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Hartsfield-Jackson: Passenger traffic up in September

November 21, 2011 The Travel Trolley

Passenger traffic at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in September increased 3.24 percent compared to a year earlier, officials said. Nearly 7.5 million people passed through the airport during the month.

AAA: Thanksgiving travel expected to increase

November 20, 2011 The Travel Trolley

The number of Georgians traveling at least 50 miles this Thanksgiving is expected to increase by 3.3 percent compared to last year, AAA said.

AAA: Thanksgiving travel expected to increase

November 17, 2011 The Travel Trolley

The number of Georgians traveling at least 50 miles this Thanksgiving is expected to increase by 3.3 percent compared to last year, AAA said.

Price: Kagan must not decide health care law

November 17, 2011 Express Telegraph

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan must recuse herself from deciding the Constitutionality of the health care law Congress passed last year, a Georgia Congressman said. “The President’s health care law – now headed to the Supreme Court – is a threat to America’s health care system and the principles of affordability, accessibility, quality, responsiveness, innovation, and choices,” U.S Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., said in a statement. “It is important that the Court has agreed to

Deal: Obamacare case critical to state’s future

November 14, 2011 Express Telegraph

Gov. Nathan Deal welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to hear Georgia’s case challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare. More than half of the nation’s states have signed on to the case. “The state of Georgia has been a leader in the fight against the crippling mandates of Obamacare,” Deal said in a statement. “As a member of Congress, I was the first to question the constitutionality of the individual mandate on the floor of the

Dunwoody votes against parks measure

November 9, 2011 The Travel Trolley

Dunwoody residents on Tuesday overwhelmingly shot down a city proposal to buy and improve parks in the city.

Take a ride back in time at Duluth museum

November 5, 2011 The Travel Trolley

For more than four decades, the Southeastern Railway Museum has been dedicated to the preservation of Georgia Railroad’s History.

Georgians are leaving banks, moving to credit unions

November 4, 2011 Express Telegraph

In response to a spate of newly proposed – and now mostly rescinded – fees at banks, more than 14,500 Georgians have switched from a bank to a credit union since Sept. 29, according to newly released data.

Model trains on display during Piedmont Pilgrimage

November 2, 2011 The Travel Trolley

The local chapter of the National Model Railroad Association is celebrating National Model Railroad Month by sponsoring a tour of more than 80 layouts throughout Metro Atlanta.

Amtrak: Atlanta station poses ‘impediment’ to improving Crescent

October 25, 2011 Todd DeFeo

Amtrak’s current station in Atlanta is hindering the railroad’s ability to improve the performance of the one passenger train that serves the city, the railroad said in a recent report.