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As Trump and red states attack voter data group, Raffensperger snaps back
Republican-led states keep pulling out of ERIC, a bipartisan nonprofit that helps its member states maintain accurate voter lists–but Georgia is not among them. Quite the…
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What Atlanta residents can learn from Chicago’s version of “Cop City”
The controversy over Atlanta’s proposed Public Safety Training Center, known by opponents as “Cop City,” strikes University of Chicago law professor Craig Futterman as deja vu. “It sounds…
Labor advocates rally to end Georgia’s collective bargaining ban for public sector workers
If Georgians want to live in a truly democratic society, then their public sector workplaces should be democratic too. That was one of the messages expressed—sometimes loudly—at a…
More Housing Affordability News
Reynoldstown residents vote against plan to house homeless in micro-unit apartment complex
“I voted to not let another slumlord in here,” one neighbor said.
Atlanta’s top homeless advocate says NIMBYism stunts housing efforts
Could a planned apartment complex turn Reynoldstown into “the land of the Walking Dead, with zombies combing the neighborhood?”
For proposed Reynoldstown housing project, how dense is too dense?
A developer’s plan to replace a vacant house with 42 apartments for people experiencing homelessness has been held up by community concerns about cramming too many people too…
Legislation to repeal Georgia’s rent control ban stalls out
A bill to lift Georgia’s decades-old ban on rent regulation is expected to sputter out this year without so much as a committee hearing.
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