Berry is ready for some football

Georgia’s lieutenant governor and the new head basketball coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are among the speakers scheduled to speak to the Buckhead Business Association (BBA) in November and December.

The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday said it will not stand in the way of voter-approved initiatives in Colorado and Washington to legalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. Last November, voters in both states passed initiatives to allow the recreational use of marijuana; Oregon voters turned back a similar initiative. Regardless of the vote, marijuana remains “an illegal drug under the Controlled Substances Act and that federal prosecutors will continue to aggressively