Metro area officials line up for foreclosure aid Fecha: 02 Dec 2008
Atlanta Journal Constitution -
The deadline is Monday for local and state officials to apply for federal aid to help restore neighborhoods blighted by foreclosures and abandoned properties. As the deadline nears, nine local governments are busy finalizing plans outlining how they will spend $77 million in aid from the federal
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Mental health plan is big shift to privatization Fecha: 02 Dec 2008
Atlanta Journal Constitution -
Under pressure to fix its mental health system, Georgia is embarking on an uncharted course: the total privatization of state psychiatric hospitals. In an escalation of earlier plans for limited privatization, officials now want to hire for-profit companies to build and operate three new
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Palin to speak at Gwinnett Arena, Ludacris to help Martin Fecha: 02 Dec 2008
Atlanta Journal Constitution -
Georgia's seemingly endless U.S. Senate runoff finally winds down Monday, its last day marked by high-profile rallies, withering attack ads and stealthy efforts to get campaign-weary voters back to the polls. Alaska governor and former GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will appear with
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Everything you need to know for Tuesday's runoff Fecha: 02 Dec 2008
Atlanta Journal Constitution -
A Georgia U.S. Senate race that has attracted national media attention and was even lampooned on Saturday Night Live comes to an end Tuesday. Voters will also select a Georgia Public Service Commissioner, a state Court of Appeals judge and county commissioners, school board members and other local
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Church youth minister found dead in North Georgia Fecha: 02 Dec 2008
Atlanta Journal Constitution -
A northeast Georgia church youth minister was found dead early Monday, hours after he called his family to say he was giving a ride to "some stranded people." The body of the Rev. Edward Frank Harris Jr., 44, of Clermont was found shortly before 4 a.m. in a yard in Cleveland, White County Coroner
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Senate runoff in Georgia draws national interest Fecha: 02 Dec 2008
Atlanta Journal Constitution -
Anybody who thought the national election ended Nov. 4 hasn't been to Georgia lately. Tuesday's runoff between U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) and Democratic challenger Jim Martin has attracted everyone from former President Bill Clinton to GOP presidential nominee John McCain as both parties
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Family of psychiatric patient to get $1 million from state Fecha: 02 Dec 2008
Atlanta Journal Constitution -
For the second time in two years, Georgia will pay a million-dollar settlement over the death of a patient at one of its beleaguered state psychiatric hospitals. An apology, the patient's sister said, might have resolved the case for much less money. The family of Michael Ernest Webb, a 59-year-old
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Attorney, Herb Shafer, 88, often outraged, outrageous Fecha: 02 Dec 2008
Atlanta Journal Constitution -
At first blush, a visitor entering a courtroom and seeing attorney Herb Shafer thinks one thing: Isn't George Burns dead? [ Post your comments below. ] The legendary comedian has indeed passed on. But Shafer, a dapper 88-year-old bantam rooster of a man, still haunts Georgia's courtrooms, angering
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