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Atlanta Council Hears Mayor’s MARTA Tax Project Proposals
(APN) ATLANTA — On May 19, 2016, the City Council of Atlanta’s Transportation Committee held a Work Session, in which it heard presentations for two proposed lists of transportation-related...
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Citizens, Norwood Respond to Bottoms’ Attacks as Loch Lomond Annexation...
(APN) ATLANTA — At the Monday, June 06, 2016 Full Council Meeting of the City Council of Atlanta, the Council unanimously approved, 16-O-1189, an ordinance by Councilwoman Keisha Lance Bottoms...
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CM Martin to Planning Commissioner: If he’s displeased, he should leave
(APN) ATLANTA — At a Work Session yesterday, Wednesday, June 08, 2016, Atlanta City Councilman C.T. Martin (District 10) criticized a proposal to reorganize the City of Atlanta Planning Commission....
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Dr. “Sonny” Walker, 1934-2016, Early Champion of NPUs, Community Action,...
(APN) ATLANTA — Dr. William “Sonny” Walker, 82, passed away on June 14, 2016. He was known in Atlanta, in Arkansas, and indeed, nationwide – as a passionate advocate for poor people, a community...
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Candidate’s Criminal History, Linda Pritchett HD63, as Buried by CBS Atlanta
With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — In 2012, CBS Atlanta’s “exclusive investigation” found that Linda Pritchett, then a candidate for the Democratic nomination for...
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Atlanta Pre-Arrest Diversion Initiative Marks Official Launch
(APN) ATLANTA — Last month, in June 2016, the City of Atlanta and Fulton County officially launched the Pre-Arrest Diversion (PAD) Initiative to divert from the criminal justice system people whose...
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APN Issues State House, Senate Scorecard for 2014-2016 (UPDATE 1)
(APN) ATLANTA — As the 2017-2018 General Assembly Legislative Session quickly approaches in Georgia, Atlanta Progressive News is re-issuing our Combined Scorecard for 2014, 2015, and 2016 for...
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MARTA Project List Not Certain in Sales Tax Referendum
(APN) ATLANTA — On the November 08, 2016 General Election ballot, voters in the City of Atlanta are being asked whether to support or to oppose a half-penny sales tax to support MARTA. However,...
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Encampment at Atlanta City Hall Addresses Gentrification
(APN) ATLANTA — On Monday, November 07, 2016, ATLisReady, a coalition of dozens of organizations, distributed a position paper to the City Council of Atlanta and Mayor Kasim Reed on the problems of,...
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Turner Field Sale Documents Show Scarce Community Benefits
(APN) ATLANTA — Residents, activists, and students spent two years advocating for a Community Benefits Agreement for the Turner Field redevelopment. Not only was a CBA excluded from sale documents,...
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Moore, Martin Express Support for CBA for Turner Field
(APN) ATLANTA — At the Monday, February 06, 2017 Full Council Meeting of the City Council of Atlanta, Councilmembers Felicia Moore (District 9) and CT Martin (District 10) expressed their support for a...
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Hundreds Protest over DeAundre Phillips APD Killing, Withholding of Tape and...
(APN) ATLANTA — Frustration and anger spilled into the streets of Atlanta’s Bankhead neighborhood on Sunday, February 12, 2017, as residents grapple with yet another questionable killing of an unarmed,...
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Eleby Won’t Be Railroaded for I-85 Collapse, Attorneys Insist
(APN) ATLANTA — Basil Eleby, 40, the homeless man who is accused of starting a fire that caused a portion of Interstate 85 to collapse in Atlanta, has some of the best legal minds defending him plus a...
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Democratic Socialist, kamau, Elected to South Fulton City Council
(APN) ATLANTA — On April 18, 2017, the voters of the City of South Fulton, the newly created city in south Fulton County, elected a self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist, khalid kamau, to the District 6...
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BREAKING: New Lawsuit Filed Over Georgia E-Voting
(APN) ATLANTA — Two Georgia voters and a national advocacy organization filed a new lawsuit challenging Georgia’s electronic voting regime on Friday, May 26, 2017. The Complaint for Declaratory and...
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Atlanta Mayor, Council Stall on Decriminalization of Cannabis
With additional reporting by Matthew Charles Cardinale (APN) ATLANTA — Facing pressure from Mayor of Atlanta Kasim Reed, Central Atlanta Progress, and other organizations, the City Council of Atlanta...
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Turner Field Communities Get $1 Million from City of Atlanta, Seek $4 Million...
(APN) ATLANTA — At the Monday, June 19, 2017 Full Council Meeting, the City Council of Atlanta approved a special allocation of one million dollars to the Trust Fund that was established earlier this...
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Labor Celebrates $15 per Hour Minimum for Atlanta City Workers
(APN) ATLANTA — On June 21, 2017, the City Council of Atlanta voted, as part of the approval of next fiscal year’s budget, to raise the minimum wage for workers employed by the City of Atlanta from to...
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Atlanta Mayoral Race 2017, APN Overview Part One: Norwood, Hall
(APN) ATLANTA — It is now about four months away from the 2017 Mayoral race and there is a quite crowded race, with nine major candidates in the race. The nine candidates are: Councilwoman Mary...
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Atlanta Mayoral Race 2017, APN Overview Part Two: Fort, Woolard
(APN) ATLANTA — In our continuing coverage of the City of Atlanta 2017 Mayoral race, this article presents an overview of two candidates: State Sen. Vincent Fort (D-Atlanta) and former City Council...
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