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Your daily jolt: Spending debate has 'gummed up' U.S. transportation, says secretary
Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx on Monday encouraged Congress to take up President Barack Obama’s offer to trade corporate tax reform for increased spending on the nation’s infrastructure as a means of juicing the economy. The former mayor of Charlotte, N.C., in his first 40 days as head of the ...
John Lewis praises DOJ voting rights action in Texas, says N.C. should be next
WASHINGTON -- Rep. John Lewis praised Attorney General Eric Holder's push to place the state of Texas under pre-clearance requirements for voting laws under Section 3 of the Voting Rights Act. In an interview with the AJC today, the Atlanta Democrat said he thinks North Carolina should be next. "I'm ...
Your daily jolt: Jack Kingston becomes defense industry's candidate of choice
In nearly every public appearance on the U.S. Senate campaign circuit, Jack Kingston has emphasized one exception to demands to cut federal spending: The maintenance of a strong U.S. military. It is something that, on the stump, separates the Savannah congressman from one of his chief opponents, U.S. Rep. Paul ...
Your daily jolt: State problems with prison locks are ‘vindication’ for Fulton, says John Eaves
For more than a year, busted locks on the cell doors of its jail have served as a symbol of Fulton County’s dysfunctional state – just one more reason for Republicans in the state Capitol to shake their heads and continue their dismantlement of the county government. So you’ll have ...
With voting rights decision, clock is now ticking for Ga. Democrats
Set your watches. Democrats in this state have five years to get their act together, or risk remaining non-ciphers in Georgia’s political life until long after many of us are dead and gone. So ruled the U.S. Supreme Court this week. Specifically, the high court’s 5-4 vote to neutralize the ...
Botanical Garden’s ‘scarecrows’ are stuffed with silliness
DA’s spending of federal forfeiture money in question
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