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David Pendered, Managing Editor, is an Atlanta journalist with more than 30 years experience reporting on the region’s urban affairs, from Atlanta City Hall to the state Capitol. Since 2008, he has written for print and digital publications, and advised on media and governmental affairs. Previously, he spent more than 26 years with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and won awards for his coverage of schools and urban development. David graduated from North Carolina State University and was a Western Knight Center Fellow.
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Green investing options emerge as MARTA buys its first sustainable bonds
Georgians who want to invest in the green economy are to have more opportunities as cities and states start spending federal infrastructure funds and local governments seek to borrow money to put into projects.
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Buckhead cityhood effort doesn’t seem to cause hike in Atlanta’s borrowing costs
Atlanta borrowed nearly $200 million last week with no apparent adverse effect from the Buckhead City movement.
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Atlanta marketed bonds with poison pill for Buckhead prior to council approval
Atlanta went to market with about $188 million in bonds with terms of a poison pill for the Buckhead City effort the day before the Atlanta City Council met Wednesday to consider the defensive maneuver.
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Georgia WIN List endorses candidates as issues include abortion, taxes
Georgia WIN List has unveiled a slate of Democratic female candidates for statewide office as issues including abortion access and tax cuts to state government emerge to energize Republican voters.
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Atlanta plans poison pill strategy to rebuff Buckhead City effort
The Atlanta City Council on Wednesday is slated to enact a defensive position that could force a proposed Buckhead City to pay Atlanta possibly tens of millions of dollars within its first year.
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CPA ID’s companies that funded lawmakers who restricted voting access
Corporations that funded Georgia lawmakers who voted to restrict voting access are under increasing scrutiny that goes beyond national headlines about Coca-Cola Co. and Delta Air Lines reversing their positions in the face of public outrage.
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Atlanta ups the ante in Buckhead City campaign
The Atlanta City Council has raised the stakes of the Buckhead City effort by calling a vote in May 2022 for $750 million in funding for roads, greenspace and other infrastructure.
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BRT planning to accelerate along top-end I-285
The prospect of bus rapid transit serving passengers along the top end of I-285 advanced Thursday, with MARTA’s board voting to collaborate with the other entities involved with improving mobility on the northern side of the Perimeter.
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Atlanta grants airport vendors 5 percent price hike, gives $400,000 to city groups
The Atlanta City Council has authorized airport vendors to raise prices in an effort to boost their profits, and handed out more than $400,000 to civic groups around the city.
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Chattahoochee Brick Co. site – Atlanta could set tone for talks of racial justice
Atlanta has the opportunity at the Chattahoochee Brick Co. site to set a course toward healing wounds inflicted by the treatment of Black citizens by Atlanta’s white elites in the post Reconstruction era.
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Atlanta calls public vote in May to approve $750 million for mobility, parks, etc
The Atlanta City Council has called two referendums for May 2022 – one to raise up to $350 million with a sales tax to fund transportation improvements, and a $406 million bond package for broad improvements to be financed by property taxes.
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Georgia companies lead, trail in disclosing political spending: CPA index
Five of Georgia’s S&P 500 companies are among the most transparent in the nation about their political spending. Three companies are in the bottom tier, according to an annual index.
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Fulton County transportation efforts to continue; voters extended sales tax
Johns Creek rebuilt a congested intersection in 2020 with proceeds of a sales tax for transportation Fulton County voters have agreed to extend.
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Metro Atlanta house prices up 21.2 percent in past year; investors flood market
Metro Atlanta’s housing market shows trends including these two: Prices are up sharply over the past year, and institutional investors are buying or building dwellings to put into the rental trade, according to the Atlanta Fed’s Beige Book, released Wednesday.
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Atlanta’s proposed solid waste rate hike, limits on appeals deferred on run-off election day
The runoff election in Atlanta Tuesday got in the way of efforts to resolve the city’s solid waste fee structure after a $19 million legal settlement, ongoing funding shortfalls and complaints that yard waste isn’t picked up in a timely fashion.
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Abortion: Supreme Court ruling to determine Georgia law, influence campaigns
Georgia has major interests at stake in the abortion lawsuit the U.S. Supreme Court is to hear Wednesday. The verdict is to impact Georgia’s “heartbeat bill” and is likely to resonate through the state’s 2022 campaigns.
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Oakland Cemetery: New visitors center, restored Bell Tower part of major upgrade
Oakland Cemetery is embarking on its largest rehabilitation program in memory. The $12.5 million project is to begin Tuesday, with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms scheduled to lead a ceremonial groundbreaking at the 1899 Bell Tower building.
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Georgia senators prepare for anti-discrimination legislation in 2022
Georgia state senators have begun talks on a potential statewide proposal to prohibit discrimination in housing, jobs, accommodations and more.
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Thanksgiving Day 1621, 2021: Looking back, looking around
As the nation marks the 400th anniversary of Thanksgiving Day, on Thursday, new views on the history of the day and role of Native Americans merge with reports on Georgia’s agricultural bounty.
