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Atlanta News First: Police charged 54-year-old Jonathan Hamby with murder after 29-year-old Ramon Harris was stabbed to death on the Atlanta Beltline; Mayor Andre Dickens requested a public-safety review of patrols, cameras, and emergency response.
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Atlanta News First: Atrium Health and Morehouse School of Medicine say plans are approved to move forward on a teaching hospital at 675 Metropolitan Pkwy SW — 50 beds expandable past 700 — with funding still unresolved after Atlanta asked Fulton for $200 million.
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WSB-TV: After DNC Chair Ken Martin said Boston, Denver, and Philadelphia are the three 2028 finalists — with Atlanta and Chicago removed — Mayor Andre Dickens released a letter accusing the party of abandoning Atlanta, the South, and Black voters.
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WSB-TV: Mayor Andre Dickens’ administration is seeking City Council authorization to begin condemnation proceedings on five long-distressed northwest Atlanta properties under the Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative. Resolutions would start the process, not seize ownership overnight.
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County commissioners told Mayor Andre Dickens they would buy ACDC for $56.5 million — well below the mayor’s prior $80 million ask — with an Aug. 31 response deadline as the county’s housing agreement expires at year’s end.
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A unanimous Monday resolution presses for more cooling centers, broader outreach, and clearer trigger rules after critics blasted the city's Fourth of July heat response.
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WABE reports the mayor’s Thursday letter assailed commissioners’ July 15 opposition to six tax-allocation-district extensions tied to the Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative and withdrew an $80 million detention-center sale offer.
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Mayor Andre Dickens told Atlanta News First that the city's $52 million in World Cup costs will be fully covered by FIFA and federal reimbursements, with the Metro Atlanta Chamber projecting more than $503 million in economic activity across Georgia from the eight matches Atlanta hosted.
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The 11-4 vote authorizes emergency overflow capacity, case management, and medical screening for the city's two shelter sites through the end of the fiscal year. The mayor is expected to sign.
Business
The executive order pauses new permit applications for self-storage facilities until City Council can consider a longer-term 180-day ban aimed at protecting land for housing and retail.
Politics
The bond, the largest in the city's history, would fund 8,000 units of affordable housing over the next six years. It goes to a vote in November.
Politics
The mayor took the oath of office Monday afternoon at the Georgia State University Convocation Center, joined by all four of his living predecessors. Marci Collier Overstreet was sworn in as the new City Council President.
Politics
The incumbent faced two challengers and won outright on Tuesday night, becoming the first Atlanta mayor since Shirley Franklin to be re-elected to a second full term without a runoff.
Politics
The proposal would steer $5 billion into affordable housing, transit expansion, and grocery and health care in seven historically underinvested neighborhoods. The catch: it depends on extending the lifespan of all eight of Atlanta's tax-allocation districts.