Jason Getz

Atlanta

Photojournalist at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Articles

Long-running YSL case will end without a single murder conviction

2 days ago | miamiherald.com | Jason Getz

ATLANTA - After three years, 28 defendants and countless days in court, the long-running "Young Slime Life" gang and racketeering case will wrap up without a single murder conviction. For the second time in as many weeks, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' office agreed to drop a murder charge against an alleged YSL member in exchange for their guilty plea in the high-profile case.
White House budget office supports selling Peachtree Summit building

1 week ago | macon.com | Jason Getz

Progress appears to be continuing for the federal government's efforts to sell a building in downtown Atlanta. On Friday, the White House's Office of Management and Budget approved a May 22 recommendation by the Public Buildings Reform Board to dispose of or consolidate 11 federal buildings, including the Peachtree Summit building in Atlanta.
Georgia businesses whipsawed by tariff court rulings

1 week ago | macon.com | Jason Getz

Georgia business owners who have been caught in the crossfire of the Trump administration's trade war welcomed a court ruling this week to block many of the president's new tariffs. Their relief lasted about 24 hours. On Thursday, a federal appeals court reinstated them, at least temporarily, leaving many business leaders uncertain about what to do.
Is the Black mecca ’10 years behind the rest of the world’ on mental health?

1 week ago | kentucky.com | Jason Getz

Editor's Note: This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the United States is available by calling or texting 988 or 1-800-273-8255. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org. ____ATLANTA -- Savannah Elahee is sitting at one of her happy places: a picnic table near The Meadow in Atlanta's Piedmont Park.
Is the Black mecca `10 years behind the rest of the world’ on mental health?

1 week ago | macon.com | Jason Getz

Editor's Note: This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the United States is available by calling or texting 988 or 1-800-273-8255. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org. Savannah Elahee is sitting at one of her happy places: a picnic table near The Meadow in Piedmont Park.
How Lake Lanier closures brought Republicans and Democrats together

2 weeks ago | macon.com | Jason Getz |Greg Bluestein |Tia Mitchell |Patricia Murphy |Adam Beam

Today's newsletter highlights:Jon Ossoff and Tyler Harper exchange letters. Audit finds teacher retirement benefit has little impact. Fulton County Commission rejects Republican election board nominee. Lake Lanier has suddenly become a new symbol of President Donald Trump's government-shrinking agenda just in time for the Memorial Day break.
Potential sale of landmark Atlanta federal building could jolt downtown

2 weeks ago | macon.com | Jason Getz

Momentum appears to be accelerating for the federal government to sell a downtown Atlanta tower, home to several agencies, that has been a target for sale. In a report published Thursday, the Public Buildings Reform Board listed the Peachtree Summit Building as one of 11 federal sites across the country it recommends to be sold.
As new AJC opinion editor, I am eager to connect with the community

2 weeks ago | macon.com | Jason Getz

The weekend after superstar, philanthropist and now honorary doctor Usher spoke about his passion to students at Emory University's May 12 graduation, my brother and I delivered our own commencement remarks in the Chicago area. We were representing my parents, longtime educators, who founded St. Augustine College, a Windy City Hispanic-serving institution, in 1980.
Proposed cuts could make housing homeless people harder, advocates say

2 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Jason Getz

ATLANTA - Willie Jeffries spent four years living in a large homeless camp in Atlanta's Mechanicsville neighborhood. He finally received housing in October but was evicted roughly six months later for violating the stringent terms of his lease agreement. On the first day of his return to homelessness, Jeffries said he visited an encampment in the same neighborhood where he had been living in a tent last year - just off Cooper Street Southwest.
Tenants allege dangerous conditions at Invitation Homes’ rentals

2 weeks ago | macon.com | Jason Getz

Shana Brooks-Wilhite woke up one morning this past December to the unsettling beep-beep-beep of a carbon monoxide alarm in the three-bedroom house she rents in the Henry County city of Stockbridge. In fight-or-flight response, the U.S. Navy veteran opened doors and windows and fled the house with her teenage son, Emmanuel. She saw the potential presence of the poisonous gas in her home as an obvious danger, even though she wasn't sure what to do next because she had never had a gas leak before.