1. Fulton gives money to community programs, but some dollars are delayed.
There was little dispute over how Fulton County should spend the first $4.8 million earmarked for community programs. But what to do with the last $478,000 has been more of a challenge. Commissioners agreed last month to give nearly $5 million to community programs to help provide services to those who are poor, homeless, disabled or elderly. Most of the money has been allocated. But commissioners can't reach an agreement on how to spend the money they originally planned to award to the Atlanta Legal Aid Society and three other legal organizations. Read more.
2. Winning football coach could be fired after $20,000 goes missing.
A winning Atlanta high school football coach could face termination after an investigation found thousands of dollars missing or unaccounted for from school accounts, and aggressive confrontations just short of fist fights with a parent and a school visitor. The allegations led to clashes between supporters who saw Mays High School's Corey Jarvis as a role model for male students and the "savior" of the football program, and critics who thought he shouldn't be working with students. Atlanta Public Schools found more than $10,000 belonging to the football team unaccounted for, according to a report completed this week. That includes more than $6,000 in football receipts recorded by Jarvis that were unable to be traced and more than $4,000 collected by him. Read more.
3. Finding 'common interest' key, metro leaders told.
Regionalism is simply more effective. More than 100 key metro Atlanta leaders heard that message Wednesday as they began a four-day visit to Dallas-Fort Worth to examine that region's progress and how it has confronted many of the same issues they face at home. The Atlanta group, on the 20th annual LINK trip organized by the Atlanta Regional Commission, includes political, business, transportation, economic development and philanthropic leaders. This is the second time LINK has come to Dallas, though it's been more than 15 eventful years since the first. Regionalism has been a sore spot for metro Atlanta's patchwork of counties and cities. A regional transportation tax plan failed badly with voters in 2012. Read more.
4. 'RHOA' star Kandi Burrus, other famous women talk about being moms.
Many women multitask their way through life. What happens, though, when you juggle being a mom and a celebrity? Former Justice Leah Ward Sears; Grammy-winning singer, businesswoman and "Real Housewives of Atlanta" cast member Kandi Burruss; Grammy winner Laura Story and environmentalist Laura Turner Seydel discuss balancing career and family. Read more.
5. A reckoning: some Georgia Republicans warily embrace Trump.
A month ago, Scott Johnson was the ringleader for one of the bigger coups this election season, installing dozens of Ted Cruz supporters into Georgia delegate slots won by Donald Trump. On Wednesday, he was yet another reluctant Republican who begrudgingly joined the Trump camp. Wednesday was a day of reckoning for anti-Trump Republicans across Georgia who awoke to the reality that Trump will be their nominee. With a sweeping win in Indiana that first knocked Cruz and then Ohio Gov. John Kasich out of the race, any hope of denying Trump the delegates he needs to clinch were smashed to smithereens. Read more.
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