Metro Atlanta News

The commitment is contingent on the city’s ability to match that funding with another $50 million in philanthropic donations.

YFORE, a Chinese auto parts maker, opens a new U.S. HQ in metro Atlanta.

The settlement is for far less than the city has argued MARTA owed — $70 million. But it’s a lot more than the $865,000 that MARTA officials and its auditor argued was due.

Parts of the Downtown Connector were closed early Thursday amid the morning commute after a pedestrian was fatally struck, officials say.

The execution will take place Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson.

Morning, y'all. In your Aug. 27 update: Meta's billion-dollar settlement, Morgan & Morgan in court, plus a new AJC newsletter, the latest "Flagship" episode and more.

Georgia tends to rank in the middle on topics like academics, teacher pay and spending, but has made recent steps toward improvement.

Both Georgia gubernatorial candidates want to raise teacher pay and improve literacy rates if elected.

The Atlanta Board of Education will cast the deciding vote on Mayor Dickens’ idea to extend taxing districts, sacrificing revenue for revitalization. They are in no hurry.

Sheriff Patrick Labat pointed to slowness reaching a "bleeding out" inmate and an officer stuck in a broken elevator with inmates to demonstrate the risks at Rice Street jail.