ATLANTA (AP) - The governing body of metro Atlanta's transit agency would change and some budget restrictions would be lifted under new legislation.
Republican Rep. Mike Jacobs of Brookhaven filed a bill Friday that would reduce the size of the MARTA board from 18 to 13 members. It would give GOP Gov. Nathan Deal the ability to appoint one member and require that others come from designated parts of Fulton and DeKalb counties.
The bill would eliminate rules that allow MARTA to spend only around half of its budget on operating costs. Critics have long contended that rule financially crimps the transit system.
The bill has measures that will be unpopular with labor unions, including requirements to outsource support jobs and barring freed up funds from being spent on employee compensation.
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Local families are taking a serious look at storm shelters in the aftermath of Monday's deadly tornado in Oklahoma.
Local families are taking a serious look at storm shelters in the aftermath of Monday's deadly tornado in Oklahoma. Those shelters could mean the difference between life and death when faced with one of these powerful storms.
A federal court has struck down Fayette County's at-large method of electing members to certain county offices, saying the method was a violation of the Voting Rights Act.
A federal court has struck down Fayette County's at-large method of electing members to certain county offices, saying the method was a violation of the Voting Rights Act.
Two Clark Atlanta University students who call themselves brothers despite being from opposite sides of the world have graduated as valedictorian and salutatorian.
Two Clark Atlanta University students who call themselves brothers despite being from opposite sides of the world have graduated as valedictorian and salutatorian.
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