A state senator alleges a backroom offer — if he abandoned race for governor
The most surprising moment of the weekend’s Georgia Republican convention came midway through a feisty Saturday speech by Michael Williams to more than 1,500 activists — as the state senator veered...
View ArticleState ends free AP test for low-income students, shifts cash to STEM tests
A potentially potent issue in the 2018 election cycle may have just jumped up. For several years, the state of Georgia has picked up the $93 tab for one advance placement test for every low-income...
View ArticleU.S. Grant isn’t necessarily a hero in New York City
The General Grant National Monument, commonly known as Grant’s Tomb, in New York, circa 2004. AP file/Kathy Willens If you want to engage in a little cultural schadenfreude this morning, cast your eyes...
View ArticleMoody’s sour view of Georgia Power’s vow to keep plugging at Plant Vogtle
Plant Vogtle construction site in 2016. Johnny Edwards, jedwards@ajc.com The governor may applaud the move, and some members of the state Public Service Commission may be in favor, but a top ratings...
View ArticleThe good news for backers of Plant Vogtle’s expanded nuclear capacity
Plant Vogtle construction site in 2016. Johnny Edwards, jedwards@ajc.com Last week, a small but influential online magazine that follows energy and environmental issues noted a slight shift in the...
View ArticleStan Wise, chairman of the PSC, won’t seek re-election in 2018
Stan Wise, chairman of the state Public Service Commission, in a 2013 photo. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM The Marietta Daily Journal has landed the scoop of the morning. Stan Wise, chairman of...
View ArticleThe Jolt: Fallout from KSU data erasure likely to be political rather than legal
Merle King, executive director for the Center for Election Systems at Kennesaw State University, in a 2016 file photo. BRANDEN CAMP/SPECIAL We told you Thursday of a databank maintained by the Center...
View ArticleThe Jolt: Confederate group hires a lobbyist for a 2018 fight over statues
Behind the old courthouse on the Decatur Square sits this Confederate monument. The DeKalb County Commission wants to explore removal of the monument. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM The Georgia chapter of...
View ArticleThe Jolt: Dismal turnout could roil predictions in Atlanta mayoral race
Early voters cast their ballots at the Buckhead Library on last week in Atlanta. Curtis Compton,ccompton@ajc.com Only about 20,000 of 250,000 registered voters cast early ballots in Atlanta’s mayoral...
View ArticleAs Tuesday’s runoff for mayor of Atlanta looms, Mary Norwood names her...
Atlanta mayoral contenders Keisha Lance Bottoms (L) and Mary Norwood (R) at the WSB-TV debate on Sunday. STEVE SCHAEFER/SPECIAL TO THE AJC As Keisha Lance Bottoms sought to stir voters by appearing...
View ArticleAirport shutdown is a worrisome tale of vulnerability, poor timing for...
Isabelle Jacobs waits for her flight to New York in a dark terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Sunday. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC Two thoughts arise from the embarrassing...
View ArticleAs Vogtle vote looms, Tim Echols asks: ‘Do you want to leave that stuff...
Plant Vogtle construction site in 2016. Johnny Edwards, jedwards@ajc.com On Thursday, the state Public Service Commission will either approve or deny Georgia Power’s decision to continue construction...
View ArticleThe Republican likely to be at the center of any Plant Vogtle deal
Tim Echols, a Republican member of the state Public Service Commission. AJC file On Thursday, the state Public Service Commission will make what could be its most important decision in a generation on...
View ArticleRob Woodall praises ‘bicameral’ passage of tax rewrite by Congress
The Seventh District represented by Republican Rob Woodall in Congress covers portions of Gwinnett and Forsyth counties. The district has become a poster child for demographic change in Georgia, and...
View ArticleUtility regulators condition Vogtle approval on Congress okaying tax credits
Georgia utility regulators on Thursday conditioned their approval of the Vogtle nuclear project on no small caveat: that Congress approves roughly $800 million worth of tax credits. As part of its...
View ArticlePlant Vogtle approval includes an election-year bonus for PSC incumbents
This June 13, 2014, file photo, shows construction on a new nuclear reactor at Plant Vogtle in Waynesboro, Ga. AP/John Bazemore To no one’s surprise, the state Public Service Commission on Thursday...
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