“I wish you’d broken all the rules” is a haunting refrain in a memorial written by a Swedish performing artist whose friend died of a heart attack, and not COVID-19, after the South by Southwest event was cancelled and with it their planned performance.
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Georgia Tech president: Fostering global collaboration, local action in 21st century
Georgia Tech President Angel Cabrera portrays a new e-learning program on sustainability as a result of the type of university-based global coalition needed to solve big problems in the 21st century.
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In Fulton County, eviction proceedings still on hold — for now
Fulton County officials have put a pin in eviction proceedings, keeping residents whose finances have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic safe at home. For now, that is.
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Atlanta housing bond: Investors may buy, but at what price for city taxpayers
Atlanta may well be able to borrow money to provide affordable housing, based on the example of a bond sale Wednesday by a state with a credit rating one step above junk. Two questions are whether Atlanta’s city leaders want to take on new debt in the current economic slowdown, and what interest rate they’re willing for taxpayers to pay.
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Infectious disease doctors: Looming shortage as specialty among lowest paid
A shortage of doctors who specialize in infectious disease is looming at a time these specialists are needed to help manage the COVID-19 pandemic and are among the lowest paid of all medical specialties, a doctor at Duke University reports.
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Credit analysts warn of harm to education posed by potential state spending cuts
Georgia’s early look at cutting the state budget to offset falling revenues was flagged Monday for its potential to harm the state’s quality of education and weaken the credit rating of local school districts, according to a credit outlook released by Moody’s Investors Service.
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Let’s restart America: Here’s how
I’ve given a lot of thought to the best way for us to restart the economy. … We need a new strategy for investing in America to recover from record unemployment and shattered business dreams. Here’s the way we can do it.
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Reports of Georgia’s first sea turtle nest of 2020 spreads far, wide as ‘good news’ story
The annual story about sea turtles starting their nesting season along Georgia’s coast has been picked up fairly widely and presented as a “good news story” this year as the nation looks to nature for a sense of rhythm in arrhythmic times.
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Recovery Fund announces another $5.3 million in grants to 245 metro Atlanta nonprofits
In its sixth round of grants to nonprofits in the Atlanta region announced Friday morning, the Greater Atlanta COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund is distributing a total of $5.3 million in grants to a record number of 245 organizations.
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Cigarettes and booze little solace for Georgia budget-writers
Many other things are going to be subject to the Covid Recession.
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Amid pandemic, city plan directs homeless sleeping at airport to supportive services
On Monday, the Atlanta City Council unanimously approved legislation that kickstarts a 60-day plan to curb the amount of homeless people sleeping at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and help them navigate the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Post pandemic: Views on sustainability, racial equity, just development practices
As the pandemic crisis passes, the new orders of life provide opportunities to improve conditions in terms of sustainability, racial equity in placemaking, and more just development practices. These are among the views expressed by the head of the U.N., a national author who examines Atlanta in an upcoming book, and a longtime urban planner now teaching at Georgia Tech.
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Atlanta’s 1918 pandemic: Fresh air rocks, but don’t forget your mask
Sir Winston Churchill once famously said, “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” Going through hell is exactly what the city of Atlanta has experienced of late. That’s why in scary times like this, it is comforting to know we’ve “been there, done that” before – and survived.
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Mayor Bottoms cites no intent to enforce social distancing, under query from Councilmember Bond
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has no immediate intent to penalize individuals who break the social distancing laws, she said Thursday in response to a question by Atlanta City Councilmember Michael Julian Bond.
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How Atlanta Housing, partners roll with the punches of the pandemic
Like most companies and public agencies these days, Atlanta’s housing authority has been compelled to restructure its operations to cater to the global pandemic.
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‘The cancellations keep coming’ – Life as an artist in a time of a fatal ‘nightmare’
The Swedish singer stuck in Texas by the pandemic has returned to Europe, and hopes to return to the United States and pick up a tour that once included a stop in Decatur in August. Her summer tour in Europe has been canceled.
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Gwinnett buses rolling today as drivers receive N95 masks, face shields; hazard pay still in talks
Gwinnett County buses are rolling today as the private company that operates the system has reached partial agreement with drivers, who had threatened to stop work today if they did not receive personal protective equipment and hazard pay.
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Most of city’s homeless population has been tested for COVID-19, but more work is needed
Most of Atlanta’s known homeless population has now been tested for COVID-19, thanks to an initiative spearheaded by the city’s homeless services manager Partners for Home (PFH) and healthcare focused nonprofit Mercy Care.
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Georgia has COVID testing capacity, leaders urge people to get tested
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp at the Capitol on April 27. Credit: screenshot By Maggie Lee Georgians who have even mild COVID-19 symptoms can and should get tested, say Georgia’s governor and its top public health official. “If you’re feeling bad, if you have those symptoms that I went over … body pain, cough, fever … […]
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Gwinnett County transit drivers to halt work Thursday, citing fears of COVID-19
Gwinnett County bus drivers plan to stop operating the service on Thursday, they notified the transit operator that oversees the system. Drivers on Monday cited fear for their safety and the federal ‘right to refuse’ work during hazardous conditions. The transit operator of GCT did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
