The House District 82 race is shaping up to be a battle between an older generation of Democrats and a newer generation looking for a change. Brian Westlake believes he represents the future of Georgia’s ...
Brian Westlake, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and social studies teacher who lives in Decatur, is challenging state Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver, D-Decatur, for the House District 82 seat. Westlake will face Oliver in the ...
State Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver, D-Decatur, thinks it’s time for Georgians to have a serious discussion about guns. She’s introduced a bill for consideration in this year’s Legislative session that would ban certain assault weapons. It’s ...
By Dyana Bagby, contributor More than 30 people attended the Clairmont Heights Civic Association meeting on Wednesday to hear from their elected officials. State Sen. Elena Parent and State Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver tag-teamed a ...
This story has been updated. State Sen. Elena Parent says the first meeting of a senate committee studying the state’s processes for annexations and creating new cities will take place on Monday, Aug. 24 at the ...
Georgia state Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver, D-Decatur, is asking for input on the annexation and cityhood issue. Rep. Oliver was recently appointed to the House Study Committee on Cityhood, Annexation and De-Annexation. She said in the email ...
Kaboom. That’s the sound of money going up in smoke now that people can buy bottle rockets and firecrackers big enough to – as state Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver put it – “blow the child’s hand ...
The state Legislature is looking to reform the convoluted annexation and cityhood process that vexed DeKalb County delegation this year. The House has appointed a study committee on Annexation, Deannexation, and Incorporation. All of its five members ...
This story has been updated. It looks like the Affordable Care Act – also known as Obamacare – is here to stay. On Thursday the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 ruling against a legal ...
This story has been updated. The state Legislature on Thursday passed general legislation that gave a boost Decatur’s plans to redevelop the Callaway property. While the General Assembly did not pass the city’s annexation plan or ...