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Activists, Officials Take Fact-finding Trip to Seattle for LEAD Program
(APN) ATLANTA — From April 14 to 16, 2015, Atlanta activists and elected officials were in Seattle, Washington, learning more about the city’s successful Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD)...
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A. Reginald Eaves, 1934-2015, !Presente! (UPDATE 1)
(APN) ATLANTA — Former Fulton County Commissioner A. Reginald Eaves, 81, has passed away. He was an activist, an elected official, and a journalist for People TV. Mr. Eaves served as Fulton County...
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Fulton County D.A. Reopens Ariston Waiters Police Killing Case
(APN) UNION CITY, Georgia — The case involving the 2011 shooting death of unarmed nineteen year-old Ariston Waiters in Union City, Georgia, has been reopened by Fulton County District Attorney, Paul...
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City of Atlanta Sets Aside Paltry Sum for Massive Beltline Debts Owed to Schools
(APN) ATLANTA — While there is no end in sight to the Beltline-Atlanta Public Schools (APS) dispute, the Atlanta City Council has set aside four million dollars for a possible eventual settlement....
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How Atlanta, Fulton, DeKalb Could Stop Criminalizing Mentally Ill People...
(APN) ATLANTA — After DeKalb police officer Robert Olsen killed Anthony Hill, a young Black man suffering a mental health crisis, Atlanta Progressive News traveled to San Antonio, Texas, to report on a...
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MARTA Pilots Farmers Market at West End Station
(APN) ATLANTA — MARTA commuters will now have easy access to fresh, farm-grown produce; the public transit authority has opened a weekly “pop-up produce market” at the West End station. The Fresh...
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MARTA Pushes Eight Billion Dollar Expansion, Half Penny Sales Tax
(APN) ATLANTA — The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) is now pushing for a package of rail line expansions, including the north line, the east line, and a new Clifton Corridor line,...
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DeKalb Community, Edmund Park, Petitions for Atlanta Annexation, as South...
With additional reporting by Barbara Payne (APN) ATLANTA — Edmund Park, a community in a portion of the Morningside neighborhood located in unincorporated DeKalb County, has submitted a petition to...
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Taylor Bennett Wins State House Run-off, Republicans Lose Supermajority
(APN) ATLANTA — Republicans no longer have a supermajority in Georgia’s State House of Representatives. On Tuesday, August 11, 2015, Democratic candidate Taylor Bennett–an attorney and former...
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Homeless Task Force Wins Court of Appeals Ruling; Eaves Visits Shelter...
With additional reporting by Anna Simonton. (APN) ATLANTA — The Court of Appeals of Georgia ruled in favor of the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, and against Premium Funding Solutions...
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Atlanta Wins Lawsuit Over Fulton Industrial Annexation Restrictions
(APN) ATLANTA — On August 31, 2015, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Gail Tusan ruled in favor of the City of Atlanta in a case brought by the City of Atlanta against Fulton County regarding the...
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People’s Agenda Hosts Discussion on Fulton Voter Disenfranchisement
(APN) ATLANTA — Fulton County will pay a fine of 180 dollars for breaking over two dozen state voting laws and illegally disenfranchising and misleading voters in the 2008 and 2012 elections. The...
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Horace Tribble, 1938 – 2015, !Presente!
(APN) ATLANTA — Horace Tribble, 77, a community activist with such organizations as the Concerned Black Clergy of Atlanta, the Open Door Community, and Fulton Atlanta Community Action Authority, was...
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ANALYSIS: AFCRA Betrayed the Turner Field Communities
Editorial by Anna Simonton, Staff Writer and News Analyst; and Matthew Charles Cardinale, News Editor. (APN) ATLANTA — The Atlanta Fulton County Recreation Authority (AFCRA) has officially invited...
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State Rep. Simone Bell Resigns; former Rep. Long to Run for Seat
(APN) ATLANTA — Today, State Rep. Simone Bell (D-Atlanta) announced she will leave the House to go work for Lambda Legal, the nation’s oldest legal organization working on LGBTQI issues, as southern...
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Second Candidate Announces for HD 58 Seat Vacated by Bell
(APN) ATLANTA — A second candidate, Park Cannon, a political newcomer, has entered the House District 58 race, less than 24 hours since State Rep. Simone Bell (D-Atlanta) announced she would be leaving...
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Mayor Reed Defends Lack of Public Input on Turner Field, Noting All Projects...
(APN) ATLANTA — At a meeting of the City Council of Atlanta’s Finance/Executive Committee on Wednesday, October 14, 2015, Council Members heard from the Atlanta-Fulton County Recreation Authority...
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Voters Reject LaVista Hills Cityhood, Approve Tucker, in Stunning Defeat...
(APN) DEKALB COUNTY — Last night, on Tuesday, November 03, 2015, DeKalb County voters bucked the trend toward cityhood in Metro Atlanta, by narrowly rejecting the proposal for a new city of LaVista...
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MARTA Privatizes Paratransit, Despite Public Outcry
(APN) ATLANTA — Despite public outcry, MARTA Mobility, the paratransit service for Atlantans with disabilities, will soon be run by a private company instead of the local transit authority. On...
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APN Celebrates Ten Years Of Radical Reporting and Rabble Rousing
(APN) ATLANTA — For ten years, Atlanta Progressive News has served as a voice for the Left and a source of information on labor, education, local politics, the environment, economic justice, and many...
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