The restitution stems from allegations that a former financial adviser with deep roots in Georgia GOP politics steered clients to the defunct Newnan-based firm.

An Atlanta city council member said he plans to introduce legislation seeking a study on privatizing security screening at Hartsfield-Jackson.

Chief People & Culture Officer DeRetta Rhodes called the Braves’ 2,600-strong game day staff “the heart of what we do.”

The conservative think tank Competitive Enterprise Institute posted that the partial government shutdown woes “show why it is time to privatize TSA.”

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has been the backdrop for some of the worst scenes of the ongoing government shutdown’s toll on the nation’s airports.

“It handles more passengers than any other facility in the world. But it wasn’t designed for what we’re experiencing," Atlanta airport General Manager Ricky Smith said.

At about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday, employees estimated standard wait times were about 2 1/2 hours. Some travelers breezed through checkpoints today with no wait at all.

As early as 5:30 a.m. Monday, an airport employee estimated it could take travelers at least four hours to get through TSA checkpoints.

As spring break travel ramps up, Hartsfield-Jackson expects nearly 350,000 people to pass through Atlanta airport security checkpoints from Thursday through Sunday.

The world’s busiest airport has many corridors and corners to explore.