“I do think that if you see your neighbor’s house burning, don’t tell me you don’t care,” said one attendee.
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Fulton looking to rent cells in other counties, as releases from jail slow
Fulton County is trying to get inmates out of “boats.” That is, a kind of human-size plastic bin that holds a mattress at night and can be stacked during the day. And it’s what lockups like Fulton’s Rice Street jail use when they’re out of bunks.
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Fort Mac board meets, but no decision yet on development agreement
The board of the public authority that’s overseeing the redevelopment of Fort McPherson met Thursday for the first time in four months. Its executive director was not present and board members asked about getting more information before they vote on a milestone plan for 145 acres of reconstruction.
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City of Atlanta goes to court, alleging city schools owe it millions
The city of Atlanta is suing Atlanta Public Schools, claiming that the schools are not keeping up with payments owed for bonds.
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Tight real estate market challenges homeless service nonprofits; tech lends a hand
Open Doors is lowering barriers to housing in a hot real estate market, and it’s getting a high-tech assist.
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Atlanta Gulch development gets a court victory; subsidy opponents plan appeal
A Fulton County judge says public agencies acted their parts correctly according to law and the Georgia constitution in a complex procedure that will see lots of public money used for a private development.
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Near-total workplace smoking ban passes Atlanta City Council
By a 13 to 2 vote, Atlanta City Council approved a ban on smoking and vaping in nearly all workplaces, including restaurants and the airport.
Cigar bars and hookah lounges will get a carveout.
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Litigation begins over Georgia’s near-total abortion ban
So far, federal courts in Kentucky and Mississippi have temporarily suspended similar new abortion restrictions while lawsuits play out.
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Second Atlanta leader departs amid employee frustration
Atlanta’s human resources chief is leaving City Hall — the second top leader lately to head out the door, leaving behind employee complaints.
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Fulton board approves property tax breaks for Buckhead, Midtown developments
The property tax funds would normally go to Atlanta, Atlanta Public Schools and Fulton County.
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Atlanta’s housing authority approves $357 million in annual spending; goal of serving 1,100 new families
The need is huge: about 75,000 households are on the waiting list for assistance from the city’s public housing authority.
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Atlanta’s resilience chief departing
Not quite a year after taking the post, Amol Naik is stepping down as Atlanta’s chief resilience officer.
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Shorthanded city trust task force meets; mayor says it’s a challenge to enlist folks generally
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said people are second-guessing their decisions to work with Atlanta, and called on the media to do more good news.
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At BeltLine quarterly briefing, affordability dominates
Even as housing affordability gets a lot of attention, the market forces that have been bearing down on the westside for years already are mighty.
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MARTA board OKs spending plan for new light rail, rapid bus
Now MARTA shifts to zooming in on each individual project: turning those thick lines on maps into detailed designs of where exactly to lay a rail, where to build a bus lane, where to set up stations and stops.
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Doraville’s top cop to stand in for indicted Georgia insurance commissioner
“No. 1, we have to have a person of very high integrity in the current situation that we’re in,” Gov. Brian Kemp said.
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Kemp’s first trade mission as governor: South Korea
A Georgia delegation headed by Gov. Brian Kemp is heading to South Korea to pitch the state to companies there, and visit companies that already invest here.
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Georgia may yet tax Walmart.com Rolexes, short-term rentals, ride-hailing and other online commerce
“Because they’re not being collected, those are dollars that are not being used in our communities, and for me, that’s a problem.”
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Fixing Atlanta’s scooter chaos won’t be easy
There are joyous riders, angry pedestrians and all kinds of folks in between. If everybody’s going to be accommodated, it’ll take education and courtesy — not enforcement alone.
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Atlanta’s looking to repurpose a jail. It’s in a league with few other cities.
Cities including New York, Dallas and an area near Portland have found themselves with empty prisons or jails recently. And buyers for the big, hulking buildings.
