Written by Arielle Kass - Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Jun 5, 2017 | News
The state supreme court nixed Atlanta’s expansion efforts Monday when justices decided that five neighborhoods the city attempted to annex instead will remain part of the new city of South Fulton. Residents voted to form the city in November, but there was contention about its borders even before the vote was held. […]
Written by James Salzer - Atlanta Journal-Constitution | May 3, 2017 | News
In the six months leading up to the 2017 legislative session, a fund created by Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle’s campaign staffers collected $2.2 million in high-dollar contributions, many coming from lobbyists, businesses and associations with a keen interest in the Georgia Senate he leads. Georgia Conservatives Fund, long run by […]
Written by Michelle Baruchman - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Apr 14, 2017 | News
The Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration voted to deny a challenge against Kay Kirkpatrick’s eligibility for state Senate. A complaint was filed with the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office Monday that alleged she used a different name other than her legal name to run for office. According to […]
Written by Molly Bloom - Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Apr 3, 2017 | News
Three employees at Atlanta’s Grady High School were sanctioned because district officials said they failed to do the right thing after learning that several members of the school’s football team and a female student may have left campus during lunch to engage in sexual activity. A social worker, a teacher […]
Written by Meredith Hobbs, Daily Report | Mar 29, 2017 | News
Ryan Teague, formerly the governor’s top lawyer, has joined litigation and regulatory Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield as a partner. Teague, 37, was Gov. Nathan Deal’s executive counsel before resigning in December to focus on his family’s business, Baldwin Paving, in Marietta. At his new firm he rejoins an old […]
Written by Arielle Kass - Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Mar 20, 2017 | News
As South Fulton voters prepared to cast their ballots for the city’s first government, attorneys argued Monday about the new municipality’s borders before the state supreme court. By legislation, the boundaries for the City of South Fulton were set July 1. Five South Fulton neighborhoods are still in dispute, though, because Atlanta […]
Written by Dave Williams, Atlanta Business Chronicle | Mar 20, 2017 | News
Legislation the General Assembly passed last year leading to the creation of the city of South Fulton should not prohibit Atlanta from annexing five neighborhoods now part of the new city, a lawyer representing Atlanta argued Monday. As a local act, House Bill 514 did not supersede the general state […]
