1. Food stamp lawsuit settlement: Feds to pay Georgians $22M
In order to settle a lawsuit regarding the state's problems providing food stamps, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will pay 47,760 Georgia households a total of $22 million. Read more.
Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens is being asked to weigh in on whether or not Sen. Gloria Butler acted legally when she replaced her appointee to a committee charged with hiring Harmel Codi to oversee DeKalb's government. Read more.
3. Falcons' scouting revamp will likely come after draft
According to Falcons owners Arthur Blank, while general manager Thomas Dimitroff would be retained, the team's scouting department would be revamped. The scouts have been on the road and are set to hit the college all-star games before returning for pre-draft meetings next month. Read more.
4. Atlanta schools look toward May SPLOST $764 million wish list
Voters may be asked to approve a sales tax worth about $546 million to Atlanta schools in May. The Atlanta school district has about $764 million in work on its to-do list which includes school construction and renovation, technology upgrades, debt payments, new vehicles and more. Read more.
5. Blac Youngsta's story of bank incident disputed by bank and police
The rapper and Memphis native took to social media last week to relay what he intimated was a case of racial profiling by Atlanta police. Police detained him after they were given the identity descriptors of "a black male" and a particular vehicle. Police eventually realized he wasn't the right guy and let him and his friends go, but the rapper's social media account of the situation is catching the attention of many. Read more.
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