Georgia officials get federal agreement to reduce water withdrawals from Lake Lanier, but not for passenger requirements in the Gwinnett County HOT lanes . . .
Alabama authorities arrested and jailed a foreign worker under the state’s new immigration law, but he wasn’t exactly the kind of worker the law is intended for . . .
Kasim Reed indicates he’s had enough of the Occupy Atlanta protest, will have the demonstrators removed from Woodruff Park; Lake Lanier levels once again are dropping to record lows . . .
Georgia wins at least a temporary reprieve in the water wars as a panel of appellate judges reverses the 2009 ruling of U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson . . .
Hall County plans to push ahead with plans to build a new reservoir upstream from Lake Lanier, applying for a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers . . .
Gov. Nathan Deal signs the private reservoir bill, has not said whether he will sign off on money to pay for a study of raising the Lake Lanier water level . . .
A new analysis from the Pew Hispanic Center indicates that the influx of undocumented immigrants into Georgia and the U.S. has slowed in recent years . . .
There is a lot that could be written about federal Judge Paul Magnuson’s ruling that the Corps of Engineers has been illegally allowing metro Atlanta governments to withdraw water from Lake Lanier, but let’s focus on this aspect of it: if the judge’s ruling sticks (and I think it will), then all of the developers [...]
