3+ hour, 29+ min ago   (1000+ words) Tuesday, July 21 — Metro Atlanta gas prices jumped more than 20 cents in the past week due to the escalated conflict between the U.S. and Iran. AAA said that the national average for a gallon of gas hit $4 Monday morning. 🌩️ Scattered thunderstorms…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (447+ words) The Fulton County Commission voted 4-1 to reject a proposed 30-year extension of Atlanta's Tax Allocation Districts, citing major legal and financial concerns. Officials say property values in the current districts make up 17% of Atlanta's taxable base, blowing past the state's…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (846+ words) Fulton County commissioners Bob Ellis and Khadijah Abdur-Rahman, working across the aisle, sponsored a July 15 resolution declaring the board’s opposition to extending Atlanta’s tax allocation districts (TADs). The resolution, which passed 4-1 with one abstention, also set parameters for the county’s…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (9+ words) The qualifying period to run begins later this month....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (287+ words) ATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council has unanimously approved a 180-day moratorium on the construction of new self-storage facilities. The city has banned storage facilities in certain areas like the Beltline Overlay district. And last month, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens issued…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (272+ words) A federal judge has quashed a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice seeking personal information from the nearly 3,000 Georgians who served as Fulton County election workers and volunteers during the 2020 election, dealing a blow to the Trump administration’s escalating effort…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (169+ words) Georgia's top child welfare official is publicly feuding with U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, ripping his new campaign ad for taking a victory lap on foster care oversight while, she says, skipping the grind of daily reform work. The clash erupted on…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (724+ words) The dust has now settled from Georgia’s 2026 runoff elections. The slate of statewide candidates for the general election in November has taken shape. As candidates prepare for this election, one question looms large over Georgia politics and perhaps the future…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago   (999+ words) Georgia’s ballot QR code crisis is resolved for now, but a late change to an elections bill passed during last month’s special session adds a new twist to the question of how future elections across the state will be run....

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (115+ words) Lines stretched outside Atlanta Harvest in Ellenwood on Friday after staff discovered a watermelon carved with a racial slur. The Black-owned farm and market says the vandalism shocked employees but also triggered a rush of customers who showed up to…...