Georgia on Thursday November 05, 2009

GA: Georgia sells $794 million in bonds
By Staff Reports, Atlanta Business Chronicle
Georgia sold $793.9 million in general obligation bonds this week, netting $35 million in budget savings for fiscal 2010, Gov. Sonny Perdue's office said Wednesday.
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GA: Budget cuts may put brakes on rural transit in Georgia
By The Associated Press, Chattanooga Times Free Press
Pembroke's country charm lured Boston-area native Cindy Milloy to the east Georgia city of about 2,300 people, and kept her there even after a muscular disease left her housebound in a region so rural it lacks a regular taxi service.
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GA: Federal officials -- September's flood 'off the charts'
By Mary Lou Pickel , The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
If a 500-year flood is a cup of coffee, what Georgia got in September was the whole pot, the U.S. Geological Survey said Wednesday.
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GA: 4 midstate sites on latest Places In Peril list
By Phillip Ramati , The Macon Telegraph
Four Middle Georgia historic properties made the Georgia Trust For Historic Preservation's 10 Places In Peril list released Wednesday.
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GA: I-75/I-575, I-285, Ga. 400, "Gwinnett Connector" toll projects proposed
By Ariel Hart , The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
As the state Department of Transportation restarts its 6-year-old program for building toll roads with private investment, the staff's priorities include projects on huge stretches of I-285, as well as parts of I-20, Ga. 400, northern I-75 and I-575, and an extension of Sugarloaf Parkway in Gwinnett County.
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GA: Fort Gordon undergoing $133 million in projects
By Adam Folk , The Augusta Chronicle
The construction and renovation of Fort Gordon's aging barracks continue as the post enters its fourth year since surviving a nationwide round of military base reductions and closures.
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GA: Parents of dead Spelman student plan to file suit
By The Associated Press, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The parents of a Spelman College student killed by a stray bullet while walking on the Clark Atlanta University campus have announced plans to sue the university for neglecting to provide adequate security.
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Report: 11 states emerging from recession
By David Harrison, Special to Stateline.org
It’s going to be a long, hard climb out of the current economic downturn for many recession-ridden states hit hard by the housing crash, unemployment and shrinking revenues. But as the national economy starts its slow recovery, 11 states and the District of Columbia are showing signs of emerging from the recession, according to a new report.
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