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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Fulton begins limited drive-thru specimen collection; COVID-19 confirmations to rise
Expect many more than Fulton’s current 49 cases.
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Questions linger over which way Georgia’s criminal justice system will trend
“Justice” is in the eye of the beholder
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Fulton to seek missing property value in commercial building data
“The person who is getting $40 a square foot for rent when the average is $25 or $28, that person will never come forward …”
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Fulton puts budget on hold
The $758 million budget will get more work before a vote.
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Fulton County’s first test of downsizing: Handing some HUD grants to cities
Fulton County has relinquished its role as a pass-through agency for about $1.5 million a year in federal funding for programs ranging from help for the homeless, to down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers, to the Alpharetta YMCA. The issue may be the first test of will to downsize the role of county government now that much of the county is within a city.
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Fulton considering $758 million budget
But there are questions about whether Fulton should spend more, especially on courts.
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Fulton leader wants to open up economic development shop in India
By Maggie Lee Fulton’s top elected official says it’s time for the county to have a presence in India to help attract investments from the world’s second-most populous country. “People around the world know about Atlanta but they do not know about Fulton County,” said Fulton County Commission Chairman Robb Pitts in an interview on […]
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Fulton County considering taxes, gentrification, state funding ahead of legislative session
Fulton County looks likely to ask the state to give it the right to dig into the records of companies appeal commercial property tax assessments.
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Deja vu at the Gulch: Judge rules for tax subsidy procedure, opponents plan appeal
A Fulton County judge says Atlanta followed the rules when a split City Council OK’d bond-backed public subsidies for a proposed private remake of Downtown’s Gulch. Opponents will ask a higher court’s opinion, in a dispute that’s gone on for almost a year.
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Fulton plans to publish data on criminal justice system — soon
Everybody talking about criminal justice in Fulton should find something of interest soon — that is, when the county starts publishing new, detailed statistics on courts.
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Fulton is undervaluing some commercial properties; so now what?
The people who are supposed to set the taxable value of Fulton’s buildings are “outgunned” by commercial property owners and hired experts, says a county commissioner.
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HIV/AIDS atop agenda for Atlanta’s new chief health officer, Fulton’s expanded services
Two significant changes in public health and HIV/AIDS programs are underway in Atlanta and Fulton County. The measures include: Atlanta’s newly created position of chief health officer; and Fulton’s expansion and renaming of its HIV services program to manage President Trump’s goal of ending the HIV epidemic in the United States.
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Fulton County bans disposable plastics, declares residues could harm humans
Fulton County’s Board of Commissioners has banned the use of most disposable plastic food packaging in the county’s facilities. The ban is to be phased in and take effect Jan. 1, 2020. It also declares humans could be harmed by particles of plastics.
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Fulton County’s new sustainability plan sets climate change mitigation as No. 1 goal
Climate change mitigation is the No. 1 priority named in the sustainability program approved unanimously by Fulton County’s Board of Commissioners. The measure is strongly endorsed by environmentalists and members of a citizen panel that contributed to the document.
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Fulton development board to developers: consider subcontractor diversity
Fulton’s development authority wants companies that receive public incentives to make a good-faith effort to do business with a certain percent of minority- and female-owned subcontractors.
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Fulton County mayors seeking consensus for transit plans
The Fulton County Commission and mayors within the county are considering asking voters for a .2 percent sales tax for transit projects either this November or in 2020.
The 0.2 percent sales tax is expected to generate about $1.2 billion over 30 years.
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Fulton County has two years to fix property tax assessments, court ruling states
The court ruling in December that upheld Fulton County’s tax bills for 2017 highlighted a number of chronic issues that plague the county’s property tax assessments. The county has two years to fix known problems, as state law compels the state revenue commissioner to review the county’s digest in 2019.
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Atlanta needs financial empowerment intervention
By Operation HOPE The only true international city in the South, Atlanta is home to some of the most successful entrepreneurs and minority-owned businesses. A city where innovation and the economy thrive, Atlanta has for so long been recognized as one of the top American cities for minorities, particularly African-Americans, to become financially secure. However, […]
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Fulton County commissioners urge Georgia to decriminalize marijuana
Fulton County’s Board of Commissioners has not only decriminalized the possession of less than an ounce of marijuana in a small portion of the county, the board has called on the State of Georgia to stop jailing folks for holding less than an ounce of marijuana.
