1. Ga. inmate gives final answer before execution: 'Sir, I'm all right.'
Former navy sailor Travis Clinton Hittson, 45, was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday night at the Georgia Disgnostic and Classification Prison, 24 years after he and a chief petty officer murdered their shipmate and dismembered the body. When the warden asked him in the execution chamber whether he had anything more to say, Hittson responded, "No, sir, I'm all right." Less than five minutes after the warden left the room, signaling the beginning of the execution process, there was no apparent movement of Hittson's chest. Time of death was 8:14 p.m. His mother was one of the witnesses. Read more.
2. 'Select Fulton' to help market county for business.
Commissioners chose "Select Fulton: Your Atlanta Connection" as they tentative name of a new county-wide economic development arm. They took the Carl Vinson Institute of Government's advice, using Atlanta's name in their economic development efforts to help bring more business across the county. In addition to being an economic development clearinghouse, the new venture will do countywide site and workforce research and will focus on redevelopment opportunities. It will continue to try to bring companies to unincorporated South Fulton. Read more.
3. Atlanta Charter school considers closure after alleged theft.
4. Georgia's defense interests see gains and losses in Obama budget.
With one of the largest defense footprints in the country, Georgia has a lot of interests in the nearly $583 billion Pentagon budget blueprint President Barack Obama sent to Capitol Hill last week. Members of Georgia's congressional delegation in Congress cheered the decision to extend the lifetime of the A-10 Warthog and the money included for the Cyber Comment center at Fort Gordon, but they expressed concern about the funding levels for JSTARS, an aging radar system. Click here to see how Georgia's other defense intersts fared in Obama's proposal: Read more.
5. Ga. governor signs midyear budget with $1.1 billion in new spending.
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