Perdue signs texting while driving ban into law

ATLANTA — The scheduled execution of a man convicted of murdering his parents and his 14-year-old sister in Cobb County in 1993 has been postponed a day, various outlets reported. A judge previously ordered that the Wednesday lethal injection of Andrew Grant DeYoung be videotaped. The state sought to overturn the order, but failed, according to published reports. The execution as been put on hold while the state handles the logistics of the videotaping. The

A portion of Interstate 85 that collapsed following a March 30 fire is set to open in time for rush hour on Monday, May 15.

The States For Passenger Rail Coalition is taking issue with a new report that found nearly all of Amtrak’s 44 nationwide routes lost money last fiscal year. The coalition notes that all forms of transportation receive federal money.