by JMO Staff | Jun 7, 2024 | Floating Boats
Teachers in the Atlanta Public Schools district got good news this week when the Board of Education approved an 11% pay hike for the upcoming fiscal year. That marks the biggest raise since 2009 for APS, which came up with the funding in part by cutting back on...
by JMO Staff | Jun 6, 2024 | Floating Boats
The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis is one of the most iconic political figures in Georgia history, not only for his 34 years in office as a congressman but also for his Civil Rights activism. U.S. Sens. Raphael Warnock and John Ossoff have taken steps to preserve and...
by JMO Staff | Jun 5, 2024 | Floating Boats
It’s not uncommon to hear people say that Atlanta rent hikes in recent years have been criminal – but have they been quite literally crimes? The FBI recently performed an unannounced raid on Atlanta-based Cortland Management, a major corporate landlord....
by JMO Staff | Jun 4, 2024 | Floating Boats
The City of Atlanta’s widespread water outage continued into day four Monday as repair crews continued to work on a broken water main in Midtown. That was the second major break of the weekend, following a major break Friday near Downtown that resulted in water...
by JMO Staff | Jun 3, 2024 | Floating Boats
Complaints have steadily rolled in over the past three years regarding the state’s e-filing system, which tracks campaign donations, lobbying reports, and other financial information. The Georgia Ethics Commission has spent some $1.5 million on the software,...
by JMO Staff | May 30, 2024 | Floating Boats
Forget about how you view former President Donald Trump. Let’s worry how yesterday’s guilty verdict against him– guided by nebulous rules from a Joe Biden-donor judge and a district attorney who campaigned to “get Trump”— will impact the presidential election....
