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Jobless rate drops to 7.9 percent posted on Thursday, April 25, 2013 - 8:09am ATLANTA -- Metro Atlanta's unemployment rate dropped to 7.9 percent in March, down four-tenths of a percentage point from 8.3 percent in February.In Fulton County, the jobless rate was 8.5 percent in... read more...
Flint River near top of 2013 endangered waterways list posted on Wednesday, April 17, 2013 - 7:08am LAS VEGAS -- An advocacy group is calling the Colorado River the nation's most endangered waterway. Georgia's Flint River ranks second. An annual American Rivers report being released Wednesday... read more...
Metro jobless rate drops to 8.3 percent posted on Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 7:55am ATLANTA -- Metro Atlanta's unemployment rate declined to 8.3 percent in Februray.That's down from 8.7 percent in January and well under the jobless rate of 9.3 percent from February a year ago.Fulton... read more...
Metro jobless rate rises to 8.7 percent posted on Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 7:46am ATLANTA -- State labor officials say metro Atlanta's jobless rate rose to 8.7 percent in January, up from 8.4 percent the month before.That compares to 9.4 percent in January 2012.In Fulton County,... read more...
Mont. educator admits to plagiarizing Fulton superintendent posted on Monday, March 11, 2013 - 6:31am FLORENCE, Mont. -- A western Montana school board is considering holding a special meeting to discuss the future of the superintendent following an act of plagiarism. Florence-Carlton School... read more...
Ga. Senate OKs scholarship tax credit changes posted on Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 5:55pm ATLANTA --The Georgia Senate has approved changes to a tax credit program that provides scholarships for children to attend private schools. State senators voted unanimously Thursday to support the... read more...
Delta boosts Los Angeles flying posted on Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 7:30am LOS ANGELES -- Delta is adding flights in Los Angeles, continuing a slow-but-steady buildup in one of the world's biggest markets for air travel. It's also adding bigger planes for some flights to... read more...
Unemployment rate drops to 8 percent posted on Thursday, December 27, 2012 - 10:36am ATLANTA -- Metro Atlanta's jobless rate has dropped to 8 percent.The November number continues a downward trend in metro Atlanta's unemployment figures. The rate is down from 8.2 percent in October... read more...
Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton sue HSBC over predatory lending posted on Tuesday, December 25, 2012 - 9:02am ATLANTA -- Three Atlanta-area counties have filed a lawsuit claiming that British bank HSBC engaged in predatory lending that ended up costing them hundreds of millions of dollars. Cobb, DeKalb and... read more...