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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 ...
More than 1,000 Georgia pre-k kids affected by federal shutdown
More than 1,000 Georgia 4-year-olds are joining the growing ranks of people who have nowhere to go Monday, thanks to the federal government shutdown.At the C.T. Buice Center in Sugar Hill, parents of 60 4-year-olds are worried about the impact on their children’s education, Principal Kim Holland said. They also ...
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 ...
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 ...
Cyclists angry over license plates for bikes
Georgia cyclists have their Spandex in a wad over a plan to require license plates on bicycles and annual registration fees to pay for them. The legislation, which is up for a public hearing Monday evening, comes from Gainesville-area lawmakers who say they’ve received numerous complaints about cyclists clogging roads ...
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 ...
Debt ceiling hike a tough call for Senate hopefuls
It’s the stuff ominous political television ads are made of: “Congressman X voted to increase the debt to $17.8 trillion.” In less than two weeks, the federal government — shutdown or no — is set to exhaust its congressional authority to borrow money. A vote to increase the debt ceiling ...
Ethics attorney 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 ...
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