http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:27:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/21/georgia-lawmakers-might-return-for-special-session/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/21/georgia-lawmakers-might-return-for-special-session/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:44:59 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=21148 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/21/georgia-lawmakers-might-return-for-special-session/feed/ 0 Expect lobbyists, journalists, shoeshine men and caterers to follow suit http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/05/georgia-revenues-in-may-were-%e2%80%94-you-guessed-it-%e2%80%94-down/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/05/georgia-revenues-in-may-were-%e2%80%94-you-guessed-it-%e2%80%94-down/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:07:23 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=20560 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/05/georgia-revenues-in-may-were-%e2%80%94-you-guessed-it-%e2%80%94-down/feed/ 0 Tax collections see 14.4 percent decrease compared to May 2008 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/17/lawmakers-more-state-furloughs-possibly-layoffs-in-2010-budget/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/17/lawmakers-more-state-furloughs-possibly-layoffs-in-2010-budget/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:57:21 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=17242 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/03/17/lawmakers-more-state-furloughs-possibly-layoffs-in-2010-budget/feed/ 3 Deep-in-the-red red state faces more hardship in next fiscal year's budget. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/21/georgia-rail-group-restore-funding-to-atlanta-griffin-line/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/21/georgia-rail-group-restore-funding-to-atlanta-griffin-line/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:26:30 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=13022 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/21/georgia-rail-group-restore-funding-to-atlanta-griffin-line/feed/ 0 Says governor's failure to fund rail line, which could be operational in two years, was "big mistake" http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/19/2009-georgia-general-assembly-struggles-with-budget-gridlock/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/19/2009-georgia-general-assembly-struggles-with-budget-gridlock/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:27:44 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=12844 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/19/2009-georgia-general-assembly-struggles-with-budget-gridlock/feed/ 3 For 40 days, state lawmakers will gather under the Gold Dome to fix all of our problems. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/13/eggs-and-issues-breakfast-with-perdue-cagle-richardson/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/13/eggs-and-issues-breakfast-with-perdue-cagle-richardson/#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 19:03:13 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=12439 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/01/13/eggs-and-issues-breakfast-with-perdue-cagle-richardson/feed/ 1 Transportation, education and taxes are the big issues — but everything hinges on the nearly $2 billion budget. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/03/state-goes-green-gsu-students-get-schweaty/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/03/state-goes-green-gsu-students-get-schweaty/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:54:34 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/03/state-goes-green-gsu-students-get-schweaty/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/03/state-goes-green-gsu-students-get-schweaty/feed/ 2 Students and faculty at Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School may have the luxury of being mere footsteps from all the downtown salad bars and panhandlers one could hope for, but they have the misfortune of being located in one of the Georgia Building Authority’s properties. The state agency, forced to scale back expenses in light [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/raisin-taxes-hurts-gop/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/raisin-taxes-hurts-gop/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:28:36 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/raisin-taxes-hurts-gop/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/raisin-taxes-hurts-gop/feed/ 1 Gov. Sonny Perdue’s plan for fixing a hemorrhaging state budget would cost Georgia homeowners upward of an extra 200 bucks a year — but it could end up costing Republicans even more. With revenue collections now clogging the toilet, Perdue announced earlier this month that projections were indicating a $1.6 billion (yes, that’s a “B”) shortfall [...]