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PolitiFact: Chambliss’ ‘Obamacare’ comparison flawed
Part of the argument made by critics of President Barack Obama’s health care law is that the law imposes big financial commitments in perpetuity, particularly for subsidizing health insurance for Americans who otherwise couldn’t afford it.On CNN’s “Crossfire,” Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., argued that the nation simply can’t afford this ...
PolitiFact: Roundup of shutdown claims
The U.S. government is partially shut down, but that hasn’t stopped the political rhetoric coming out of Washington about the shuttering of our federal government, or its causes. PolitiFact and PolitiFact Georgia have closely monitored the comments coming from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. We thought it would ...
DA’s spending of federal forfeiture money in question
Finances of the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office were in such chaos in recent years that even its most basic bills went unpaid. It was slapped with eviction fees for paying rent late for its burglary task force. One of its bank accounts was dangerously close to being overdrawn. A ...
Making the trip by car a stop-and-go affair
When we started this venture, reporter Andria Simmons and I joked that I might be getting the worst end of the deal. Everyone knows that battling traffic in metro Atlanta — especially during morning rush hour — is usually an extremely frustrating task. However, I knew that Atlanta Journal-Constitution readers ...
East-west transit trip reveals riders’ woes
Two and a half hours. That’s about how long it takes to fly nonstop from Atlanta to New York City. It’s also how long it took me to travel from Duluth to Marietta on metro Atlanta’s public transit systems. Is this the best that a world-class city can do? Voters ...
Lawmakers focus on transit coordination
When the transportation sales tax referendum sank last year, many feared metro Atlanta transit was doomed to remain disjointed and underfunded. Funding challenges remain, but an effort is under way at the state Capitol to unite the Atlanta region’s four major transit providers and create a more seamless system. A ...
PolitiFact: Obama figure doesn’t truly capture health plan options
A central goal of the national health care law is to promote competition among insurance companies. This produced the online health insurance exchanges, now called marketplaces. In theory, these marketplaces will make it easier for people to shop for the best deal. During a speech in Maryland, President Barack Obama ...
Ethics lawyer says chairman pressured her to settle Deal cases
Ethics commission Chairman Kevin Abernethy pressured the agency’s attorney to quietly settle cases against Gov. Nathan Deal, the attorney said in a sworn statement obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Abernethy vigorously denied the claims made by Elisabeth Murray-Obertein, the commission’s staff attorney. She made the accusation in an affidavit filed ...
Fulton revives talk of tax increase
Less than three months after rejecting a property tax increase to help balance Fulton County’s budget, officials have revived the idea. County Commission Chairman John Eaves this week floated a plan for a new tax levy to support either Grady Memorial Hospital or county libraries. Though Eaves hasn’t endorsed the ...
Grant Park big-box development takes new turn with a pair of lawsuits
The battle between residents and a developer over plans for a big-box store in Grant Park intensified Thursday as backers of the project slapped Atlanta officials with lawsuits over a recent zoning change. Fuqua Development and Lafarge Building Materials, which owns the 20-acre property that Fuqua is set to convert ...
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