by JMO Staff | Dec 31, 2023 | Floating Boats
The University of Georgia Bulldogs capped off a successful season on the gridiron over the weekend with a dominant victory over Florida State. It was a good year in general for the state’s college football squads, as Georgia Tech continued its rebuild under...
by JMO Staff | Dec 29, 2023 | Floating Boats
Many politicos and outside observers expected U.S. District Judge Steve Jones to throw out Georgia’s newly redistricted maps, but on Thursday he upheld them, saying they “fully complied” with his mandate to draw more majority-Black districts. The...
by JMO Staff | Dec 28, 2023 | Floating Boats
Cobb and Gwinnett Counties outside Atlanta will have a busy ballot next year. Each will likely ask residents to vote on a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) to fund Bus Rapid Transit, an option that supporters say could offer the benefits of rail service...
by JMO Staff | Dec 27, 2023 | Floating Boats
Legendary former Georgia state Rep. Calvin Smyre has had his ambassadorship nomination to the Bahamas rejected by the U.S. Senate once again, returning it to President Joe Biden. This is the second time the Senate has failed to confirm the nomination after first...
by JMO Staff | Dec 26, 2023 | Floating Boats
Atlanta attorney and former APD officer Shelitha Robertson was convicted last week on federal charges of fraudulently receiving over $7 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds. Robinson exaggerated the number of employees and monthly payroll at four small...
by JMO Staff | Dec 25, 2023 | Floating Boats
City of Atlanta officials have found an innovative way to help house homeless Atlantans this holiday season – using refurbished shipping containers to create rapid-affordable housing in downtown. The containers were donated by the Georgia Emergency Management...
