J.D. Capelouto

Dozens of residents and local advocates on Monday protested the city of Atlanta’s planned removal of an installation on Peachtree Street downtown that removed two lanes of car traffic in favor of space for walkers and bicyclists.

We now know more about what city officials are doing in the fallout from the Mitzi Bickers federal bribery trial that ensnared two current city employees, whose names surfaced in testimony as having accepted bribes or conspired with the scheme.

With a vote by the Atlanta City Council on Monday, that land is now slated to become a 75-acre park with a memorial to historical atrocities that occurred there. From the 1870s until the early 1900s, the company participated in the state’s convict leasing program, which forced people incarcerated at…

The upcoming resignation of Atlanta’s Department of Transportation commissioner will leave the city’s newest department void of two of its top leaders after a deputy commissioner was fired less than two weeks ago.

At least two people were arrested as a large police presence descended on the site of Atlanta’s planned police and fire training center in DeKalb County on Tuesday.

The Atlanta Fire Rescue Department has one of the more closely watched budgets at Atlanta City Hall this year as the City Council analyzes the city’s spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins July 1.

Most of us know how hard it can be to create and stick to a personal budget, so we can’t imagine what goes into a spreadsheet for a multi-billion dollar city. But the past six weeks have displayed the complications behind the formation of Atlanta’s $734 million general fund.

Andre Dickens has said multiple times that he wants to be mayor of Atlanta for eight years. And it appears he’s getting a head start on preparing to run for a second term in 2025.

The Atlanta City Council approved Mayor Andre Dickens’ proposed budget for the next 12 months on Tuesday, granting pay increases to all city employees and boosting funding for police, fire and transportation.

Last week, the Atlanta City Council approved a resolution urging Atlanta police to make investigations into abortions their “lowest possible priority” if Roe v. Wade were to be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. Just a few days later, on Friday, the court ended constitutional protections for abor…

This year’s Music Midtown festival, which was slated to bring tens of thousands of people to Piedmont Park over two days in September, is canceled.

After leading Democratic National Committee officials on a tour of State Farm Arena last Thursday, Mayor Andre Dickens was asked by a reporter whether he thinks violent crime in Atlanta could hamper the city’s bid to host the Democrats’ nominating convention in 2024.

City of Atlanta officials had options on where to place a bronze bust of Braves legend Henry “Hank” Aaron that was once located at Turner Field.

Frustrated by gun violence resulting from anger and a lack of conflict resolution, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens sent a forceful message to people with illegal firearms Monday, saying: “’If you pull a gun in this town, you are going to jail.”

Divisions among the Atlanta City Council were on full display last Monday, when a vote to lease 700 city jail beds to Fulton County sparked acrimony during a nine-hour-long meeting.

Newly released documents in an ongoing federal lawsuit over Georgia’s voting system have revealed information about the role an Atlanta-based IT firm apparently played in copying confidential election files in Coffee County.

Atlanta Beltline reveals a map of the path it hopes to take through Buckhead, including part of Collier Hills North neighborhood, along Peachtree Creek and where the Beltline might cross Peachtree. It would connect to an existing trail at Bobby Jones Golf Course.

Mayor Andre Dickens’ office privately pushed back this week after Mary Norwood — the two-time mayoral candidate who made a return to the Atlanta City Council this year — publicly criticized the city government and accused officials of neglecting Buckhead.

By many measures, the Atlanta Police Foundation is larger and more powerful than similar police foundations around the country.

The home of an Alabama construction executive was targeted and vandalized last week, authorities said, apparently due to his company’s ties to Atlanta’s planned police and fire training center.