Articles by Errin Haines

Timing of Georgia Insurance Chief’s Ethics Probe Stirs Controversy

An ethics activist is defending the State Ethics Commission’s decision to schedule a hearing involving GOP gubernatorial candidate and state Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine less than a month before the crowded primary contest in which he is a front-runner. George …

Georgia’s Insurance Chief Oxendine Faces Ethics Hearing Before Primary

Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine is scheduled to go before the state ethics commission less than a month before a crowded primary contest in which he is seeking the Republican nomination for governor. Stefan Passantino, Oxendine’s attorney, said his client …

Georgia Parent Pushes for Teen Driver Education Funds

A Georgia state law adopted in 2007 that required driver’s education for all 16-year-olds also created a way to help pay for it, but only 20 percent of funds collected under the program have been appropriated for its use. State …

Some Georgians Get Crash Course in Flood Insurance

David Bush had a sweeping view of the Chattahoochee River from his backyard in metropolitan Atlanta. When he returned to his house, the surging river was in his front yard, too. But he was fretting for another reason as he …

Officials Assess Impact of Tornado Damage to Downtown Atlanta

Many Atlanta streets were closed and some traffic lights were still out Monday morning because of a tornado that ripped a path of destruction through the city’s core. Commuters to downtown were encouraged to stay home. Broken glass still littered …

Black Leaders Seek Meeting with Bush on Gulf Coast Recovery

Black leaders said they would ask for a meeting with President Bush to address the needs of the Gulf Coast and solutions for speeding up recovery there as the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches. Speaking on a panel at …