East Atlanta --  While America has increasingly become a digital nation, many low-income families are left at a great disadvantage because they don’t have Internet service at home. Internet Essentials has been designed to address this problem and help make broadband adoption a reality for more families. It addresses all three of the main barriers to broadband adoption that research has identified: 1) a lack of understanding of how the Internet is relevant and useful; 2) the cost of a home computer, and 3) the cost of Internet service.

Mayor Reed will host a press conference to kick off the Internet Essentials Program in Atlanta, a new initiative that helps provide internet connection to low-income families who have children receiving free school lunch as part of their enrollment in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).

WASHINGTON -- A House vote on Speaker John Boehner's debt reduction plan is expected Thursday, but not all Republicans are on board.

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Georgia Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-11th District) says Congress needs to get the job done, but it needs to be done the right way.  

ATLANTA (AP) - Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and French officials plan to sign a memorandum of understanding aimed at creating a favorable environment for international companies around the airports in Atlanta and Paris.

Jean-Claude Detilleux from the Paris region's development office and Elisabeth Le Masson from Paris' airports plan to join the mayor Monday at Atlanta City Hall for the signing.

The memorandum has three main objectives: to promote the areas around the airports for companies looking to locate in the two countries; to jointly seek companies in emerging countries that want to expand internationally; to initiate and ultimately create an international network of airport areas.

Pascal Le Deunff, consul general of France in Atlanta, says the new agreement aims to boost international business exchanges and foreign investments.