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Meet the Atlanta City Council candidates: Dustin Hillis for District 9

Looking to join scarce company as a three-term council member, District 9 Council Member and Riverside resident Dustin Hillis emphasizes his record and his plans on infrastructure, hydraulics and public safety.

Attack email on Malhotra leads to escalating set of spats between council president candidates over public safety

Allies of local nonprofit leader Rohit Malhotra accused Marci Overstreet campaign consultant Fred Hicks of creating an attack website. Tension between the candidates has only risen since.

Meet the Atlanta City Council candidates: Toni Belin Ingram for District 11

Highlighting her skills in listening, building coalitions and fostering growth, District 11 candidate and Adams Park resident the Rev. Toni Belin Ingram names long-promised Campbellton Road Bus Rapid Transit her top priority.

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Meet the Atlanta City Council candidates: Andre Burgin for District 11

As a career tech professional, District 11 candidate and Adams Park resident Andre Burgin emphasizes technological solutions in his way forward for Atlanta.

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Meet the Atlanta City Council candidates: Jacob Chambers for District 2

District 2 candidate Jacob Chambers emphasizes housing, transportation and infrastructure as key issues for Atlanta to remedy.

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Meet the Atlanta City Council candidates: James White for District 2

As the first formerly incarcerated person in the U.S. to become a prosecutor, District 2 candidate James White III says safer, well-maintained streets should be a priority—not through arrests, but via compassion, prevention and opportunity.

Entry sign for the Atlanta City Detention Center, home to Atlanta and Fulton County's Center for Diversion Services.
Fate of Fulton’s Atlanta City Detention Center lease withdrawal further delayed in committee

Several public commenters joined Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat in addressing the committee on whether to extend the Atlanta City Detention Center lease or seek alternatives.

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GA Working Families Party endorses six Atlanta candidates as “progressive champions”

As Atlanta elections hit the official candidate qualifying period, the Georgia chapter of Working Families Party endorsed 16 area municipal candidates Thursday night.

Meet the Atlanta City Council candidates: Alex Bevel Jones for District 2

From congressional intern to Virginia-Highland Civic Association president, small-business entrepreneur to Georgia government employee, Alex Bevel Jones has an array of work and life experiences that inform his run for the District 2 council seat.

Courtney Smith, District 2 candidate for Atlanta City Council
Meet the Atlanta City Council candidates: Courtney Smith for District 2

With experience as chair of NPU-E and Midtown Neighbors’ Association president, Courtney Smith believes she has solutions for interconnected issues facing District 2 and all of Atlanta, none greater than affordable housing.