Atlanta City Council passes legislation addressing homelessness following man's death at encampment site
Council voted hours after the family of Cornelius Taylor chanted for change outside City Hall. It's now up to Mayor Andre Dickens to sign or veto the legislation.
Atlanta City Council halts use of heavy machinery in encampment sweeps, creates task force on homelessness
On Monday, the Atlanta City Council made notable changes to how the city approaches homelessness and specifically how it conducts encampment clearings.
Atlanta city council agrees to halt use of heavy equipment to clear homeless encampments
ATLANTA, GA — The Atlanta city council easily approved a moratorium on the use of heavy equipment to clear homeless encampments on Monday. The vote comes at the urging of Mayor Andre Dickens.
Atlanta advances plan to halt sweeps of homeless camps
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Atlanta City Council is one step closer to putting a temporarily ban on encampment sweeps. It follows the tragic death of Cornelius Taylor who was recently killed during an encampment sweep on Jan. 16.
Atlanta City Council to vote on moratorium for homeless encampment sweeps after man’s death
A man was killed in a “tragic accident” blocks from Ebenezer Baptist Church when an Atlanta Public Works vehicle was clearing an encampment and crushed him to death.
Atlanta City Council approves homelessness task force, pause on encampment sweeps
The Atlanta City Council approved legislation at its Feb. 3 meeting to create a homelessness task force and to pause the use of heavy machinery during sweeps of encampments. The measures come in the wake of the Jan.
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Atlanta city attorney accuses inspector general of violating state subpoena law
The city of Atlanta’s attorney sent a cease and desist letter to the Office of the Inspector General Monday, alleging the government watchdog has violated state law at least 50 times while issuing ...
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City of Atlanta will opt out of statewide limit on property tax increases to keep local base freeze
The City of Atlanta intends to opt out of the statewide homestead tax exemption, which limits annual property tax increases by freezing property values based on a yearly assessment of consumer price ...
After nearly three years, city of Atlanta makes slow progress on $750M infrastructure package
Atlanta officials have only spent 7% of project funds for Moving Atlanta Forward, a $750 million infrastructure package approved by voters in 2022.
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Despite challenges, Georgia’s Black architects make their mark on Atlanta
One Sunday in May 1917, on the first day of services at the newly built First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Athens, the congregation celebrated with a processional and mortgage burning.
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Blue city looks to halt homeless encampment sweeps after city truck crushes sleeping man
The mayor of Atlanta is looking to pause the city's homeless encampment sweeps following an incident when witnesses said they watched a city truck fatally crush a sleeping man two weeks ago.
Atlanta set a new record Tuesday | Here's how much snow fell in other parts of the metro
ATLANTA — A southern storm system brought a quick shot of snowfall to parts of north and central Georgia Tuesday. This was a different storm than our January 10th storm. This one brought lower snow ...
The death of a former Georgia college basketball coach is treated as a homicide
Atlanta police are treating the death of a former head basketball coach at two Georgia universities as a homicide after his ...