Governor Deal speaks to the Tea Party Protest at the Georgia State Capitol
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Atlanta school board debates smaller class sizes | www.myajc.com
The Atlanta school board couldn’t agree Monday on whether to reduce class sizes and canceled a scheduled vote on a budget that’s still $61 million short of being balanced just 10 days before they must give it initial approval. Atlanta … Continue reading
Tea party groups plan IRS protest in Atlanta | www.ajc.com
Tea party groups are planning a protest at the Georgia Capitol over the targeting of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service during the 2010 and 2012 elections. In Atlanta, the event is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. Gov. … Continue reading
Central Texas Peach Crop Takes A Beating | KWTX.com
AUSTIN (May 20, 2013)–A combination of weather events has Central Texas peach farmers expecting a meager crop once again this season, after several years of little yield because of the weather. About 90 percent of the Gillespie County peach crop … Continue reading
Cold Weather Damages South Carolina Peach Crop – WJBF-TV ABC 6 Augusta-Aiken News, Weather, Sports
Ridge Spring, SC – Chalmers Carr, owner of Titan Farms says, “Well it’s very stressful, but there’s nothing you can do about it. We can run a little bit of irrigation. Some guys have some wind machines, they can do … Continue reading
Trifecta of drought, late freeze, hail decimate Hill Country… | www.mystatesman.com
FREDERICKSBURG — It’s peach season, but Austinites likely won’t be seeing any Fredericksburg peaches in grocery stores any time soon after a combination of freezing weather and hailstorms decimated more than 90 percent of the crop in Gillespie County. “The … Continue reading
Terrible Weather Has Ruined This Year’s Peach Crop: Austinist
Remember all those weird cold snaps we had in March and April? When it got unseasonably cold? It ruined this year’s local peach crop. Well, it was one of a three-part perfect storm that wreaked havoc on hill country peach … Continue reading
Atlanta Suburbs See Alarming Rise in Poverty, Study Finds | WABE 90.1 FM
Suburbs are becoming home to more and more of our nation’s poor. A Brookings Institution study released Monday finds nowhere is that trend more evident than in metro Atlanta. As a whole, researchers found an average increase in poverty of … Continue reading
Georgia Chamber rates lawmakers – Atlanta Business Chronicle
Georgia Senate Republicans were much more cooperative with the Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s agenda during this year’s legislative session than GOP lawmakers from the state House of Representatives. Thirty-four of the Senate’s 38 senators received perfect marks for supporting the … Continue reading