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Georgia PSC Race Heads to Runoff With Low Turnout

1 week ago | atlanta.capitalbnews.org | Chauncey Alcorn

A pivotal primary election marked by low voter turnout will be decided next month by a runoff race between two leading Democratic Party contenders. The Georgia Public Service Commission is a five-member elected body that determines rate prices for utility companies, including Georgia Power, the state’s largest electricity provider.
A Guide to Juneteenth Events in Metro Atlanta

1 week ago | atlanta.capitalbnews.org | Chauncey Alcorn

It’s been four years since Juneteenth became a federal holiday, and Black revelers in metro Atlanta are finding unique ways to mark the occasion. The annual commemoration of the day in 1865 when formerly enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas, learned of Abraham’s Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation takes place on Thursday. Juneteenth celebrations in Atlanta, which began last weekend, will continue through Sunday.
CDC Walks Back Atlanta Layoffs After HIV Staff Cuts Spark Outrage

1 week ago | atlanta.capitalbnews.org | Alyssa Johnson

After undergoing layoffs earlier this year, hundreds of previously fired staff at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are now being asked to return to work. Employees who worked for the National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention; the National Center for Environmental Health; the Immediate Office of the Director; and the Global Health Center were reportedly sent reinstatement notices this month.
Black Renters Face Eviction as Affordable Housing Disappears in Atlanta

1 week ago | atlanta.capitalbnews.org | Chauncey Alcorn

Keita Martin worries he’ll be homeless again before the end of the summer. The 32-year-old Marietta native is one of several tenants at Campus Edge Apartments, who say they’re being booted out of the complex near Kennesaw State University by its new owners. Campus Realty Advisors, an Atlanta-based real estate development company, confirmed it officially acquired Campus Edge on May 28 and provided residents with written notification the same day.
What to Do When You’re Being Evicted

2 weeks ago | atlanta.capitalbnews.org | Chauncey Alcorn

Protests over controversial evictions have been popping up in different areas across metro Atlanta in recent weeks, and local tenant attorneys say Black Georgians make up the majority of those involved in cases they encounter in court. Many renters who receive troubling calls or letters from their landlords move out prematurely when they should fight back, according to tenant attorney Michael Lucas, executive director of the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Association.
Progressive Candidate Bucks Establishment in Run For Governor

2 weeks ago | atlanta.capitalbnews.org | Chauncey Alcorn

Launching a gubernatorial campaign with a conversation about the need for reparations for descendants of the enslaved isn’t something you see every day— especially in Georgia. But state Rep. Derrick Jackson, D-Tyrone, who officially announced his bid for governor last week, says he wants to be a voice for Black voters looking for more aggressive Democratic leadership that isn’t afraid to fight for bold ideas that benefit the masses.
Where to Get Free Groceries and Meals in Atlanta Right Now

2 weeks ago | atlanta.capitalbnews.org | Alyssa Johnson

Inside the Atlanta Community Food Bank’s facility in East Point Friday morning, dozens of volunteers hustled inside to organize piles of water bottles, juice cartons, peanut butter, and cans of soup. On the other side of the building, the beeps from the forklifts echoed throughout the corridors as food bank staff in blue and gray vests packed thousands of boxes of chips, rice and pasta.
Atlanta Budget a Safeguard Against Potential Trump Cuts, Lawmakers Say

2 weeks ago | atlanta.capitalbnews.org | Chauncey Alcorn

Atlanta City Council members say proposed cuts to federal aid programs many Black Atlantans count on and concerns about a national recession were on their minds last week when they approved another record-setting fiscal year budget. “Everyone seems to assume we’re going to have a recession,” council member Howard Shook told Capital B Atlanta on Wednesday.
Atlanta’s Jail Holds 400 People Despite Promise to Shut It Down

3 weeks ago | atlanta.capitalbnews.org | Madeline Thigpen

Dominique Grant said she was in the middle of a mental health crisis when she was pulled over driving on Moreland Avenue by a Georgia State Trooper the Friday before Mother’s Day. Arrested under suspicion of DUI, the 32-year-old mother was booked into the Atlanta City Detention Center (ACDC) around 11 p.m. that night. Grant admits to speeding but denies being intoxicated. She believes the officer was upset that she requested a field sobriety test and chose to arrest her instead.
Proposed Medicaid Cuts Endanger Black LGBTQ+ Lives

3 weeks ago | atlanta.capitalbnews.org | Alyssa Johnson

As lawmakers push for sweeping cuts to Medicaid, fear weighs heavily on Tori Cooper. Cooper, a trans woman who serves as the director of strategic outreach and training for the Human Rights Campaign, told Capital B Atlanta that for her and other Black trans residents, these cuts will have a detrimental impact on their lives. “The Black LGBTQ community will be greatly impacted, and Black trans folks even more so,” said Cooper.