Tag: Atlanta

Mel Reynolds was charged with a misdemeanor earlier this year for failing to file income tax returns from 2009-12, but refused to show up to his initial court hearing. (AP Photo)

Former congressman arrested following flight from Johannesburg to Atlanta

Anna Giaritelli · April 11, 2016 9:54 pm

Speaking in Savannah, Ga., Dennis Lockhart cited "sufficient momentum" in recent economic data to "justify a further step at one of the coming meetings, possibly as early as the meeting scheduled for the end of April." (AP Photo)

Fed rate hike may be needed as soon as April, official says

Joseph Lawler · March 21, 2016 5:28 pm

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday that a day-long Zika summit will take place at the agency's headquarters in Atlanta on April 1. (AP Photo)

CDC plans Zika summit

Robert King · March 4, 2016 7:20 pm

Since 2014, the year that Obamacare's markets went online, the number of people dissatisfied grew. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

Miami, Atlanta top Obamacare signups

Robert King · January 13, 2016 8:20 pm

Georgia Rep. Lynn Westmoreland is planning to retire at the end of his sixth term. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Benghazi Committee member announces retirement

Anna Giaritelli · January 7, 2016 10:05 pm

Fed president sees ‘compelling’ case to raise rates

Joseph Lawler · December 2, 2015 1:28 pm

Imperial Vision

Parker Bauer · November 30, 2015 5:00 am

Sen. Bernie Sanders dined at a local Atlanta restaurant with Killer Mike and then visited the burial site of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Sanders works to bond with black voters in Georgia

Ariel Cohen · November 24, 2015 2:44 am

Democratic presidential candidate HillaryÂ Clinton released a new television ad Wednesday that calls for closing out "loopholes" that give the wrong people to access to weapons.Â (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Clinton, Black Lives Matter trade shouts

Ariel Cohen · October 30, 2015 9:01 pm

In the wake of China's devaluation of its currency and stock market collapse, a key Federal Reserve policymakerÂ said Monday, the "risks to the domestic economy ratcheted up a little."Â (AP Photo/Ken Aragaki)

Fed official: China a big factor in interest rate decision

Joseph Lawler · September 21, 2015 5:35 pm

"I expect the normalization of monetary policy -- that is, interest rates -- to begin sometime this year," Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart said. (AP file)

Fed official: Expect rate hikes this year

Joseph Lawler · August 24, 2015 8:44 pm

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta president Dennis Lockhart said the job gains and output growth over the course of the recovery make him "comfortable that the economy can handle a gradually rising interest-rate environment." (Bloomberg file)

Fed official: Economy ‘can handle’ rate hikes

Joseph Lawler · August 10, 2015 5:42 pm