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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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Georgia’s 2020 ballot questions, explained
D and R both mainly voted “yes” to the amendments on this year’s Georgia ballot.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Award season for some, trouble for others
Plus, lots of hospital funds raised and more …
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Fulton board OK’s developer property tax break a day after Atlanta asks them not to
The break would be worth $3.4 million over 10 years to a BeltLine-area apartment in Blandtown.
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Cook Park to open soon after years of waiting. Longer wait to come on civil rights monuments.
The park is supposed to uplift the neighborhood’s and the city’s civil rights legacy.
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Atlanta schools consider some face-to-face instruction by Oct. 26
Public meetings and parent survey on the way.
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Reporter’s Notebook: YWCA’s antiracist conversation and more
Plus, how North Georgia’s Goodwill is the best one, and more.
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Atlanta board OKs loans, tax breaks for affordable housing in six places
Atlanta kicks in on below-market-rate housing.
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Georgia Democrat, Republican fight federal court paywall
Easy access to court records shouldn’t be limited to the tassel-shoe-clad, says congressman.
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Hollywood or public woods? Southwest DeKalb has a decision to make.
Hollywood says the show must go on, but some neighbors say no.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Atlanta billboards, booze and going beyond profit
Bad news for some, good news for others.
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Atlanta auditors flag administrative spending in road, bridge and sidewalk works program
Renew and TSPLOST have already delivered less than promised
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Opinion: In praise of … government online
C-SPAN doesn’t top the ratings either, but it does open government to more people.
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Reporter’s Notebook: COVID-19 coming off a peak, but wariness persists
So much for the usual Labor Day weekend street events.
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Georgia agency recommends nine metro Atlanta transit projects for state bond funding
But will Georgia’s budget-writers do anything with the list?
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Atlanta Housing sued for wrongful termination by lawyer who worked on controversial deal
Plaintiff takes credit for drafting a deal that a court has vindicated.
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Georgia spends down unemployment fund, calls on feds
This was expected and Georgia is not alone. Now how to pay it back?
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What should be on Gwinnett’s to-do list? County political candidates respond.
Transit, 287(g) and sentencing alternatives.
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Reporter’s Notebook: What’s going on with your 63,600 new neighbors
It wouldn’t take many more people to fill Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
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Complaints about parking deck costs, lack of finance put three Atlanta developments in line for property tax breaks
Preliminary OK for property tax breaks worth $11.5 over 10 years to Grant Park, Atlantic Station and Downtown developers.
