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Atlanta voted for More MARTA. A decade later, there isn’t much ‘more’ about it

I keep remembering a conversation with an Uber driver from Vine City. In my neighborhood, who controls information controls the people, he told me. Without information, are we voting in […]

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Children's movement to stop cop city
Opinion — Raising comrades: a dispatch from the children’s movement to Stop Cop City 

Everyone has the right to protest. That includes kids.

Atlanta City Hall Tower, viewed from below. Vanessa Manley
Mayor promotes new Constituent Service chief who was subject of an inspector general investigation

The Office of Inspector General found that in 2022, Vanessa Manley used her position in the city for personal gain, failed to disclose outside employment and submitted a false invoice. 

Atlanta City Hall Tower, viewed from below. Vanessa Manley
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.

Courtesy of Jamie Christy for Atlanta City Council District 7.
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.

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.

Matthew Cardinale sits beside the Savannah River.
Matthew Cardinale, 1981-2025, ¡PRESENTE!
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.