Rally to End Marijuana Prohibition Held at Georgia Capitol
(APN) ATLANTA — About one hundred opponents of marijuana prohibition rallied at the State Capitol on Saturday, November 12, 2011, to help educate the public and to dispel old, worn out myths and...
View ArticleGeorgia Legislators Seek to Drug Test Welfare Recipients
With additional legal reporting by Matthew Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — Yesterday, November 15, 2011, State Rep. Jason Spencer (R – Woodbine) and State Sen. John Albers (R-Roswell) introduced, or...
View ArticleAdvocates, Experts Blast Welfare Drug Testing Bill at Hearing
(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...
View ArticleGeorgia Legislature Crossover Day Overview
(APN) ATLANTA — Monday, March 03, 2014, was Crossover Day for the Georgia Legislature. This is the day by which any bills had to have passed either the State House or State Senate in order to still...
View Article2014 Georgia Legislative Session Wrap-up (UPDATE 1)
(APN) ATLANTA — Once again, it was not exactly a banner year for progressive legislation down at the Georgia General Assembly. Atlanta Progressive News followed the General Assembly in depth this...
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USDA Declares Georgia’s Food Stamp Drug Testing Law to be Illegal
(APN) ATLANTA — We told you so. As it turns out, State Rep. Greg Morris’s (R-Vidalia) House Bill 772–requiring food stamp recipients to be drug tested if a state worker had a so-called “reasonable...
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