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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Issues Administrative Order to Counter Effects of Georgia’s Restrictive New Elections Laws Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is taking steps to diminish the voter restrictions imposed by SB 202, a controversial elections bill signed into Georgia law last month. In an administrative orders issued Tuesday, April 6, Bottoms directed the city’s chief equity officer to implement actions her office says are intended to “to mitigate the impact of new voting restrictions imposed.” “The voting restrictions of SB 202 will disproportionately impact Atlant...

3/31/2021 Rising water levels force property owner to abandon home Michael Mongeon stands in the backyard of his property at 199 Eddie Dowling Highway, where a swampy wetland has left him with few options for using the house. (Breeze photo by Lauren Clem) NORTH SMITHFIELD – When Michael Mongeon first bought the property at 199 Eddie Dowling Highway in 2010, he said, the backyard was a grassy area, and the tenants who lived there liked to play badminton outside. Since then, it’s become a swamp where cattails and other wetland vegetation have taken over the property right up to the back doo...

All Jackson water customers now have water running through their faucets although some areas of the city are still experiencing low water pressure, Public Works Director Charles Williams said Monday.  "Today we feel very confident that all of our residents on the connection side are receiving their water," Williams said at a press conference in front of City Hall.  Jackson still remains under a citywide boil water notice, meaning the water is still unsafe to drink unless it is boiled first.  Williams said the notice could be lifted for all 43,000 customers on the city's surface water sy...

Unemployed workers continue to have a tough time getting in touch with the state's Employment Development Department. But there is a backdoor way to reach EDD using legislative contacts. "Warren" is an unemployed mechanical technician living in Valley Center. He did not want his last name used in this report. Warren lost his job due to the pandemic exactly one year ago and had been receiving unemployment benefits for the past 12 months with no...

EDD help is possible through your local lawmaker.