1. A 30-mile reversible toll lane on I-75: what could go wrong? Those giant bridge supports rising next to your morning commute on I-75 and I-575 in Cobb and Cherokee counties will carry express toll lanes that will enable paying customers to soar above rush hour, and will reverse once each day. [Read more]
2. MARTA to make an $8 billion expansion pitch to change the face of Atlanta: For 50 years or more, even before I-285 was finished, metro Atlanta's orientation has been circular. There is Inside-the-Perimeter, Outside-the-Perimeter, and the rest of Georgia. That landscape may be about to change. Drastically. [Read more]
3. A McDonough sculptor died late Sunday. He was chosen last month to create a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. for the Georgia State Capitol grounds. Police said Andy Davis was on his motorcycle about 12:35 a.m. Saturday when he was hit from behind by an allegedly drunk pickup truck driver at a traffic light. [Read more]
4. Is Cobb official right on Braves stadium contract numbers? Construction of the new stadium is well under way and has already resulted in more than $250 million in contracts to Cobb County businesses, County Commission Chairman Tim Lee said. But Is he right? PolitiFact decided to check. [Read more]
5. "Pastor protection" from gay marriage is necessary, politician says: Georgia House Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, said Monday that he wants to "reassure" Georgia clergy that the state will protect them with a new law, should they decide not to perform same-sex weddings. [Read more]
