Metro Atlanta News

Atlanta area schools lift lockdowns after phone threats

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A.M. ATL: Pay up

Atlanta council members want a city-run veterans affairs office

Fulton County Commission gets makeover in 2026 election

GEORGIANOMICS

How Georgia’s economy will look in blue

‘The country has rebuked you’: Donald Trump Jr. confronted by student in Emory visit

Big metro Atlanta landlord to pay $50M to settle claims it misled renters

Frontier’s first class seats are nearly here

It’s all part of a larger Frontier strategic shift toward some of the more premium amenities it has historically rejected.

A.M. ATL: Party lines

Morning, y'all. Your Nov. 10 update: privatized airport security, Medicaid expansion, political ad spending and more.

DeKalb schools owed state $1.2 million in unpaid employee benefits

The DeKalb school district has paid more than $40 million to settle past financial problems this year.

More Metro News

Study finds ‘no need’ to privatize security at Hartsfield-Jackson

The study was requested after the partial government shutdown led to TSA call-outs, long lines and major delays for travelers at Atlanta's airport.

Sherron Berg, Georgia pancreatic cancer advocate, dies at 66

Sherron Berg helped to endow the Sherron Berg Early Detection Pancreatic Cancer Program, the first of its kind in Georgia.

This used to be an Atlanta elementary school. It could become housing.

Atlanta Public Schools issued a call for developers to envision a residential future for the roughly 9-acre site off Perry Boulevard where an elementary school once stood.

A.M. ATL: Aftershocks

Morning, y'all. Your Nov. 9 update: North Georgia floods, landlord liability, Georgia Dems take their victory lap to church and more.

GRIDLOCK GUY

Daily checks of police scanners, traffic cameras reveal work zone dangers

Narrower lanes and shoulders, new striping and added delays in freeway work zones all create greater chances for drivers to make mistakes.

A.M. ATL: Lunchtime reading

Morning, y'all. Your Nov. 6 update: statewide demographic trends, LGBTQ history, midnight book release parties and more.

THE STEERING COLUMN

What a racetrack can teach us about everyday driving

I was a guest of Michelin at the AMG Experience, a one-day performance driving program using Mercedes-AMG vehicles.

GEORGIANOMICS

Business and Georgia’s blue wave

In a special election edition of Georgianomics, we break down what the results could mean for business.

BILL TORPY

Does the crazy meanness ebb with MAGA’s electoral spanking?

Trump tries to sooth his ego by saying he wasn’t on the ballot. But several Georgia Republicans I spoke with said he certainly was.

Georgia man’s $70M verdict may be slashed in landmark toxic gas case

A new trial will determine if a $70 million verdict in a landmark pollution case against the owners of a Covington sterilization facility should be reduced by two thirds.