In the aftermath of the 2015 legislative session, transportation leaders today write about the impact of the General Assembly’s move to increase funding for road and bridge maintenance and to remove restrictions on MARTA. While the transit agency failed to win a permanent annual revenue stream or the ability to start expansion, it takes solace in some gains and knowing the state’s power bloc now recognizes that transit must be part of the equation to solve congestion.

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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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