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Fulton tax chief defends $39K SUV, denies retaliation

Georgia’s highest-paid elected official says he needs a taxpayer-funded full-size SUV to get to meetings and public appearances, and he won’t even consider turning it in unless told to by the whole Fulton County Commission. Tax Commissioner Arthur Ferdinand also …

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City’s iconic buildings face wrecking ball

It was a hard, bleak winter for historic preservationists in Atlanta, a city already infamous for not saving the sign posts of its past. In December, the McCord Apartments, a three-story building on Seventh Street designed in the 1920s by …

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Bill exempts some lawyers from lobbyist registration

A change in Georgia’s laws meant to clarify who is exempt from registering as a lobbyist could make it easier for some lawyers to avoid registering, according to some lawmakers and government transparency proponents. Under House Bill 142, attorneys don’t …

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‘This is about skin tint,’ lawyer for condo owner says of lawsuit

A case unfolding in Fulton County Superior Court adds a new twist to complaints that police officers use overly tinted windows as a pretext for traffic stops that are actually based on racial or ethnic profiling. An attorney for Deon …

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The battles over Georgia’s school boards

Today’s federal court hearing challenging the constitutionality of Governor Nathan Deal’s efforts to oust six members of the DeKalb County Board of Education marks the latest round in more than a decade of fighting between Georgia governors and fractious local …

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Deal’s DeKalb dilemma provides no easy solution

Gov. Nathan Deal has suggested he’ll suspend six of the nine members of the DeKalb’s troubled school board on Monday, but whether his decision will stick is another story. Hearings are scheduled in state and federal court this week over …

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City, Georgia Tech Foundation reach settlement in Crum & Forster suit

The almost half-decade long fight for the Crum & Forster building brought together lawyers for the Georgia Tech Foundation (GTF), private citizens who believe the City of Atlanta is bypassing its own preservation regulations, as well as outside counsels for both the City and …

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