(APN) ATLANTA -- The State of Georgia has received over 339 million dollars from the Hardest Hit Fund (HHF) program and that money is intended to assist Georgians facing foreclosure.  However, these funds have been slow to reach Georgians and ...

(APN) ATLANTA -- Thursday, March 29, 2012, the last day of the General Assembly, began for Occupy Atlanta, unions, religious leaders, leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, community activists, and the Tea Party at 9:30am with a prayer vigil outsid...

(APN) ATLANTA -- Today, Monday, March 26, 2012, Occupy Atlanta, Communication Workers of America (CWA) Local 3204, and Atlanta Jobs with Justice announced a historic victory in preventing over 250 layoffs at AT&T.  The coalition claims that th...

(APN) ATLANTA -- On Saturday, March 17, 2012, over forty organizations and two thousand citizens gathered at the State Capitol to "kill the bill." SB 469--which as previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News, would make protesting on private p...

(APN) QUITMAN -- On Saturday, February 25, 2012, over five hundred Georgia citizens marched in support of the Quitman Ten Plus Two.  As previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News, the twelve have been accused of voter fraud in a local Board o...

(APN) ATLANTA -- SB 469, an anti-union and anti-protest bill, would turn nonviolent civil disobedience into a felony punishable by imprisonment for one year and a fine of ten thousand dollars for organizations and one thousand dollars for individu...

(APN) ATLANTA -- Senate Bill 401 is a new, bipartisan bill introduced in Georgia’s State Senate would encourage private investment in solar power, stimulate the economic growth of Georgia, and enhance the continued diversification of the energy re...

  (APN) ATLANTA -- At a legislative hearing on Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at the Georgia Capitol, State Rep. Jason Spencer (R- Woodbine), one of the co-sponsors of HB 668--which would require people who receive temporary assistance for needy fa...

  (APN) ATLANTA -- Thirteen people were arrested inside the lobby of the AT&T building at 675 West Peachtree Street today, Monday, February 13, 2012.  The group said they would sit in the lobby until AT&T promised to not layoff 740 union w...

  With additional reporting on the Special Council’s recommendations by Matthew Cardinale.(APN) ATLANTA -- This year, the Georgia Legislature is expected to begin considering a package of reforms intended to reduce the state’s prison population as...