The National Football League is inviting 7,500 vaccinated health care workers to be among the 22,000 fans in attendance at Super Bowl LV next month, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday. “I am the son of a nurse and all of you have a very special place in my heart,” Goodell said during a surprise […]
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City of Atlanta re-imagines downtown kiosk program
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced reforms to the City of Atlanta’s public kiosk program to enhance the economic and pedestrian vibrancy of downtown, while creating greater opportunities for entrepreneurs and microbusinesses. The program, managed by the Department of City Planning, contains 17 brick-and-mortar kiosks located on sidewalks throughout downtown where small business owners may sell […]
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MARTA hires CFO, assistant general manager of labor and employee relations
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) General Manager and CEO Jeffrey Parker made two additions to his senior management team. Raj Srinath is MARTA’s new chief financial officer (CFO), and Patricia M. Lucek will fill the newly created position of assistant general manager of labor and employee relations. “Raj Srinath and Patricia Lucek bring decades […]
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Atlanta Beltline seeks funding from City of Atlanta to complete trails before 2030
With the support of Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, community leaders, and Atlanta Beltline Inc. executives, Atlanta City Councilman Dustin Hillis has introduced legislation that would effectively speed up construction while bringing new jobs, more affordable housing and economic recovery along the Atlanta Beltline. In a couple of ordinances introduced at Tuesday’s Atlanta City Council […]
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Amazon partners with Pharrell Williams’ YELLOW, Georgia Tech to launch competition to inspire students to pursue computer science
Amazon, Pharrell Williams’ education equity nonprofit YELLOW, and the Georgia Institute of Technology today announced a new educational collaboration called “Your Voice is Power” to encourage middle and high school students to share their voice on equity while learning to code new music remixes. Your Voice is Power” introduces students to real-world computer science-based careers […]
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Georgia Tech names Atlanta native Raheem Beyah its new Dean of College of Engineering
The Georgia Institute of Technology selected Raheem Beyah as the school’s new dean and Southern Company chair of the College of Engineering. Beyah was already serving Georgia Tech as its vice president for Interdisciplinary Research, executive director of the Online Master of Science in Cybersecurity program, and is the Motorola Foundation Professor in the School […]
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‘This moment belongs to all of us:’ Black women exult as Kamala Harris walks into history
Human rights lawyer Tara Murray had hopes of somehow witnessing Kamala Harris’ vice-presidential oath in person. But a raging pandemic and the January 6 violent siege on the US Capitol by a pro-Trump mob got in her way. So on Wednesday, Murray — the founder of a pro-Harris group, Mamas for Momala — celebrated the […]
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An inauguration like no other: Notable moments of a momentous day
President Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday looked a bit different from past ceremonies ushering in a new administration. The day’s historic events navigated heightened security measures in Washington, DC, Covid-19 precautions and the absence of the outgoing President, the first time that’s happened in more than a century and a half. Still, the unprecedented day […]
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Rodgers: These Trump pardons spell the biggest threat
As has been well documented by now, former President Donald Trump always treated the presidential pardon power like it was a personal gift rather than a constitutional power afforded to the office he held. Thus we saw Trump ignore the regular pardon process and its requirements and standards, with many of his last-minute pardons going […]
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Biden revokes Trump report promoting ‘patriotic education’
President Joe Biden on Wednesday revoked a recent Trump administration report that aimed to promote “patriotic education” in schools but that historians mocked and rejected as political propaganda. In an executive order signed in his first day in office, Biden disband Donald Trump’s presidential 1776 Commission and withdrew a report it released Monday. Trump established […]
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Community Foundation’s GoATL impact-investing fund announces new commitments to Metro Atlanta economic recovery
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta’s GoATL Fund announced on Thursday three positive moves forward for the community: two are investments that directly further metro Atlanta’s recovery from the pandemic, the third is a new $2 million capital commitment to GoATL from a local foundation to support future investments in the community. The Community Foundation provides […]
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The religious books used during the swearing-ins — and the symbolism behind them
There were a number of notable swearings-in on Wednesday (though the President’s oath arguably received the most attention). Aware of the attention their ceremonies would receive, the five elected officials who began their terms this week chose the religious texts they’d take their oaths on with care. The Bibles — and, in Sen. Jon Ossoff’s […]
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Joe Biden, Kamala Harris sworn in at elaborate inaugural celebration in Washington
The day that more than 81 million Americans have been waiting for was, on Jan. 20, finally here. The American nation and world, paralyzed by pandemic, focused its gaze upon the steps of the U.S. Capitol where, upon its many steps, stood Joseph R. Biden Sr. for his inauguration as the 46th president of the […]
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Georgia job market mixed; Kemp spends cash to stop tax hike
Georgia’s job market flashed mixed signals in December, with employers adding more people to payrolls and the unemployment rate ticking down even as the labor force shrank. The new figures were released Thursday as Budget Director Kelly Farr told lawmakers that Gov. Brian Kemp’s administration will keep using federal coronavirus aid to cover the cost […]
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World leaders welcome Biden with praise, pleas, and parting shots at Trump
Joe Biden was sworn in Wednesday as the 46th United States President, taking the reins of a country in crisis. But his task on the global stage will be daunting, too. World leaders reacted to Biden’s inauguration by offering congratulations, jockeying for position at the forefront of his foreign policy agenda, and in some cases […]