He is the new darling and delight of the Democratic Party. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro is a 40 year young President Obama appointee and former San Antonio, Texas Mayor who is considered one of the Democratic Party’s best and brightest rising political stars.
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Mayor Reed’s office releases update on his activities at Paris Climate Change Conference
On Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed’s second day in Paris to attend the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, his press office released a statement Friday outlining his schedule of events and to talk up sustainability efforts taken during his administration.
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GSU economic forecaster predicts December rate hike, the Fed telegraphs the same
Rajeev Dhawan had the good fortune Wednesday to see a prediction he made in the morning be proven true that afternoon, when the Federal Reserve telegraphed that a rate hike is likely in December.
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Atlanta, MARTA, GDOT turn their attention to southwest Atlanta’s redevelopment
The latest mark of what is proving to be significant government effort to bolster the redevelopment of southwest Atlanta is a proposal to use money from Atlanta’s Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund to remediate portions of the Atlanta BeltLine’s Westside Trail.
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Atlanta mayor, council at odds over road project to serve $100 million development planned in NW Atlanta
The Atlanta City Council on Monday is slated to consider a vote to overturn Mayor Kasim Reed’s veto of the council’s plan to use $800,000 in city funds to extend Moores Mill Road, in northwest Atlanta – an issue that roiled on Reed’s Facebook page.
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Cobb County Chairman Tim Lee talks up economic fruit of Braves’ move to Cobb
Cobb County Chairman Tim Lee is using the second anniversary of the Atlanta Braves announcement of their move to Cobb County to talk up the economic benefits Cobb will receive and is already receiving.
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Georgia’s transportation funding law helps win additional federal funds: Chamber
The transportation funding bill enacted by the Georgia Legislature this year has helped the state draw down additional federal funding in the transportation bill now being negotiated in Congress, according to the Georgia Chamber of Commerce.
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Policeman with strong political record takes charge of precinct overseeing Midtown, Downtown
The Atlanta police major who on Thursday took charge of the precinct for Midtown and Downtown brings a strong political record that includes a suspension for saying he wanted to beat then Mayor Shirley Franklin in the head with a bat, and delivering the local police union support to Kasim Reed in the 2009 runoff election for mayor.
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Ga. Water Coalition’s annual “Dirty Dozen” commends state for opposition to Palmetto Pipeline
The Georgia Water Coalition used the release Wednesday of its annual “Dirty Dozen” list of threats to water quality to commend Georgia for denying a permit to facilitate construction of the Palmetto Pipeline.
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Planned Atlanta hotel latest venture by hotel/casino company run by Seminole Tribe of Florida
The new Hard Rock Hotel announced for downtown Atlanta is the latest venture for a parent company owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, which a story on forbes.com described as, “tribal pioneers in the casino and gaming business.”
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Atlanta prepares to ask voters to extend 1 percent sales tax for water, sewer upgrades
Atlanta is starting the process to call a referendum on extending the 1 percent sales tax to pay for water and sewer upgrades. The proposal is to be on the ballot March 1, 2016, the same day Georgians are to vote for presidential nominees.
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Breaking cycles of poverty: How not to cluster the poor in broken neighborhoods
Metro Atlanta could be the poster child for housing policies that, intentionally or not, have concentrated lower income households in non-white neighborhoods that aren’t pleasant places. The U.S. Supreme Court and the Obama administration intend to change the way policies are implemented, and the policies themselves.
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Baltimore, once a beacon for Atlanta’s downtown revitalization, sees its lamp dim
BALTIMORE – Once upon a time, Atlanta wanted to create the same kind of magic that enabled Baltimore to build a tourism destination around an aquarium. Those days seem long ago.
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Atlanta to move on Peachtree Pine shelter as Obama administration intervenes on behalf of homeless in Idaho
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has said Atlanta will condemn a homeless shelter located at the corner of Peachtree and Pine streets because controversy has lingered, “too long.” Meanwhile, the Obama administration has filed a brief in a federal lawsuit in favor of the rights of homeless persons.
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Common Cause forces resignation of Georgia leader as part of national realignment of interests
The forced resignation of William Perry, former executive director of Common Cause of Georgia, speaks to the breadth of redirection of the national organization under the leadership of former Clinton cabinet member Robert Reich.
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Airport concessions contracts languish at Atlanta City Hall as travelers queue for food, drink
“Hopefully, soon.” That’s when Atlanta’s procurement office expects to move forward with proposals from food and beverage operators who want to open shop at Atlanta’s airport. The proposals have been under review since mid March.
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Tim Keane: Atlanta’s new planning commissioner has a conversation with residents
For any number of reasons, Charleston, S.C. tugs on Atlanta’s heartstrings. Atlanta’s new planning commissioner seems comfortable with this relation, and has devised a deft response to questions about why he left his job as chief planner with the Holy City.
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South Carolina joins Georgia in ruling against use of condemnation to build Palmetto Pipeline
A legal opinion issued by the office of South Carolina’s attorney general presents a new obstacle for a proposed pipeline for petroleum and ethanol to be built along the Savannah River and down the Georgia coast, to Jacksonville, Fla.
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Taking another crack at Atlanta’s food desert, this time targeting chronic disease
Georgia State University and Morehouse School of Medicine have received a $400,000 federal grant to promote healthier food and physical activity in black neighborhoods in southwest Atlanta, where rates of diabetes and cardiovascular disease are especially high.
In addition, Atlanta is poised to address the city’s food deserts through a $50,000 grant to a program that’s not related to the GSU/Morehouse partnership, a spokesperson for Invest Atlanta said Thursday.
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Turner Field neighbors to Mayor Reed: Defer any deal until after ARC-funded study is complete
A coalition of organizations around Turner Field intend to ask Mayor Kasim Reed on Tuesday to defer any deal to redevelop the ballpark and its parking lots until after a $275,000 visioning plan is complete.
