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Former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says she was denied service at a restaurant because she wore leggings
Former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms tweeted Friday that she was turned away from The Capital …
Lauren Edmonds
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Felicia Moore and Andre Dickens advance to a runoff in the Atlanta mayoral election
Moore, the Atlanta city council's president, and Dickens, also a member of the city council, will f…
Grace Panetta,John L. Dorman
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announces she won't run for a second term
A number of high-profile mayors are burnt out and heading for the exits after guiding their cities …
Grace Panetta
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Atlanta's mayor signs executive order with goal to 'mitigate' Georgia's new restrictive voting law
The local effort is part of a broader backlash against SB 202, Georgia's new controversial election…
Azmi Haroun
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Atlanta Mayor says the MLB moving All-Star Game from Georgia 'is likely the first of many dominoes to fall' in pushback against new voting law
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said that the decision to move the All-Star Game and MLB Draft was "th…
John L. Dorman
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Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says she declined a position in Biden's cabinet
The Atlanta mayor had previously been named a contender for vice president prior to Biden's selecti…
Connor Perrett
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Atlanta Mayor Lance Bottoms tests positive for COVID-19, says she is asymptomatic
Bottoms' national profile has risen sharply since the death of George Floyd, and she is considered …
Jake Lahut
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sues Atlanta's mayor to stop her from requiring masks as COVID-19 cases skyrocket
"I am not afraid of the city being sued," Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said earlier in the da…
Sonam Sheth
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Atlanta's mayor slammed Georgia's Republican governor for trying to stop her mandatory mask order and 'restrain' her from talking about it
On top of a lawsuit against the city of Atlanta, Gov. Brian Kemp is seeking an injunction to try an…
Mia Jankowicz
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sues Atlanta Mayor over mask mandate, a day after banning local mask mandates in the state
Georgia recorded more than 3,870 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday and has over 127,800 confi…
Sarah Al-Arshani,Lauren Frias
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Eric Andre says he was 'racially profiled' at the Atlanta Airport by two plainclothes police officers
Eric Andre tweeted on Wednesday that he was about to board a flight when two policemen stopped him …
Debanjali Bose
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'You're not going to out-concern me and out-care me': Atlanta's mayor makes a powerful plea against violence and destruction in George Floyd protests
"This is not a protest," Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said. "This is chaos. A protest has purpose."
Charles Davis
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Bottoms tells people to ignore Gov. Brian Kemp's decision to reopen businesses: 'There is nothing essential about a bowling alley or a manicure'
This comes as Georgia's Republican governor, Brian Kemp, is planning to reopen the state's business…
Eliza Relman
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A 'higher than usual' number of Atlanta police officers call out after former colleague charged with murder over the killing of Rayshard Brooks
The Atlanta Police Department said it was experiencing a "higher than usual" number of call outs We…
Charles Davis
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6 Atlanta policemen were charged after being caught on video dragging 2 college students out of a car and smashing their vehicle's window with a baton
A video circulated on social media showing them dragging the students out of a car, using a stun gu…
Rhea Mahbubani
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A California city gave some residents $500 per month. After a year, the group wound up with more full-time jobs and less depression.
Unemployment among basic-income recipients in Stockton, California, dropped to 8% in February 2020 …
Aria Bendix
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Atlanta mayor rolls back the city's reopening to Phase 1 guidelines
Gov. Brian Kemp pushed back: "As clearly stated in my executive orders, no local action can be more…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Spa shootings suspect was traveling to Florida 'perhaps to carry out additional shootings' before being arrested, Atlanta mayor says
Robert Aaron Long, 21, was arrested in connection to the shootings on Tuesday, following a car chas…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Trump's response to George Floyd protests 'is like Charlottesville all over again,' Atlanta mayor says
"He speaks and he makes it worse," Mayor Keisha Bottoms said. "There are times when you should just…
Ellen Cranley
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Atlanta has shut down courts and people there can't pay their bills online because of a crippling cyberattack the mayor has called 'a hostage situation'
Atlanta officials - along with local law enforcement, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security,…