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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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Atlanta News First and WSB-TV: late-night storms moved through metro Atlanta early Tuesday, downing trees and power lines. Outages peaked near 10,000 customers before falling to hundreds by dawn as Georgia Power crews worked.
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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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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.
State
The Fulton County Board of Commissioners adopted a bipartisan resolution on July 17 declining to participate in the City of Atlanta's proposed 30-year extension of its Tax Allocation Districts. Co-sponsors cited a Georgia legal opinion that said extending an existing TAD carries the same legal requirements as creating a new one.
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The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of north Georgia including Fulton and DeKalb counties through 10 p.m. Monday, with damaging winds and heavy rain forecast.
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This launch-day advisory for ZIP codes 30311 and 30331 is no longer active. Check Atlanta DWM's official advisory page for current conditions.
Politics
The 4-3 vote clears the way for two new hyperscale facilities in south Fulton. The decision is already facing a legal challenge.
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Marcus Holloway walked free Friday after DNA evidence cleared him of a 2004 murder he always said he didn't commit. His lawyers say the city's first wrongful-conviction payout could exceed $14 million.