Baldwin
Baldwin, GA · Traffic & Transit
ganewsgazette.com
Empower offers Atlanta rideshare subscriptions as Georgia law requires insurance safeguards
Empower is offering driver subscriptions in metropolitan Atlanta while stating that it does not provide insurance to drivers, raising questions about how the rideshare booking platform’s business model fits Georgia’s transportation regulations. According to the company’s Atlanta subscription page, updated Sept. 1, 2026, Empower offers three subscription plans,...
appenmedia.com
cobbcountycourier.com
I-285 weekend closure in Smyrna and Atlanta canceled; next closure Oct. 16-19
The Georgia Department of Transportation has canceled the Oct. 9-12 closure of all lanes on I-285 between South Atlanta Road and South Cobb Drive because of a forecast of heavy rain. GDOT also said no single- or double-lane closures related to the I-285 Westside Rebuild project will be installed in...
WSB Channel 2 Atlanta
MARTA financial audit shows spending nearly 17% over budget for fiscal year
MARTA is dealing with a budget deficit related to factors organization officials said were related to overtime payments, lower passenger revenue and complications from the switch to new faregates with the upgrade to Breeze 2.0.
Gwinnett Daily Post
AROUND TOWN: More parking coming to downtown Lawrenceville
One day it was an office building just off the downtown Lawrenceville square and a day later it was a pile of rubble. The building at the corner of West Crogran Street and Culver Street was razed to make room for more downtown parking. According to City Manager Chuck Warbington the half-acre corner lot is being morphed into 100 spaces — a needed addition to the city’s downtown parking inventory. Another round of judicial nominating: You may recall that Gwinnett County State court Judge Veronica Cope recently got a promotion to Superior Court from Gov. Brian Kemp. Well, that has left a vacancy on the State Court bench that Kemp now has to fill in addition to filling a newly created seat on that same bench and nominations are due this week. The Daily Post has learned that the state’s Judicial Nominating Commission has been accepting nominations to fill Cope’s seat on the State Court Bench as well as the new State Court seat created by House Bill 1057, which was signed into law earlier this year. Wednesday is the deadline to submit nominations for someone to fill either seat. “All applicants will be considered for both vacancies,” the nominating