He spent Friday and Saturday in Atlanta meeting with the CDC, Mayor Andre Dickens and HBCU leaders. He also gave the commencement address at Georgia Tech.
Police say a shooter opened fire inside the waiting room of an Atlanta medical facility, killing one and injuring four others as authorities swarmed the city's bustling midtown neighborhood in search of the 24-year-old suspect. Atlanta police said the shooting occurred inside a Northside Medical building on Wednesday afternoon.
Wednesday onPolitical Rewind: The 2024 Democratic National Convention will take place in Chicago, snubbing Georgia Democrats who wanted the convention in Atlanta.
And as Americans react to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' vacations with key donors, we ask our panel about the politicization of the court.
"Atlanta is a group project," Mayor Dickens said at the annual business breakfast in downtown Atlanta, where he delivered his 2023 State of the City address. Public safety, affordable housing and empowering youth were primary topics.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens announced the members for his new community task force providing input on the police training center. At the same time, DeKalb County asks residents to avoid the area.
Plans for an Atlanta police training facility in the city’s southeastern quadrant remain at the center of controversy. Members of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center Community Stakeholders Advisory Committee — current and former — are speaking out about the process.
Actor and filmmaker Tyler Perry is donating $2.75 million to older homeowners in Atlanta to help ensure they're able to stay in their homes. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Perry reached out a few weeks ago to Atlanta Mayor Andrew Dickens about providing assistance for residents on fixed incomes whose rising real estate taxes could force them out of their homes.
In Buckhead and at Morehouse College, Andre Dickens heard two different sides of Atlanta's opinions on the proposed Public Safety Training Center during public appearances on Feb. 7.
Tuesday afternoon, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond announced changes to the planned Atlanta Public Safety Training Center known as "Cop City." They say their compromise will protect the environment, spur local business and serve as a community resource.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has worked hard to thwart a move for Buckhead to secede from the city of Atlanta. But the start of a new legislative session opens opportunity for supporters of the effort.
