So far, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservationhas gotten to work preserving two Westside houses — preserving the character of the homes, but also preserving an affordable price. Now through a land donation to Habitat, a new house will come out of the program too.
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Maggie Lee is a freelance reporter who's been covering Georgia and metro Atlanta government and politics since 2008.
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Judge hits pause on plan to restrict abortion in Georgia
A federal judge in Atlanta says that there’s got to be a day in court for a law that would nearly close the door on abortion in Georgia.
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Fort Mac board weighing Moody-Macauley development plans
Fort Mac’s board got a new pitch Monday for a team that would remake unused acres of the former army base. Now, the master planner, Macauley Investments, wants to partner with David Moody, CEO of C.D. Moody Construction.
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Georgia’s economic outlook is not bad — so proposed state budget cuts raise questions
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has asked many departments for ideas to cut spending over the next 21 months. But with economists predicting only a mild recession — if any for Georgia — lawmakers have some questions about this idea.
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The high Georgia ranking that’s getting attention: maternal mortality
But though rare, deaths due to pregnancy still happen. The latest data say black women are about three times more likely than white women to be the victims of these largely preventable deaths.
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Former Atlanta Housing boss appeals to City Hall in long dispute
The longtime leader of Atlanta’s housing authority says she hopes City Hall will try and lean on her old employer in a long legal fight about money and reputation.
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Fulton to test for ethylene oxide in air near Fulton Industrial
Fulton County is going to set up 10 sites to collect air samples near a Fulton Industrial medical sterilization facility that emits ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing gas.
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Piedmont, Botanical Garden expansion going through “quiet period”
It takes time and talks are happening quietly, said the leader of the Atlanta Botanical Garden.
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Ethylene oxide facility near Fulton Industrial to install some new pollution controls
New pollution controls are coming to a facility at the west edge of Fulton County that emits the carcinogenic gas ethylene oxide.
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Fire damages historic building owned by Clark Atlanta University
Fire has damaged Furber Cottage, a boarded-up 1899 building that started life as a dormitory at what was then Atlanta University.
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Georgia AG joins 49 others in Google antitrust investigation
U.S. attorneys general including Georgia’s Chris Carr are asking whether Google has crossed the line from aggressive business practices into illegal, monopolistic ones. It’s not the first time AGs have banded together to investigate a company.
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Dems learn some campaign strategies, pick up policies from 2018 example
With almost 4 million votes cast, Team Abrams in 2018 demonstrated how many Georgia voters can turn up to vote Democrat, for the right candidate with the right ground game. The Democratic Party of Georgia is taking some things away from that example.
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Atlanta school board will not renew contract with Superintendent Meria Carstarphen
The board of Atlanta Public Schools will not renew its contract with Superintendent Meria Carstarphen.
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The ATL transit board names Chris Tomlinson executive director
The close connection among agencies is the latest example of the state of Georgia trying to address cross-county metro Atlanta traffic snarls by means other more untolled car lanes.
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With Georgia gambling legislation likely, no agreement yet on the spoils
When it comes to gaming, the odds are always in the house’s favor — so when the government taxes the house, it’s a win for the government. But wrangling over the not-yet-existent spoils will lower the odds against any gaming bill passing in Georgia next year.
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Atlanta sells airport bonds, but Council has some questions on how it was done
Atlanta City Council OK’d the sale of about $700 million in bonds this week on behalf of the airport, and the market considers the airport just about as safe as U.S. Treasury bonds. But members of Atlanta City Council had some questions about when the bond information was put together and who did it.
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Divided Fulton board approves hotel tax breaks for Buckhead, O4W
Hotels in Buckhead and Old Fourth Ward are on track for property tax discounts worth millions, but they divided the members of Fulton County’s economic development board.
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Two months after announcing it, Fort Mac board votes to approve building sale for FDA
An announcement from Fort Mac in June was clear: the agency was making a $17 million building sale. Federal scientists and staff would move into a disused command building.
That sale has just now gotten the 10-1 approval, with one abstention, of the board of the McPherson Implementing Local Redevelopment Authority.
But the board still has yet to take any action on the question of a developer who has in sight the bulk of the roughly 144 acres of the former fort.
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Fulton Industrial-area facility that uses ethylene oxide has a meeting coming up with Georgia officials.
The state says a Fulton Industrial-area company has shown interest in expanding its business of sterilizing medical supplies. But the company uses ethylene oxide, the same toxic gas that’s got people in Smyrna and other places demanding the shutdown of similar facilities.
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Criticism bubbles up under Atlanta’s policy to curtail cash bail
At public appearances, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms regularly celebrates the city’s moves to close the city jail and get rid of cash bail, but one member of City Council is using the word “failure” for how bail waivers are being implemented.
