mandatory in Georgia for DUI cases, but a Channel 2 investigation revealed some people who refuse them are getting out of trouble because the officers do not show up for court. ...
Report shows officers injured, fired over May riot
Channel 2 Action News has learned a state investigation found the head of a youth detention center failed to control the flow of contraband into the center. The investigation was conducted after the DeKalb Regional Youth Detention Center was hit by the first of two major riots earlier this year. ...
Professor: DUI field tests designed to fail
When police officers stop a suspected drunk driver, they usually ask the driver to take a field sobriety test, but Channel 2 Action News spoke to some critics who said the tests are designed to fail. Georgia drivers are not legally required to take a field sobriety test. Channel 2 ...
Investigation finds hundreds of Georgia teachers failed certification test
A Channel 2 Action News investigation found that more than 700 Georgia teachers repeatedly failed at least one portion of the certification test they are required to pass before receiving a teaching certificate. Nearly 60 teachers failed the test more than 10 times and one teacher failed the test 18 ...
Head of Juvenile Justice leaving following Channel 2 investigation
Channel 2 Action News has learned that the head of the State Department of Juvenile Justice is leaving the agency and taking a less influential position in another state agency. In recent weeks, Channel 2's Richard Belcher raised questions about commissioner Amy Howell's vehicle allowance and rising violence in some ...
APS slow to carry out principal’s suspension
Channel 2 has learned that an Atlanta high school principal who was given a 10-day suspension in January for cheating hasn't served a day of it yet. Since a state investigation earlier this year revealed widespread standardized test cheating at Atlanta Public Schools, there has been much talk about tough ...
Teachers concerned over string of break-ins at school
Channel 2 Action News has learned that burglars have broken into 11 temporary classrooms at a single DeKalb County High School. A parent called Channel 2's Richard Belcher to complain about the lack of security for the trailers at Chamblee Charter High School. Three teachers told Belcher Wednesday they were ...
Atlanta water customers paying more to get their bill
Water rates in the City of Atlanta are among the highest in the country and rate-payers were just hit with another double-digit increase in July. Now a Channel 2 Action News investigation has uncovered evidence that Atlanta's cost of reading meters and sending out water bills is higher than other ...
Report: APS computer system open to hacking
Channel 2 Action News has learned that a team of independent experts concluded the Atlanta School System’s information technology system is badly managed and wide open for hacking and thefts. The school district paid nearly $70,000 for the study, but refuses to release it because of an exemption in the ...
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