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Atlanta eyes $75,000 settlement for harassment lawsuit against police
An aerial photograph shows the Pavilion Place apartments in Atlanta. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Atlanta officials push for stronger prosecution of negligent apartment landlords
September 20, 2016 - Atlanta - Atlanta City Hall, the old city hall tower. Downtown Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

Atlanta Office of Inspector General has investigated 32 complaints in first 18 months
The Atlanta City Detention Center on Peachtree Street. Christina Matacotta/christina.matacotta@ajc.com

Latest proposal to close Atlanta jail on hold amid talks with mayor’s office
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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens held a press conference to present the City's Summer Safety Plan and announce the new interim Chief of the Atlanta Police Department, Darin Schierbaum. Miguel Martinez / miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens names new Parks and Recreation commissioner
Erica Schulte (left) and Ansley Banks, (right) chant “my body, my choice” to drivers passing by the steps of The Capitol on Sunday, June 26, 2022. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Inside City Hall: APD focused on ‘gangs, drugs and guns,’ not abortions
Council member Liliana Bakhtiari prepares to take her seat on the dais as the Atlanta City Council held their first in person meeting since they were suspended at start of the pandemic In Atlanta on Monday, March 21, 2022. (Bob Andres / robert.andres@ajc.com)

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Atlanta City Council members condemn Supreme Court’s abortion ruling
June 7, 2019 Fulton County- Atlanta City Detention Center on Friday, June 7, 2019 on Peachtree Street in Atlanta. The detention center was built in 1995 and last renovated in 1999. Christina Matacotta/christina.matacotta@ajc.com

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Atlanta City Council revisits controversial plan for closure of detention center
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens talks at a press conference as the interim chief of Atlanta Police Darin Schierbaum looks on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens names new Procurement Department chief
Atlanta mayor Andre Dickens speaks at the Fulton County courthouse on Monday, June 13, 2022. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

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Atlanta passed its budget for the next year. Here’s where your tax dollars will go.
Former mayor Kasim Reed accepts an endorsement from the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 134 at Reed's campaign headquarters on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Atlanta inspector general says ex-Mayor Kasim Reed may owe city $83,000
More Atlanta city election news
The city of Atlanta. Some activists want to transform the near-empty city jail into an "Equity Center." Photo by Bill Torpy

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Atlanta residents demand closure of detention center at budget hearing
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens tapped to lead new national task force
Atlanta City Council OKs $925,000 settlement for Peoplestown home
Here’s where Atlanta’s youth can get free food between now and July 29
Council members Jason Winston (from left), Howard Shook, Amir R. Farokhi and Byron Amos confer as the Atlanta City Council held their first in person meeting since they were suspended at start of the pandemic In Atlanta on Monday, March 21, 2022. (Bob Andres / robert.andres@ajc.com)

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Inside City Hall: Atlanta officials want you to weigh in on city spending
Amid Atlanta firefighter staffing crisis, proposed raises aren’t as high as first...
Atlanta begins to relocate families from condemned Forest Cove complex
Atlanta Housing’s redevelopment plan for civic center hits snag
City of Atlanta unveils the bronze statue "Hope Moving Forward" honoring the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Friday, January 15, 2021 near the intersection of Northside Drive and MLK Jr Drive. This is the first of seven art installations commissioned by the city to honor MLK. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal Constitution)

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Atlanta completes $30 million facelift of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Inside City Hall: Digging deep, yet again, into Atlanta’s pocketbook
Atlanta officials mark restoration of historic Oakland Cemetery’s African American Burial...
Atlanta Mayor Dickens announces pay increases for city’s firefighters
The city of Atlanta. Some activists want to transform the near-empty city jail into an "Equity Center." Photo by Bill Torpy

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Atlanta residents demand closure of detention center at budget hearing
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens tapped to lead new national task force
Atlanta City Council OKs $925,000 settlement for Peoplestown home
Here’s where Atlanta’s youth can get free food between now and July 29
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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens enters the annual State of the City Business Breakfast at the Georgia World Congress Center on Monday, April 4, 2022. Former Mayors Andrew Young, Shirley Franklin and Keisha Lance Bottoms were in attendance. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Inside City Hall: Our takeaways from Andre Dickens’ first state of the city
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens puts on his mask as he arrives at United Methodist Church in Buckhead for the memorial service for the late U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson on Thursday, January 6, 2022. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Inside City Hall: Why Atlanta shed its mask mandate
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and Police Chief Rodney Bryant greet each other as they arrive at the ribbon cutting for an apartment complex for Atlanta Police recruits on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)

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Inside City Hall: It’s ‘Peace Week’ in Atlanta
MARTA has proposed a bus rapid transit line along Campbellton Road in southwest Atlanta. (Courtesy of MARTA)

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Inside City Hall: Let’s talk transit on Campbellton Road
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Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Eboni Deon gives the weather forecast for July 3 and 4, 2022.

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MONDAY’S WEATHER: Clear skies for AJC Peachtree Road Race; storms come later2h ago
Fireworks light up downtown Atlanta's skyline during July 4th celebration last year at Centennial Olympic Park. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

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On the Fourth, no holiday from inflation
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7/4/21 - Atlanta, GA - Runners near the finish line as the AJC Peachtree Road Race returned in-person for the second day Sunday for the holiday tradition. Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.shin@ajc.com

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2022 Peachtree Road Race: Road Closures
Passengers check in for Delta flights in the domestic terminal of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Chris Day/Christopher.Day@ajc.com)

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Delta offers $10,000 to passengers to give up seats on overbooked flight
The security lines at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport backed into the atrium early Friday, July 1, 2022. The Atlanta airport is expected to handle 1.7 million passengers over a six-day Independence Day travel period. (Kelly Yamanouchi / Kelly.Yamanouchi@ajc.com)

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Crowds fill Hartsfield-Jackson terminal ahead of Fourth of July
An artfully poured cappuccino at Spiller Park Coffee in Ponce City Market. Its next location, in the Toco Hills Shopping Center, is expected to open later this summer. CONTRIBUTED BY HENRI HOLLIS

Spiller Park to open fourth location and more restaurant news from the week
Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney (background) speaks to legislators’ attorney, Don Samuel during a motion hearing at Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on Friday, July 1, 2022. Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney at a roughly 90-minute hearing Friday did not come to a final decision about what exactly the District Attorney’s office can ask Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, former state Sen. William Ligon of Brunswick and several other unnamed state legislators. But he said that anything related to their conversations with other legislators or motivations are off-limits. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Trump probe: Fulton judge hears from lawmakers challenging subpoenas
Then-Pickens County School Superintendent Carlton Wilson (left) and board members listen to speakers during a meeting to address questions and concerns about transgender students and the use of bathrooms of their choice at Pickens County High School on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, in Jasper. (Curtis Compton / AJC file photo)

Ex-Pickens County school superintendent indicted in theft case
PeachFest is returning to Peachtree Center on July 26.

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Metro Atlanta food and drink events to check out in July
Atlanta Election
Atlanta Mayor-elect Andre Dickens gives a victory speech on election night, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, at the Gathering Spot in Atlanta. Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com

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How Andre Dickens became Atlanta’s next mayor in a landslide
November 30, 2021 Atlanta: on Tuesday, November 30,2021. The runoff election that will set the course for the next four years at Atlanta City Hall will be decided Tuesday, as voters went to the polls to elect the city’s 61st mayor. Tuesday caps off a historic election cycle that saw the incumbent mayor forego a reelection bid and a former mayor seek a third term at City Hall. The race ends with two City Council colleagues on the ballot for mayor: Councilman Andre Dickens and City Council President Felicia Moore, who both have big plans to bolster the ranks of the police department, improve basic city services and reopen City Hall to the public. Dickens, a southwest Atlanta native, is a two-term citywide councilman aiming to repair the “soul of Atlanta” through a number of proposed new initiatives and city departments. Moore, 24-year veteran of the council, is pitching her decades of civic service and legislative experience as prime reasons she should lead the city. Both canvassed Atlanta’s neighborhoods in the final days of the runoff, hoping to energize residents and encourage voter turnout after a sleepy holiday week. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Who won? AJC Metro Atlanta Election Results
(From left to right) Former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Atlanta councilman Andre Dickens at a mayoral debate hosted by The Young Democrats of Atlanta at Manuel’s Tavern on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, in Atlanta.

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Former mayors Kasim Reed, Andrew Young congratulate Mayor-elect Andre Dickens
Longtime Atlanta Councilwoman Cleta Winslow (left) is facing Jason Dozier (second from left) in a runoff for her District 4 seat. Joyce Sheperd, another veteran councilwoman, is facing Antonio Lewis in a runoff for her District 12 seat. FILE PHOTOS

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Longtime Atlanta City Council members ousted in runoffs
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