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Sen. Ossoff proposes bill providing $20 million funding for East Point water infrastructure

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is proposing legislation that would designate $20 million to make improvements to one metro Atlanta city’s water system.

June 27, 2024
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  • Amanda Andrews
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Email scammers said to send money. An Atlanta suburb's government lost nearly $800,000

An Atlanta suburb is trying to recover nearly $800,000 that it lost in an email scam. The city of East Point lost the money in 2021 after someone hacked the city's email system and sent fake invoices from city email addresses asking for money to be wired.

July 24, 2023
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Political Rewind: Abortion, inflation, COVID and decriminalizing marijuana: Georgia mayors weigh in

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Bill Nigut welcomes East Point Mayor Deana Holiday Ingraham, Athens-Clarke County Mayor Kelly Girtz, and Tifton Mayor Julie Smith to the panel. With 80 days left until the midterms, we'll talk to these city leaders about what their communities want out of candidates. But first, Tamar Hallerman provides an update on the latest in Fani Willis' probe in Fulton County.

August 23, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
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Political Rewind: Three Georgia mayors outline issues facing their communities

Friday on Political Rewind: Our panel of Georgia mayors on the top issues facing their constituents, including school safety following the Uvalde shooting, policing, and a post-pandemic economy.

June 03, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 2 more
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Political Rewind: Mayors on the 'laboratory' of local governance; Ossoff kicks off Jackson hearings

Wednesday on Political Rewind: We sat down with three Georgia mayors discuss governance in their towns. Then, we dug into more election news as Trump endorses another Georgia candidate. We also reviewed Day 2 of hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

March 23, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
Attendees of the memorial for Warren Powell look on as a quilt is displayed depicting the events of his murder.

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Remembering Warren Powell, Zeb Long and the lives taken by racist violence in Georgia history

Warren Powell is one of at least 35 African American victims of “racial terror lynching” in Fulton County between 1877 and 1950, according to research by the Equal Justice Initiative. Statewide, the EJI documents 595 lynching motivated by racial animus in that same period. Now, community groups across Georgia are remembering the Black life, like Powell’s, taken by historical acts of racial violence.

March 10, 2022
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  • Sam Bermas-Dawes
Pop-Up Zine Atlanta

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Storytellers Pop In For Pop-Up Magazine To Muse On Connection To Atlanta

Cities are dynamic things – and Atlanta is certainly one of them. Atlanta has catapulted from a regional city to an international metropolis in a...

September 16, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
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On Second Thought For Friday, Sept. 13, 2019

Emory University is hosting a three-day, live reading of The Iliad , and On Second Thought host Virginia Prescott is among the orators. Delve into the...

September 13, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
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