By ERIC STIRGUS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 07/23/08

Atlanta's most recent monthly sales tax revenues are down 14 percent from the same period last year, city officials reported Wednesday.

The city collected about $8.3 million in May from its sales tax. In May 2007, Atlanta collected nearly $9.7 million.

The money is used to help pay for the city's daily operations.

City officials said Wednesday they will be more conservative in spending.

Mayor Shirley Franklin earlier this month laid off 78 city workers, abolished 112 vacant positions and closed a fire station in the city's West End neighborhood to fill a budget gap

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Thursday is the day about 2 million Americans get a raise.

That's when the federal minimum wage goes up 70 cents an hour.

WASHNINGTON (1010 WINS) -- Inspectors are collecting soil, water and produce samples, reviewing export logs and combing packing plants in three major tomato-growing states in Mexico.

But the U.S.

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Published on: 07/05/08

Atlanta recorded it's highest average gas price for regular unleaded Saturday at $4.048, according to the American Automobile Association, which surveys gas stations for its Daily Fuel Gauge Report, fuelgaugereport.com.

The average price for regular unleaded in Atlanta rose from $4.037 Friday to $4.048 Saturday morning.

ATLANTA (AP) -- A weedy sea dragon at the Georgia Aquarium has something to celebrate this Father's Day. One of the rare creatures is pregnant for only the third time ever at a U.S.

The Associated Press --

WASHINGTON --The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington has declined Georgia's petition to reconsider a recent ruling that restricts the state's authority to tap a huge federal reservoir near Atlanta for more drinking water.

A three-judge panel of the court in February threw out an agreement that Georgia reached in 2003 with the Army Corps of Engineers. The agreement - the linchpin of Georgia's long-term water plans - would give the state about a quarter of Lake Lanier's capacity over the coming decades.


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The Georgia Senate on Friday stamped its approval on an income tax cut that Lt. Governor Casey Cagle said will provide broad, immediate and fair tax relief to every working Georgian.

By MARTHA MENDOZA

Test it, study it, figure out how to clean it — but still drink it. That's the range of reactions raining down from community leaders, utilities, environmental groups and policy makers in reaction to an Associated Press investigation that documented the presence of pharmaceuticals in major portions of the nation's drinking water supplies.

By ERIC STIRGUS

The hand-washing station has a "warming device" for water. Toilet paper is automatically dispensed.

By STACY SHELTON , JOHN G. PERRY

"It involves a little bit of commitment," said Borghorst, a master gardener who lives in Atlanta's Morningside neighborhood.

By DAN CHAPMAN

The Atlanta region exported $11.4 billion of goods in 2006 – 58 percent of Georgia's total merchandise exports, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said this week in Atlanta.

By DANIEL YEE

ATLANTA (AP) — Meteorologists warned the mixture of rain and snow that fell across the South a day earlier could make for icy roads early Sunday, with overnight temperatures in the upper teens and low 20s.

On Saturday, snow, rain and sleet spread across parts of the region, dusting lawns and shrubs with flakes and leading airlines to cancel several hundred flights.

By STACY SHELTON
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 01/20/08

Rome — Three rivers converge in this hilly North Georgia town, an ever-flowing embarrassment of riches in the middle of a record-setting drought.

But don't expect Rome's 36,000 residents to lend a cup to metro Atlanta's 4 million-and-growing denizens.

By S.A. REID

ATLANTA — Burglars who stole Christmas from poor children touched off a giving frenzy from big-hearted Atlantans who have the Empty Stocking Fund to overflowing with cash.

Orlando Sentinel | November 4, 2007

APALACHICOLA, Fla. - Johnny Richards works a long-handled oyster rake like a natural extension of his arms.

Daylight-saving time comes to an end this weekend.

Clocks switch back to standard time at 2 a.m.

by The Associated Press

KNOXVILLE (AP) A persistent drought has Atlanta's mayor eying water across the border, but Georgia officials say they have no plans to try to tap the Tennessee River.

The drought in the Southeast has sapped federal reservoirs in northern Georgia, including 38,000-acre Lake Lanier, which supplies Atlanta.

With less than three months before the lake is depleted, Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin suggested recently the region explore piping in water from the Tennessee or Savannah rivers.

Franklin said, ``We need to look beyond our borders.''

The director of Georgia's Environmental Protection Division, Carol Couch, said, ``The state of Georgia has no plans to pursue such an idea.''

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Reported By: Charles Molineaux

ATLANTA (FOX 5) – The so-called "Blue Jean Bandits" struck again early Saturday morning and a Buckhead boutique was once again cleaning up after a smash-and-grab robbery.

Just before dawn Saturday, the Thread House boutique was robbed for a third time since it opened in June. The robbers have become known as the "Blue Jean Bandits" since they target stores with high-end jeans and other pricey clothing.

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GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) -- Authorities search for a man they say tries to lure children at bus stops.

10-year-old girl told police the man approached her Thursday morning as she waited for the bus, but she ran away from him. Police say there have been at least two other incidents with the same suspect

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Reported By: George Franco

BARROW COUNTY, Ga. (FOX 5) – Friday, the Barrow County Sheriff's Department released a sketch of a man accused of impersonating a police officer.