The Atlanta City Council has scheduled two hearings Sept. 29 for its redistricting amid pressure for more public input.
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Atlanta City Council redistricting to bring some ‘big changes’ to local representation
Atlanta City Council redistricting this year will bring significant changes in representation for some neighborhoods, with a general trend of southside districts expanding and northside ones shrinking.
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Atlanta’s newly elected City Council and Board of Education will soon face redistricting
As Atlanta voters head to the runoff election polls today, a little-noticed fact is that many of them soon will no longer be represented by the officials they just elected. That’s because the long-delayed City Council and Board of Education (BOE) redistrictings are coming soon.
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Rural Georgia emptying; state power liable to shift north
A million more Georgians than 10 years ago.
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Redistricting data to arrive at Georgia’s Capitol by Aug. 16; final town hall is Friday
The Census confirmed Wednesday it expects to provide to states by Aug. 16 all the information states need to start the redistricting process, which is the creation of boundaries for posts ranging from U.S. House to city councils and school boards.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Part-time pedestrian paradise coming to Edgewood
Georgia on My Mind … In 1930, musicians Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell wrote the now-classic song. Many artists recorded the song over the years, but Ray Charles put it on the map. After Charles performed “Georgia on My Mind” for the Georgia General Assembly in 1979, it was named the state’s official song. The […]
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Bordeaux, McBath deemed at risk as Georgia’s congressional delegation remains at 14
Georgia will continue to have 14 representatives in Congress, the Census confirmed Tuesday. The granular data lawmakers will use to draw district boundaries is to be released by Sept. 30.
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Georgia’s redistricting schedule derailed by Census delays in reporting population
The Census data used to draw new districts for Georgia’s congressional and legislative posts will not be delivered before July 30. No delivery date is in public view, and President Biden’s nominee for Commerce secretary said she will not rush the results, if confirmed.
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Trump losing battle to exclude ‘illegal aliens’ from count toward seats in Congress
A federal court in Maryland on Nov. 6 struck down President Trump’s order that “illegal aliens” be excluded from the Census count that’s used to award congressional seats to each state. The administration has appealed to the Supreme Court.
