The blessing of a Queens real estate developer isn’t the magic it was four years ago.
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Click on your Georgia lawmakers
Who works in the Gold Dome downtown? We’re glad you asked: here’s how to find your state lawmakers on social.
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Rural Georgia emptying; state power liable to shift north
A million more Georgians than 10 years ago.
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Rocked by payment scandal, Fulton Development Authority faces board shakeup
By John Ruch and Maggie Lee The Development Authority of Fulton County board has been rocked by a financial scandal at the very moment its membership is undergoing a reform-minded shakeup to include representatives of public school systems that are staunch critics of tax breaks DAFC grants to luxurious real estate projects. And more shakeups […]
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Georgia legislature sends pile of bills to governor — but some got no love
Guns, citizen’s arrest, even chicken guts appeared this year
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Georgia Senate votes to fortify gun trade
Senate to cops: sell confiscated guns or else
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Georgia Senate nears vote on conservative post-pandemic budget
Some cash for MARTA, police training and rural hospitals might not make it.
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This might be the year Georgia starts funding transit annually
It’s just a little, but it’s more than zero.
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Georgia budget: House endorses behavioral health & developmental disability spend, not Medicaid
But as usual, the budget is mostly health care and education
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More vaccine is arriving, but COVID-19 will linger in courts
Vaccines won’t end court backlogs or the need for safety precautions
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Speedy trial? Not so fast. Georgia’s considering longer deadlines.
Witnesses forget, victims give up, people sit in jail.
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DeKalb, Blackhall Studios swap land — county promises “innovative” public park
But swap opponents are skeptical of DeKalb.
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No-shows rise in Atlanta court; chief judge calls the causes a “mixed bag”
Folks don’t realize a no-show can mean losing a driver’s license, says top judge
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Mental health episodes are ending in Georgia jails. The state Legislature may make some changes.
When a medical condition, not criminal intent, is behind bad behavior.
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Fulton approves $800 million budget
But new sheriff, DA say they’ve discovered costly problems
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Meet your Georgia lawmakers — the 2021 session is about to start
How to contact your elected officials
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Georgia Legislature to start, more than one in 10 are freshmen
And some of them won’t know where the bathrooms are.
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COVID pushed public meetings online; more Atlantans join in neighborhood planning
The digital divide is real, but a hybrid online/offline meeting model may bridge it.
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Atlanta needs $2.6 billion for roads, bridges, sidewalks — for a start
The work would take 67 years if Atlanta doesn’t raise more money.
