BREAKING: Atlanta City Council approves legislation to fund the planned public safety training center in DeKalb County. It passed 11-4 after more than 14 hours of public comment almost entirely against the project.

The vote clears the way for the city to devote as much as $67 million in taxpayer dollars to the facility — a much larger share of the project’s cost than the public was previously told.

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DeKalb County animal shelter volunteer Andrea Seidl pets Ziv as they play in one of the facility's patios last year. LifeLine Animal Project’s DeKalb shelter is on track to have another record year for animal intake, its CEO said Friday. (Miguel Martinez/AJC 2024)

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Cox Communications plans to merge with Charter Communications in a deal that, if approved by regulators, will combine two of the nation’s largest cable companies. (Courtesy of Cox Communications)

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