by Baker Owens | Apr 8, 2022 | News, News 2
The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC), the federal Economic Development District for the 11-county Atlanta area, came out with two major announcements this week. First, they announced the 17 projects selected as part of the Livable Centers Initiative – to the...
by Baker Owens | Apr 1, 2022 | News, News 2
If you don’t count Dallas – as is proper, the government of South Korea announced on Thursday that it is opening its first Southern trade office in Atlanta. The office is only the eighth for the Asian nation in the United States, with the usual suspects of New...
by Baker Owens | Mar 31, 2022 | News, News 2
Late Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2954, the Securing a Strong Retirement Act, by a vote of 441-5. Georgia’s representatives were unanimous on the bill that contains a number of reforms to improve American’s retirement situations. “In...
by Baker Owens | Mar 25, 2022 | News, News 2
On Thursday the Georgia Department of Education announced more than $899,000 in Opportunity Grants to increase options for school districts and support programs like languages, fine arts, physical education and summer classes. The grants are the result of...
by Baker Owens | Mar 23, 2022 | News, News 2
In an election year, particularly one such as this that features a host of legislators running for higher office, goings on at the legislature can take on some new meaning. Additionally, the natural and sometimes exacerbated adversarial relationship between the...