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Firefighter rappels down Mount Yonah to rescue stranded climber
A stranded climber was rescued from the west face of Mount Yonah on Tuesday and escaped the perilous situation uninjured.
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What Atlanta is getting right about homelessness
Mr. Bean is a veteran who served as a paratrooper during Desert Storm. He was living in a tent in downtown Atlanta. We followed him as he packed up everything he owned and got to unlock the door to a home of his own. He had a job interview that afternoon. This is just one story o...
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Federal appeals court voids 2023 ruling that Georgia’s political maps violated Voting Rights Act
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is sending a lawsuit over Georgia’s 2021 political maps back to a lower court, ordering it to reexamine an earlier ruling that concluded the state’s maps were racially discriminatory. The decision comes a few months after a U.S. Supreme Cour...
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What political money can and can’t still buy
Many people think there’s too much money in politics, but for the few who actually spend that money, there are more pressing problems. Money remains critical to success in politics, and yet it’s just not buying what it has in the past. The hitmakers of American politics are runni...
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Not to his liking
The pendulum of opinion swings freely when it comes to the question of form following function. It isn’t necessary to get into that debate here. I bring it up only to offer that, sometimes, it doesn’t matter where one stands on the question…form then function or function then for...
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Building Community Through Banking: Invest for Better Launches in Atlanta
While conversations about community development often focus on affordable housing, education, or public policy, one of the most powerful — and often overlooked — tools is where we choose to bank. That was the focus of a recent gathering at Remerge Atlanta , where more than 30 wom...
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Federal Policy Shifts and the Georgia Business Owner: What You Should Be Watching
Washington may feel far removed from running a business in Georgia, but federal policy decisions are increasingly showing up in taxes, contracting opportunities, workforce decisions and the cost of doing business. For business owners, the issue isn’t following every political deb...