Workforce development leaders from the office of Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens are making final preparations to open the first city-run Department of Labor and Employment Services in July. Last week, Odie Donald II, Mayor Andre Dickens’ chief of staff, laid out plans for the new department during its inaugural City Council budget briefing. Donald has […]
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Need Plumbing Repairs? DeKalb County Has the Solution for You.
Live in DeKalb County? Need some help with your plumbing or mounting water bill debt? The DeKalb Cares Water Repair Program may be the solution for you. On Aug. 1, 2022, the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners announced that residents across the county would see a 6% increase in water and sewer bills to fund […]
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How’s Atlanta’s Pothole Posse Doing? It Depends On Who You Ask.
Atlanta Department of Transportation employees Dequintin James and Rafael Miles hate potholes as much as anyone. It’s one of the reasons they do what they do for a living. “I have to ride on the same streets that everybody else does,” Miles, 44, told Capital B Atlanta during a recent road repair session on 16th […]
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Your Georgia Power Bill Is Going to Go Up $16 Next Month. Here’s Why.
State regulators have approved Georgia Power’s request to raise its rates by about $16 per month. The electricity provider’s 2.6 million customers can expect their electric bills to go up by about $15.90 beginning on June 1, according to Georgia Power officials. The five member Georgia Public Service Commission — which is in charge of […]
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Let’s Talk About Trash Accountability in South DeKalb
This story was originally published by Canapy Atlanta, a community-powered journalism nonprofit. Photos by Matt Pearson; research by Naya Clark, West End Fellow At the corner of Austin Drive and Easterwood Court in Candler-McAfee, Joscelyn O’Neil, a South DeKalb resident for the past 20 years, stands in front of an unattractive patch of land with trees. […]
