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Job Posting: Better Georgia Seeks New Executive Director

Job Posting Executive Director, Better Georgia Position Purpose: The Executive Director will be the chief strategist and spokesperson for the organization; be the lead for all necessary decision making; work in partnership with the Boards of Directors on governance, strategic planning and fundraising; facilitate coordination with the broader progressive organizational landscape in Georgia; and recruit, train and oversee a talented staff team. Organizational Overview: Better Georgia, a progressive communications hub, is located in Atlanta, Ga. Founded in 2011, we are

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Dawsonville chemical spill left unchecked for days

A poultry plant accidentally released a corrosive and dangerous chemical into a nearby waterway, but did not report the incident to the Georgia Environmental Protection Division. It wasn’t until the city reported hundreds of fish and other wildlife were showing up dead that the EPD was called in to intervene. According to Dawson County News, a worker operating a forklift at the plant accidentally punctured a large drum of ferric chloride. Ferric Chloride is used

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New gun law is Band-Aid on a gaping wound

Rep. Jesse Petrea, R-Savannah, wants to penalize people for supplying guns to felons. House Bill 657 would make it a felony for any person to “knowingly and intentionally provide a firearm to a felon.” This bill comes after data saying in Savannah, only 12 percent of the guns that police confiscated were connected to theft reports, a number that contradicts the widely accepted theory that most weapons used for crime are stolen. The Bureau of

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Goodbye, Ralph Hudgens: 8 years of failing taxpayers

Ralph Hudgens has allowed car insurance, homeowner’s insurance and health insurance to skyrocket in the nearly 8 years since he took office. He’s done nothing to protect ratepayers or push back against the companies that swindle them. We couldn’t be more thankful that he’s leaving. His entire tenure has been characterized by ratepayers being taken advantage of by insurance companies. Here are just a few terrible things he’s done, to jog your memory: He compared

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Even Unterman knows that Medicaid expansion is Georgia’s only option

Georgia State Sen. Renee Unterman is beginning to acknowledge that Medicaid expansion is a must if we’re going to get improved access to healthcare in Georgia. She says Georgia has few other options. “Well if you’re not going to expand Medicaid what are you going to do?” she rhetorically asked WABE. In the past, Unterman has opposed many progressive legislative goals such as the legalization of medical marijuana and a large number of women’s health

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Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed decriminalizes marijuana

Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed signed a measure Tuesday decriminalizing marijuana in Atlanta. The measure will reduce the penalty for possessing an ounce or less of pot in the city from $1,000 to $75 and eliminate jail time under those circumstances. Atlanta mayoral candidate and District two City Council Member Kwanza Hall called this a “common sense reform” and concluded by saying “But while today’s signing is significant, we have more to do to address the