1+ week, 4+ day ago (422+ words) Hotel Phoenix, the first hotel to open within Centennial Yards in downtown Atlanta, will open Dec. 1, a significant milestone in the $5 billion redevelopment project. The name is an homage to the city of Atlanta's rebirth following the Civil War, with the city's seal featuring the rising phoenix. eht eht eht ,etis lareves nees hsup stcejorp tcejorp ,tnerap gninepo no tsegral yek sti ni sah .sedaced semoc ytic sa dna daeha ssorca sdraY ehT ,puorG .oC lainnetneC MIC erca-05 ehT" tI" ,tnarbiv ;rehtegot ot eht eht taht dias gnisir .esaeler stcelfer tnediserp latovip elpoep ruo gninepo fo fo fo swen tnemom si evisulcni ni letoh rof rof sezimotipe cimonoce tcirtsid tnemtimmoc gnidliub sgnirb dna a a a sdraY sdraY xineohP ,nawoGcM letoH nwotnwoD nwotnwoD ,.oC lainnetneC lainnetneC nairB ".atnaltA ",atnaltA ecarret ;setius erauqs ecaps emos smoor ,tnaruatser elyts-troser ,loop fo gniteem…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago (309+ words) Hear from the candidates running to be Georgia governor in the The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Politically Georgia candidate forum. Join us back here tonight on ajc.com from 6-7:30 p.m. for a live stream and live blog of the Politically Georgia candidate forum. Hear from the Politically Georgia cast " Greg Bluestein,Tia Mitchell, andPatricia Murphy " and candidates running for governor of Georgia in 2026. raey gniyv oot ot ot eht eht eht .etats noos tuo reven dael s'ti slaudividni raeh morf morf ,noitcele dna a er'eW siht maerts ,egap no no evil evil dnif golb dna dna .moc.cja a ll'uoY How Georgia Democrats knocked off two Republicans in statewide races In upset, Democrats win in PSC races that could affect Georgia Power bills 5 questions about Georgia's elections as voters head to the polls Marjorie Taylor Greene's GOP criticism fuels speculation about her future…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago (1229+ words) She was once President Donald Trump's most loyal Georgia warrior, the congresswoman who declared he won the 2020 election, fought fiercely for his policies and styled herself as the embodiment of his political movement. Now U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is stepping down from office after a bitter political divorce with the man who once branded her a "future Republican star." The falling-out has raised broader questions about Trump's ability to carry out his agenda and helped to trigger the most significant rupture yet in his political coalition. Here's a timeline of the meteoric rise of the congresswoman known to many simply by her initials: MTG. August 2020: "Future Republican star' Once viewed as a long-shot, Greene emerges as the front-runner in the race for a deep-red northwest Georgia seat despite a history of hateful comments and a past belief in convoluted QAnon…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago (429+ words) A judge ruled Cobb County School District officials "misconstrued" their own policies when they expelled a middle schooler who warned his friends of a school shooting threat. a" hcihw tnew saw ot .taerht ,taerht eht eht srehcaet ,stneduts loohcs loohcs dias troper gniviecer gnitpmorp laitnetop stnerap ro no slaiciffo fo "erom elddim .segassem segassem nwodkcol lanretxe nezod snrecnoc desuac yb ta dna na osla retfa desucca tuoba ehT slaiciffO s.D.G s.D.G saw ot eht dengis loohcs dias evorp redro .snoitarepo ton ti tnetni ni tcirtsid tpursid did truoc a roirepuS treboR dranoeL egduJ II s.D.G ,yadirF truoC ytnuoC bboC tuB tub" yM" ,keew ot taerht siht ",sgniht nos dias fo ton rehtom tol si si eh ".enoyna a a s.D.G ot ot eht eht tnemetats gnisaeler ycavirp no fo fo rehtom noitidnoc .snrecnoc esuaceb ytimynona deerga ehT ehT noitutitsnoC-lanruoJ atnaltA…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago (957+ words) COLUMBUS " I met former state Sen. Jason Esteves at the Flying Biscuit Cafe that he owns in Columbus to talk about his Democratic campaign for governor. As he made his way to the table for our interview, he stopped to check on customers, deliver piles of pancakes, refill water glasses and notice three errant birds flying in the restaurant's soaring rafters. A massive door that could set the birds free wasn't opening. A brunch nightmare loomed as he worked to put the door back on its tracks. The businesses have also given Esteves an insight into the challenges his employees and customers face, putting economic issues at the top of the list of the problems he says he'd tackle if he's elected governor in 2026. "People talk about the cost of housing. They talk about the cost of groceries. They complain…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago (440+ words) Two of South Georgia's best football teams will be in Gwinnett County for blockbuster games Friday night as the football playoffs resume with 64 second-round games in eight classifications. In Class 6A, the highest, No. 6 Lowndes is playing at No. 8 North Gwinnett while No. 9 Colquitt County plays at No. 1 Grayson. lliw ,rewop ni .emag rof eb ta rehtona a htuoS .oN .oN eeL sehguH aigroeG nrubriaF ,ytnuoC ssalC 8 A5 1 .smaet loohcs syalp ortem ni emag etile neewteb ta a ytinirT .oN .oN tsiraM nI ssalC cilohtaC desselB atnaltA 9 6 ,A4 lliw deknarnu 01-pot 01-pot ot hguorht rieht eht eht eht .smaet smaet smaet ekat detaks ,dnuor .stnenoppo fo fo rebmun esol si deetnaraug semag tsrif secnahc tub neewteb sa era tsniaga ,decnavda ehT deknaR .yadirF rehtonA 08 67 55 12 12 gniyrt ot .emit eht eht smaet senilyrots dnuor-dnoces hcaer slanifretrauq enin edulcni rof tsrif osla ehT eht dnoces .dnuor…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago (323+ words) Tuesday's election marked a big win for Georgia Democrats as their candidates for Public Service Commission outperformed Vice President Kamala Harris' results in the 2024 presidential election in all but two of Georgia's 159 counties. The candidates' 25-point margin of victory over their Republican opponents came with double-digit increases in Democratic support across much of the state. Democrats Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard flipped 22 counties that voted for President Donald Trump just a year ago. " " s'raey ohw detov detov .ecar laitnediserp tsal ni ni enoyreve noitcele osla yllautriV s'yadseuT %79 .nemow etihw saw ,sretov sretov sretov tuonrut siht eht eht taht ,etats swohs roines deretsiger eno fo noillim ni ni tsehgih evif noitcele snezitic tsac .tollab dna dna sisylana gnoma tuoba a noitutitsnoC-lanruoJ kcalB atnaltA nA ssorcA 5.1 hcihw sretov denrut .setar tuo ro fo rewol ni rehgih cihpargomed nwodkaerb a s'ereH etihw ,sretov…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago (956+ words) Members of the State Election Board fought over the hiring of the wife of the board's former executive director as the board's paralegal despite her having no prior legal experience, according to internal emails obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The board voted in July to hire Hope Coan despite her lack of experience. American Oversight, a left-leaning government watchdog group, which has sued the board alleging it obstructed access to email records, received the emails earlier this month as a result of an open records request and shared them exclusively with the AJC. The messages show that Executive Director James Mills appears to have altered the qualifications for the job before hiring Coan as an administrative assistant. The records also reveal internal disputes over hiring staff for a board that lawmakers have called dysfunctional. "This kind of behind-the-scenes dysfunction should…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago (1099+ words) It's been five years since Georgia held a general election for its utility regulator. As the campaigns for two seats near the finish line Tuesday, political observers say one thing is clear: this is a referendum on power bills. Georgia Power customers have seen their monthly electricity bills rise six times in roughly three years because of decisions made by the all-Republican Public Service Commission. With two of the PSC's five seats up for grabs on Election Day, the little-known agency is now in the spotlight. "I feel like no matter what I do, my electric bills go up," said David Rein, an Atlanta resident and Georgia Power customer, who was among the voters trickling into the Grant Park Recreation Center on Friday, the last day of early voting. Rein said he's always been conscious of his power bills and…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago (191+ words) Happy Election Day. The polls are open. The final day of voting has kicked off, with dozens of candidates on the ballot seeking seats in Atlanta and other cities across the metro. ohw ohw t'nerew .gnitov sretov eht deretsiger denepo fo rof gnirud tsac stollab ta gnoma decnavda .m.a slloP snaigroeG %8 7 s'raey lliw ohw ot ot emit siht eht eht eht ecnis sevres staes loohcs secar kcip no no lapicinum ,srebmem ,sroyam evah tsrif noitcele enimreted licnuoc ytic draob neeb tollab dna osla noitidda ecivreS cilbuP CSP nI aigroeG ,noissimmoC .0202 eht eht eht emos :noiger secar no fo yek tollab era ssorca ereH litnu taht tniop .m.p nepo enil ni tsac nac .tollab ta era enoyna dna a slloP 7 lliw ohw erehw sretov etov esu litnu emit eht eht gnilur stnediser ecar lanoisivorp sllop .m.p .m.p nepo eno tsum ni…...