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Anti-TAD organizers call TAD delay a battle won but expect fight in 2026

Mayor Andre Dickens’ controversial rush to extend eight tax allocation district funds through 2055 would divert as much as $5.5 billion from local government control to Invest Atlanta’s board, overseen by the mayor for his Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative.

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Meet the Atlanta Board of Education candidates: Patreece Hutcherson for District 6

Patreece Hutcherson is on a mission to reopen schools and increase the Atlanta Board of Education’s transparency, with more than 20 years working in public education to draw from.

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Meet the Atlanta Board of Education candidates: Royce Mann for District 8

Drawing on his government experience at every level—including work with both U.S. senators from Georgia—Royce Mann wants to bolster funding for Atlanta Public Schools, adding universal pre-K and free MARTA transit for high schoolers.

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Meet the Atlanta Board of Education candidates: Marlissa Crawford for District 2

With experience in PTAs, PTOs and the neighborhood association board during her 16 years in Ashview Heights, Marlissa Crawford wants to close student opportunity gaps while ensuring teachers are fully supported.

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Meet the Atlanta City Council candidates: Jamie Christy for District 7

Former collegiate swimmer and Buckhead Young Republicans leader Jamie Christy of Buckhead Forest wants to lower taxes while enhancing infrastructure and public safety.

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Meet the Atlanta City Council candidates: Thomas Worthy for District 7

With experience on the boards of Georgia Chamber of Commerce and Atlanta Police Foundation, North Buckhead resident Thomas Worthy wants to lower taxes while enhancing infrastructure and public safety.

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‘No Kings’? Agreed, but Atlanta organizers question protest’s efficacy

While many heralded the rally and march as crucial to upholding democracy, others critiqued it as insufficient to meet a moment requiring great change.

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.