Lawsuit alleges improper suspension and demotion of DeKalb school officials

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 5/21 9:33A Cathy Cobbs

Two high-ranking DeKalb County School District employees have filed a lawsuit against the district, its interim superintendent, and chief human resources director, claiming they were improperly...

Sandy Springs City Council approves 26 new homes across three subdivisions

Sandy Springs Reporter 5/21 4:38A Hayden Sumlin

Sandy Springs officials approved three new subdivisions unanimously at the May 19 city council meeting, signaling support for new housing stock in one of metro Atlanta’s wealthiest suburbs. Despite...

Atlanta airport expects 2.7 million passengers during Memorial Day travel period

Buckhead Reporter 5/21 3:01A Rough Draft Staff

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) expects to welcome about 2.7 million passengers during the upcoming Memorial Day travel period. According to a press release, the Memorial Day travel period kicked off on Wednesday and...

Sandy Springs Police release details on Election Day manhunt, voting delay

Sandy Springs Reporter 5/20 8:09A Hayden Sumlin

The Sandy Springs Police Department released more information Wednesday morning about yesterday s suspicious person investigation, which shut down a polling place at a nearby elementary school,...

Inside Sanithna Phansavanh’s ‘A Forest of You’ public art installation

Buckhead Reporter 5/20 4:59A Sherri Daye Scott

You have four days left to walk underneath it. “A Forest of You,” the fourth edition of Dashboard’s Alleywave public art installation in Fairburn, Georgia, closes May 24. Produced by Dashboard in...

Gov. Kemp vetoes bill to strengthen Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit

Buckhead Reporter 5/20 4:16A Logan C. Ritchie

The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation expressed deep disappointment after Gov. Brian Kemp vetoed HB 376 , legislation that would have strengthened the state’s Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit program. In place since 2002, HRTC has driven...

Highlights from the High Museum’s ‘American Sublime’ conversation with Amy Sherald

Buckhead Reporter 5/20 2:00A Sherri Daye Scott

Two nights before “ Amy Sherald: American Sublime ” opened at the High Museum of Art, celebrated painter and Georgia native Amy Sherald took the stage with Academy Award-nominated filmmaker and writer...

Atlanta Board of Education considers approving tax allocation review committee

Buckhead Reporter 5/20 1:56A Rachel Spooner

The Atlanta Board of Education announced May 18 that it will consider establishing the Tax Allocation District Investment Review Committee (TADIRC) at its Board meeting on June 1. The proposed committee will review Tax Allocation District (TAD)...

Mount Vernon School graduate, founder of Cocoa Classic 5K, dead at 19

Sandy Springs Reporter 5/19 9:53A Cathy Cobbs

Editor’s note : This story contains discussions of suicide and mental health crises . Collin Maher, who started the Cocoa Classic Charity 5K as a Boy Scout project – a fundraiser to supply shoes to...

Atlanta considers private security screening at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport

Buckhead Reporter 5/19 6:47A Logan C. Ritchie

Is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International the next airport to privatize security? The Atlanta City Council unanimously supported on Monday, May 18, a resolution to study the potential of privatizing...

Atlanta mayor scales back $10 billion affordable living plan

Buckhead Reporter 5/19 2:01A Logan C. Ritchie

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is scaling back a plan to funnel up to $10 billion to affordable housing and wrap around services through the Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative (NRI), a plan that’s been under scrutiny for a year. NRI was created to...

Georgia Supreme Court candidates accuse watchdog agency of violating First Amendment rights

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 5/18 6:53A Logan C. Ritchie

Georgia Supreme Court candidates Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin are striking back against the Republican-dominated Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission’s (JQC) complaints, calling it a violation of their free speech. JQC, Georgia’s judicial...

Atlanta Regional Commission awards $13.5 million for second phase of Peachtree Creek Greenway

Brookhaven Reporter 5/18 5:53A Cathy Cobbs

The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) voted on May 13 to award $13.5 million in federal funding to complete Phase II of the Peachtree Creek Greenway (PCG) in Brookhaven. “This is a transformative...

Skybridge installation at Georgia State Capitol draws criticism

Buckhead Reporter 5/18 3:44A Logan C. Ritchie

Key points: • A $10 million pedestrian bridge is being installed at the Capitol next month. • Critics say the bridge will prevent elected officials from interacting with constituents. A controversial...

The Carter Center to host annual mental health forum on May 19

Buckhead Reporter 5/16 5:05A Rough Draft Staff

The Carter Center is hosting the 30th annual Rosalynn Carter Georgia Mental Health Forum on Tuesday, May 19.  The day-long event will look to progress mental health policy and practice in Georgia while also honoring the legacy of the late former...