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APS: city of Atlanta late in making $10 million payment on TAD agreement

April 21, 2019, 9:41 pm/0 Comments

The city of Atlanta is more than three months late in making a $10 million payment to the Atlanta Public Schools as part of the comprehensive agreement both governments reached Jan. 7 on the city’s tax allocation districts.The agreement was considered pivotal in the financing plan for CIM’s redevelopment of the railroad gulch in the heart of downtown.

Fatal bird-building collisions: Metro Atlanta ranks in Top 10 in Spring, Fall

April 20, 2019, 8:51 pm/0 Comments

Despite efforts to halt the deaths, a new report puts metro Atlanta in the nation’s Top 10 for the number of birds that blinded by light pollution and fly to their death into buildings the Spring and Fall migration seasons.

High hopes expressed for Atlanta’s task force to promote public trust

April 20, 2019, 4:41 pm/1 Comment

Judging by the responses posted on social media, expectations are great that the Atlanta Task Force for the Promotion of Public Trust will produce results that fulfill its name.

Genuine Parts honors the late Wilton Looney and Larry Prince with a garden

April 18, 2019, 6:41 pm/0 Comments

Had he lived 11 more months, Wilton Looney would have celebrated his 100thbirthday on April 18.Looney became president of Genuine Parts in 1955 before becoming its CEO six years later – remaining in that role until his retirement in 1990.He was succeeded by Larry Prince, who served as CEO of the Fortune 500 company’ until 2005.Tragically, Prince died of cancer on March 5, 2019 at the relatively young age of 80.

Georgia Bio CEO: Investment in life sciences has produced 14.9 percent growth in jobs

April 18, 2019, 5:01 pm/0 Comments

Georgia’s life science industry has experienced a 14.9 percent growth in employment during the past decade, according to the results of the 2019 Georgia Life Sciences State of the Industry Report released Wednesday morning.That was nearly double the growth of life sciences employment nationally – 7.7 percent – over the same decade (2007 to 2017).

College students promote sustainability in world’s challenged communities

April 17, 2019, 5:01 pm/1 Comment

From helping cocaine farmers in Columbia shift to other products, to providing efforts to aid and repatriate migrants at the U.S. southern border, college students from metro Atlanta and across the Americas met Wednesday via Skype to discuss shared efforts to improve the world’s sustainability.

Antonio Brown claims seat in Atlanta City Council special election

April 16, 2019, 11:13 pm/0 Comments

With 53 percent of the vote in a special election, Antonio Brown is set to join Atlanta City Council taking his first job in politics, representing part of the Westside.

Short funds for road, bridge and other works, Atlanta council OK’s diminished project list

April 16, 2019, 5:14 pm/1 Comment

A vote by Atlanta City Council on Monday made it official: some of the road, bridge and other public works promised to voters via special programs in 2015 and 2016 will not happen any time soon.

SunTrust CFO Allison Dukes to leave bank after BB&T merger

April 15, 2019, 4:37 pm/0 Comments

One of the key executives at SunTrust Bank – Allison Dukes – has chosen to not join the new bank formed by the merger of SunTrust and BB&T.Dukes is the chief financial officer of SunTrust and she already had been identified as one of the SunTrust executives who would be part of the executive management team of the merged bank, which will be based in Charlotte, N.C.

Nation at ‘pivotal moment’ in environmental laws; Monday deadline for comments

April 14, 2019, 10:29 pm/0 Comments

The nation is at a “pivotal moment” in environmental law and Monday, April 15 is the deadline for public comment to a proposed ruling by the Trump administration that would reduce the amount of waters and wetlands protected by the Clean Water Act of 1972.

City Nature Challenge combines two of metro Atlanta favorite pastimes

April 13, 2019, 10:52 am/0 Comments

Two of metro Atlanta favorite pastimes – crowd sourcing and nature watching – are to come together this month in a competition led by the Fernbank Museum that involves citizen scientists from more than 100 cities around the world.

Data center planned near BeltLine may exceed size allowed under pending rules

April 11, 2019, 10:44 pm/2 Comments

Plans are advancing to enable the expansion of a data center in the vicinity of the Atlanta BeltLine near the Bellwood Quarry. The new facility would be larger than allowed under pending restrictions on the size of data centers near the BeltLine, though it’s not immediately clear if this site would be in the restricted area.

Judge: Westside Atlanta Council runoff to continue between Amos and Brown

April 11, 2019, 10:29 pm/1 Comment

A Tuesday runoff election for Atlanta City Council is set to continue, after a judge OK’d Fulton’s election administration and the candidacy of Antonio Brown.

Updated: Atlanta Housing takes action on lawsuits from ex-CEO and developer — and not the actions those plaintiffs wanted

April 10, 2019, 11:56 pm/1 Comment

A Wednesday morning meeting of the board of Atlanta’s housing authority signals that two aging legal wrangles are set to continue.

Gov. Kemp’s first act in charge of SRTA: Provide funding to fix washed out road

April 10, 2019, 7:00 pm/0 Comments

At $1.3 million, the grant isn’t big in the context of state highway funding. But Gov. Brian Kemp won praise from local residents for overseeing approval of funding to help restore a road washed out in February by a rockslide in Pickens County – just north of metro Atlanta.

Second round of voting starts for Westside city council seat; candidates meet in forum

April 8, 2019, 4:47 pm/2 Comments

Atlanta’s going to get a freshman city council member from the Westside’s district 3, in a special election runoff. Some of the votes will depend on what people think of candidates who have — and who haven’t — been in office.

Kemp glad nothing happened on state takeover of Atlanta airport

April 8, 2019, 3:13 pm/0 Comments

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp told the Rotary Club of Atlanta Monday that sometimes you can be thankful that legislation never made it out of the Georgia legislature.In this case, he was referring to bills that would have either involved a state takeover of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport or would have created a legislative oversight committee to review the airport’s operations.

Atlanta races ahead of consultant’s advice in proposed Transportation Department

April 7, 2019, 9:47 pm/0 Comments

Atlanta’s proposal to create a freestanding Department of Transportation – reporting exclusively to the mayor – was part of the long-term plan suggested by the city’s management consultant, but only after a slow transition to a new department. The Atlanta City Council begins its deliberations on April 22.

Unlike Atlanta, New York aims to improve transit with congestion tax, not sales tax

April 4, 2019, 8:03 pm/1 Comment

New York City has a new method to improve mobility – by charging a congestion tax to raise money to improve transit. Atlanta hasn’t broached this approach and appears committed to sales taxes to pay for regional transit improvements.

Proposed state oversight of 104 local airports would include Gwinnett’s growing field

April 3, 2019, 10:22 pm/2 Comments

A pending renewal and expansion on the runway of Gwinnett County’s airport evidently is the type of job that some state lawmakers had in mind when they talked about greater state involvement in local airports. Gwinnett’s airport also highlights the impact of the state’s 104 publicly-owned, public use airports.

Greg Bjorg How on earth do they have time for such things? When I was a college student, I had to waste all my spare time writing... –
On: College students promote sustainability in world’s challenged communities

Don Penovi Looking forward to it. –
On: High hopes expressed for Atlanta’s task force to promote public trust

Darkeyah Reuven The most important thing our Mayor can do is to continue to run an efficient Airport operation! Everything else is secondary. Atlantans don't have to... –
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mike Who wants to be brainwashed by the fake news and lies and racism from FOX Noise and Trump –
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mike Trump 'won' or cheated to win thanks to the Russians and the FBI based on a promise to Make America White Again and Make America... –
On: Across an emptying heartland, worries we're filling up

Jim Bob I never understood how resurfacing of streets was ever included in this project. Resurfacing is not a capital expenditure. It is normal maintenance that should... –
On: Short funds for road, bridge and other works, Atlanta council OK's diminished project list

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