Attorneys for the developer sued for a DeKalb County parkland swap have demanded extensive internal documents from media and activists, raising First Amendment objections.
One member of the training center's own review committee is challenging its permit, while another has resigned over police killing a protester.
A Gate City Drug Store tile sign embedded in the sidewalk has somehow survived largely intact after more than a century.
DeKalb County has approved a land disturbance permit for the public safety training center, but opponents may appeal.
Sweet Auburn’s historic Odd Fellows tower may become a new headquarters and housing site for the homelessness program Georgia Works.
GA2A’s agenda includes a totally unsexy and downright obscure item about restoring the common-law definition of assault, which is winning praises from criminal defense attorneys.
An apartment tower that would replace most of a Buckhead block heads to a review committee next month with its developer seeking several zoning variations.
DeKalb County’s district attorney has recused herself from the case of a protester killed by police at the Atlanta public safety training center site due to involvement in its policing.
By John Ruch Grilled by an Atlanta City Council committee worried about abrupt changes and lack of communication on Jan. 25, MARTA’s chief pledged a priority list of new transit projects is coming soon and ...
The Atlanta Botanical Garden’s plan to swap one Atlanta BeltLine self-storage facility for another was raked over the coals Jan. 18 by a review committee.
By John Ruch National and local civil rights attorneys are discussing possible representation of the family of the Atlanta public safety training center protester killed by police, according to the Oregon-based Civil Liberties Defense Center ...
The City ethics office will review Christmas gifts given the public safety training center advisory committee to see if they are OK under the law.
The protester killed by police has been identified and seven others charged with domestic terrorism.
Both law enforcement officials and protesters say the gunfire is an example of the violence of the other side that drives their actions.
“I think it’s an innovative approach to the museum working outside its walls,” said the Atlanta History Center president and CEO.
The MARTA Board of Directors' unexplained ethics review involves one of its own members.
MARTA’s former deputy general manager has explained his surprise departure this month as a firing “without cause” on grounds that the transit agency is “going in a different direction.”
Atlanta’s public safety training center plan includes a “fully functioning” fire station serving the city’s Southeastern area, a major component that has not been detailed in the secretive public review process.
The MARTA Board of Directors will create an “advisory board of ethics” to review an unexplained personnel issue.
The man controversially arrested while filming police from a car at Atlanta’s public safety training center last month claims he was working as a journalist. The police claim he was performing “countersurveillance” for an “extremist ...
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