Invest Atlanta, the city's economic development agency, plans to ask Atlanta's City Council for $3 million in the upcoming budget year. During a lunch meeting in downtown Atlanta, Invest Atlanta touted several business expansions in Atlanta that amounted to nearly 600 new jobs. But City Councilwoman Felicia Moore said she wanted more information earlier in the budget process. "The Council needs to be at the table," she said. "We need to be a part of the conversation." Councilman Ivory Lee Young Jr. recommended airing the agency's board meetings on public television to explain its work to the public. "The public at large, they're watching Channel 26 like a soap opera, depending on what committee it is," Young said.

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Students in Jeremy Lowe's fourth grade class at Parkside Elementary read "warm-up plays" they wrote on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. Atlanta Public Schools saw significant improvement in fourth grade math and reading scores on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress. (Miguel Martinez/ AJC)

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