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Atlanta City Council Passes Affordable Housing Impact Statements
(APN) ATLANTA — The City Council of Atlanta passed an ordinance providing for Affordable Housing Impact Statements in a unanimous vote of fourteen to zero at its Full Council Meeting on today, Monday,...
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Task Force for the Homeless Wins Favorable Georgia Supreme Court Ruling
(APN) ATLANTA — This morning, Monday, November 23, 2015, the Supreme Court of Georgia issued a ruling that is favorable to the Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless, upholding prior summary...
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Johns Creek Waxes Inflammatory in MARTA Half Cent Tax Opposition
(APN) ATLANTA — On Monday, November 16, 2015, the City Council of Johns Creek unanimously passed a resolution opposing any tax increases to pay for MARTA expansion into North Fulton coming through...
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State Senate, House Study Committees on Cityhood, Annexation Release Reports
(APN) ATLANTA — Study Committees of the Georgia Senate and House, created to study and make recommendations regarding annexation, deannexation, and incorporation in Georgia, have published their final...
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Fulton Court Clerk Staffer Sentenced in ID Theft, Tax Fraud Conspiracy
(APN) ATLANTA — In November 2015, a Fulton County Superior Court Clerk employee was convicted and sentenced for selling Georgians’ Social Security numbers and other personal information in a tax fraud...
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Atlanta Quietly Growing Through Annexation Petitions
(APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta’s boundaries are growing, as more unincorporated neighborhoods in DeKalb and Fulton Counties are successfully annexing into the City of Atlanta, opting to use the petition...
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Turner Field Neighbors Call For Community Benefits Agreement
(APN) ATLANTA — The communities near Turner Field are seeking a binding Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) as part of the pending stadium sale. The Atlanta Fulton County Recreational Authority...
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MARTA Rail Expansion Half Penny Passes Senate Committee
(APN) ATLANTA — Transit funding just got a boon, as SB 330, sponsored by State Sen. Brandon Beach (R – Alpharetta) passed out of the Senate Transportation Committee on Wednesday, February 18, 2016, by...
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South Fulton Cityhood Advocates Seek State House Seats
(APN) ATLANTA — This election cycle, at least two advocates for South Fulton cityhood–Debra Bazemore and Rafer Johnson–are putting their names on the ballot to run for State House. State House races...
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South Fulton Cityhood Passes Senate, House, as Sen. James Defends Vote
With additional reporting by Gloria Tatum, Senior News Writer. (APN) ATLANTA — HB 514, a voter referendum for a new City of South Fulton, in Fulton County, passed the Georgia Legislature this year,...
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APN Qualifying Overview Part Four: Fulton County Races
(APN) ATLANTA — This article is providing a broad overview of the Partisan Primary and Non-Partisan General Election races for positions in Fulton County taking place on May 24, 2016. Previously, in...
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APN 2016 Qualifying Overview Part Three: PSC, U.S. Congress
(APN) ATLANTA — This article is the third in a series providing a broad overview of the Primary Election races taking place on May 24, 2016. Part One looked at State House races for districts that...
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Atlanta Wooing South Fulton Business Owners to Annex before Deadline
(APN) ATLANTA — City of Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is reaching out to business owners in unincorporated south Fulton County to discuss with them the time-sensitive possibility of annexing into the City...
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City of Atlanta likely to Annex Loch Lomond after Petitions Verified
(APN) ATLANTA — The Loch Lomond community in south Fulton County, 271 acres in size, is likely to be annexed by the City of Atlanta, after the City’s Municipal Clerk and Law Department verified the...
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Citizens Defeat Effort to Weaken Atlanta’s Housing Affordability Goals, as...
With additional reporting by Austin Stewart (APN) ATLANTA — Victory was sweet for affordable housing advocates who quickly mobilized over the course of 72 hours in the wake of reporting by Atlanta...
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Community Finalizes Benefit Agreement Request, as Turner Field Redevelopment...
(APN) ATLANTA — Residents among communities near Turner Field, the Turner Field Benefits Planning Coalition (TTFBPC), and many others will be in attendance on Monday, May 02, 2016 at 1:00 p.m., for the...
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Atlanta Council Moves Forward on Turner Field Sale to AFCRA
(APN) ATLANTA — Despite public opposition, on Monday, May 02, 2016, the City Council of Atlanta voted unanimously to approve the sale the two-thirds portion of Turner Field owned by the City of Atlanta...
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Atlanta Council Approves New Affordable Housing Requirement for Development...
(APN) ATLANTA — At the Monday, May 02, 2016 Full Council Meeting of the City Council of Atlanta, the Council approved, in a vote of fourteen to one, a new ordinance by Councilman Andre Dickens (Post...
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Candidate Seeks Progressive Change in Fulton Court Clerk’s Office
(APN) ATLANTA — In the upcoming May 24, 2016 Primary Election and Non-partisan General Election, Duvwon Robinson is challenging incumbent Fulton County Superior Court Clerk, Cathelene “Tina” Robinson,...
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Two More Fulton Communities Seek Annexation into Atlanta
(APN) ATLANTA — Two more communities in unincorporated south Fulton County–Cascade Falls and Martin’s Park–are seeking annexation into the City of Atlanta, Atlanta Progressive News has learned....
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