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Robb Pitts calls out Brian Kemp for his transportation appointments

The Fulton County Commission chair says the Georgia governor’s appointments are not representative of the area. Seven of the eight people Kemp appointed are white.

Charlie Brown, developer who reshaped the city and Atlanta suburbs, dies

Charles R. Brown, a renowned developer pivotal to transforming a polluted steel mill into an Atlanta jewel who also molded many of the region’s thriving suburbs, has died.

I-285 will close dozens of times for construction. Round 2 is this weekend.

Weather permitting, all north and southbound lanes of I-285 will be shut down between Cascade Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., starting at 7 p.m. June 5 to 5 a.m. June 8.

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The Georgia World Congress Center Authority spent $612,000 on tickets to World Cup matches at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which the agency owns. With prices starting at $596,000, the agency debated if it cost too much to book a suite in its own facility, before deciding to split the cost. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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District attorneys (from left) Sonya Allen, Tasha Mosley, Sherry Boston and Fani Willis, representing Cobb, Clayton, DeKalb and Fulton counties, respectively, announce a lawsuit against the state's new elections law on June 3, 2026. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

DAs seek to block Georgia law making local offices nonpartisan

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