As the fall foliage season begins in earnest in North Georgia and thousands of visitors travel there from metro Atlanta, state officials are urging motorists to be extra careful to avoid collisions with deer.
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MARTA’s proposed rail line in East DeKalb County: Public input sought on TODs
Planning for MARTA to build a heavy rail line from the Indian Creek Station to the Mall at Stonecrest continues and, in early November, the public will have a chance to learn about – and give their input on – the shape of potential development around possible rail stations.
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MARTA to repair to walkways at Inman Park, parking lot at Candler Park stations
MARTA is preparing to address some routine maintenance at two rail stations that is expected to improve the experience of pedestrians and commuters. Repairs are slated for the stations at Inman Park/Reynoldstown and Edgewood/Candler Park.
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Candiate Q and A: Fulton County Commission chair
Three candidates are running for the top elected job in Fulton County, which will make one of them the chair of a body that oversees almost $1 billion in annual spending in a county that’s home to more than 1 million people
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Mayoral candiate Ceasar Mitchell loses opponent, gains supporter
Atlanta mayoral candidate Michael Sterling is suspending his campaign and endorsing Ceasar Mitchell in this year’s election.
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Candidate Q and A: Fulton County Commission District 4
Voters in a big chunk of Atlanta from Old Fourth Ward to Adams Park to Bolton will get for a new Fulton County commissioner in this year’s election. Commission hopefuls are talking about a lot of things including topics literally close to home: gentrification and property taxes.
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‘Professor Marston and the Wonder Women’ – good performances in ‘mish-mash’ movie
The mish-mash that is “Professor Marston and the Wonder Women” isn’t likely to take the wind out of the sales of this summer’s grrrl-power blockbuster
In fact, it isn’t likely to do much of anything.
It’s an origin story. A true one, apparently. Sometime in the late ‘30s-early’40s, a Harvard psychologist named William Moulton Marston (Luke Evans) dreamed up the super-heroine best known for her star-spangled costume, her golden lasso and – most importantly for this picture’s purposes – her handcuffs.
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Atlanta striving to restore our natural amenities – our trees and our waterways
East Lake. Lake Claire. Vine City. Parkway Drive. Lakeview Avenue. Ponce de Leon Avenue.
Atlanta is full of streets and neighborhoods with names that hark back to a different time – when the city’s natural environment defined communities before they became built up, paved over or tunneled under.
Now a comprehensive effort is underway to bring back Atlanta’s natural amenities and make them part of our city’s future.
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Trump backs away from a sacred 401(k)ow
It didn’t take Donald Trump long to shoot down the idea paying for the tax cut in part by radically reducing the 401(k) program. Which, when you look at it more closely, is a pretty good deal for Uncle Sam.
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Civil rights legend James Meredith to speak at GSU on public education
Civil rights legend and leader James Meredith is slated to deliver a lecture Wednesday at Georgia State University on the hot-button topic captured in the title, “Public Education: The Critical Civil Rights Issue of our Time.”
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Fulton sues for harm caused by opioid drug manufacturers, distributors
By Maggie Lee Fulton County’s top elected official said the county is seeking redress for “great harm” as he announced on Monday that Fulton is suing more than two dozen entities that manufacture or distribute opioid drugs. The 258-page complaint accuses drug companies of deceptive and unfair marketing, and of downplaying opioid addiction risk, in […]
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Mayor Reed’s legacies to include fate of Confederate icons in Atlanta
One legacy Mayor Kasim Reed is to leave for his successor is the potentially thorny issue of Confederate monuments and street names. If the experience of New Orleans replays in Atlanta, the issue could roil for years to come.
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Next Atlanta mayor must have plan to promote child care
By Guest Columnist PAM TATUM, CEO of Quality Care for Children
No doubt the City of Atlanta has a lot going for it. The new mayor will take charge of a vibrant city with a reputation as a great place to do business – a city with a growing population that’s a major destination for young college grads. But with all Atlanta has going for it, it may not be the best place for young people to start a family and educate their children.
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Atlanta elections notebook: Council president fundraising reaches near $750,000
Three candidates have collectively raised almost three-quarters of a million dollars in their contest to be the gavel-brandishing top officer of the Atlanta City Council.
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Fed reports no upward pressure on wages in coming year across Southeast
The latest report on jobs and wages in the Southeast continues to tell the story of a tight labor market, but one that’s not tight enough to drive up wages, according to the Federal Reserve’s economic report.
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BeltLine promises new tone, tenor
One of the top bosses of Atlanta’s BeltLine said his organization is going to get focused on community, people, inclusion, equity and affordability.
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Look to South Africa for guidance in reviewing Atlanta’s Confederate icons, panelist suggests
Regina Brewer went large in recommending Atlanta consider the approach South Africa took as it determined the fate of monuments to white minority rule. Brewer said the approach could inform the city’s panel that met the first time Wednesday on its mission to review Confederate icons in the city.
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Atlanta to donate $100,000 for medical supplies for survivors of Hurricane Maria
The Atlanta City Council approved Monday a $100,000 donation to help provide medical supplies to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands as survivors recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria.
