Georgia voters made key choices in local elections this week, selecting new mayors across metro Atlanta and sending Akbar Ali to the General Assembly as the youngest state legislator. The state is also receiving more than $300 million through the BEAD program to expand high-speed internet and close the digital divide for thousands of households still without reliable broadband.
Georgia’s clean-energy sector saw major gains at the end of 2024, adding more than 3,000 jobs, but new policies under the Trump administration have already led companies to cancel nearly $3 billion in planned projects. A new analysis shows traffic deaths outpaced homicides across metro Atlanta last year, with the highest fatality rates in predominantly Black neighborhoods.
Two major transit systems — MARTA and Cobb County — will receive more than $27 million in federal grants to replace aging vehicles, including Georgia’s first autonomous transit fleet. Atlanta Public Schools are weighing campus closures under the APS Forward 2040 plan as enrollment continues to decline, prompting debate over community impact and resource distribution.
And at Emory University’s Michael C. Carlos Museum, a new exhibition called Continuum highlights contemporary Muscogee Nation artistry, challenging Atlanta’s tendency to treat Indigenous history as something static rather than living.
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