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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 21/09/2026

Bentley Hudgins, Democratic nominee for Georgia House District 90, says they will work to get state funding for MARTA in the upcoming legislative session. They also say they oppose a potential prohibition on public commenters receiving donated time.

Bentley Hudgins smiles before a press conference calling for the construction of Beltline Rail.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 21/09/2026

During the second press conference, organizers celebrated the anticipated unanimous approval of Bond's resolution to push forward on Beltline rail. When asked if they would be OK with rail starting on the Southside instead of the Eastside, Bond said, they did not care, as long as rail got underway.

Beltline Rail advocates gather ahead of a press conference celebrating the expected passage of a resolution that would push the city forward in construction of 22 miles of rail along the Beltline.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 21/09/2026

At the first press conference, Council member Kelsea Bond read off a resolution that will reintroduced at the end of the meeting apologizing to members of the Reemerging ACDC task force for, essentially, wasting their time now that the detention center is likely to continue existing as a jail.

Tiffany Roberts speaks during a press conference of organizers who had previously worked to close the Atlanta City Detention Center.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 17/08/2026

The Southern Center for Human Rights is holding a town hall on the People’s Voice Act on Thursday, Aug. 27 at 7 p.m.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 17/08/2026

And we are officially 0 for 4 on the proclamation timer fixing the over time proclamation issue. Note: That’s 16 minutes over the 15 minute timer; a total of 31 minutes for one proclamation.

A screen in the Atlanta City Council chamber showing a timer that reads “15:57 Over”

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 15/06/2026

I do have a nice view for my remote reporting, though.

Picture from a hotel room in Pittsburgh over looking Point State Park and the Ohio River.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 09/06/2026

Westmoreland asks when the council could expect numbers attached to these six points. Molla says 90 days.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 09/06/2026

Here are some of the talking points consultants distributed to encourage support of the NRI.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 26/05/2026

The administration says it will do things differently with TADs this to around.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 26/05/2026

The administration also proposed reforms to the tad advisory committees.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 26/05/2026

Dickens response to why raising taxes can’t do what TADs can do:

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 26/05/2026

They mayors office reserved the first two rows of seating, leaving many standing

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 26/05/2026

Around 50 people have signed up for public comment so far at the Community Development and Human Services committee hearing on the mayor’s proposed extension of six tax allocation districts to pay for his Neighborhood Reinvestment Initiative.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 21/05/2026

Cutler steps over to the screen to break down the budget

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 18/05/2026

Goldstone's book follows five Atlanta-area families fighting for housing in Atlanta—a city with the highest level of income inequality of any major city in the U.S. We had the opportunity to hear from Goldstone earlier this year, when ACPC co-hosted a workshop on homelessness in Atlanta.

Brian Goldstone, wearing a blue Oxford and blue jeans, sits in front of a decorative brick wall in between two individuals. He is speaking about homelessness in Atlanta.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 04/05/2026

Collins also supports CVI investment in the city.

Michael Collins, wearing a white shirt, white hat and glasses, speaks at the Atlanta City Council during public comment.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 20/04/2026

Angela Smith, director of the mayor's Office of Violence Prevention, shows this slide and asks the council to silently identify who is the trafficker and who is being trafficked.

A slide that reads "what is human trafficking? Human trafficking is the act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring or receiving individuals through force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of exploitation." Below the definition is a lineup for six head shots.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 20/04/2026

This morning a coalition of organizations including the fire fighters union, PAD and immigrants rights groups held a press conference outside city hall to demand the city honor the firefighter union contract, honor its diversion contract with PAD, end collaboration with ice and increase housing.

Local and state firefighter union president Nate Bailey speaks at a press conference to demand the city honor its contract with the union.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 17/04/2026

Happening now: Protest outside Flock Safety headquarters in West Midtown.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 09/04/2026

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 17/02/2026

I now have a copy of the agenda thanks to the OIG's fantastic comms person.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 16/02/2026

Ah, ATL26 is having technical issues, per the city's X account. Videos of today's meeting will be uploaded at a later point.

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@ATLchannel26
is currently impacted by a connectivity issue. Today’s meetings will be recorded and played back later on
@ATLchannel26
. You will also be able to access meetings via our archive at http://AtlantaGA.gov.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 16/02/2026

It's a packed house to start the meeting. There are four proclamations on today's agenda. We'll see how long they take to get through. Council President marci Collier Overstreet indicated she intended proclamations stick to the 15-minute limit laid out in the municipal code.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 31/01/2026

Brookhaven PD just issued a dispersal order, threatening arrest and chemical munitions.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 30/01/2026

Several hundred people have gathered on Buford Highway to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies and celebrate the general strike launched by Twin City residents on Jan. 23 and today.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 27/01/2026

As the sun set, the group held vigil and did their best to keep candles lit, with wind gusts up to 25 mph.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 26/01/2026

Hundreds of Atlantans have gathered in Kirkwood to hold a vigil for Alex Pretti, the nurse who was killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis Saturday.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 23/01/2026

Georgia House Rep. Gabriel Sanchez speaks on why immigrants are a targeted community.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 23/01/2026

The sidewalk is full across the entire ICE field office. Incoming folks are having to stand on the other side of the street.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 23/01/2026

Micah McClure of Black Male Initiative Georgia says the actions ICE is undertaking are the same actions that police forces have undertaken in Black neighborhoods for decades.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 23/01/2026

Maybe a hundred people are gathered outside the ICE field office in Downtown Atlanta to protest against the Trump administrations immigration policy and deportation campaign.

A hundred or so protestors stand outside the ICE office building

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 09/01/2026

Police moved from pressing against the crowd to a gathering point a block away. A speaker is telling the crowd that things are wrapping up but they plan another protest for Jan. 20.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 09/01/2026

Officers are now pressed against the crowd in front of the Gold Dome entrance

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 09/01/2026

An officer attempted to arrest someone in the crowd. He was chased away.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 09/01/2026

Hundreds of protestors are on the march from the ICE office in downtown Atlanta to the Georgia State Capitol building. They are calling anti-Trump slogans after ICE officers killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday and shot two more in Portland on Thursday.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 11/12/2025

ACPC is hosting a trivia night this Saturday at Voicebox Cocktail Lounge. 55 Milton Ave SE. 7-9 p.m.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 10/12/2025

Protesters disrupted a lame duck session of the Georgia Public Service Commission on Wednesday, demanding that commissioners not vote on a $20 billion spending plan presented by Georgia Power, which critics say could lock customers into paying higher costs for decades. Video credit: Zak Kerr

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 01/12/2025

Amy the Chicken is the first speaker. The speaker is wearing a chicken costume with a bikini. They’re signing songs to Howard Shook.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 05/11/2025

At City Council President candidate Rohit Malhotra’s election night party, Malhotra called the results “neck and neck” around 11:30 p.m.

Rohit Malhotra stands behind a GA WFP sign with his campaign staff in the background during his election night party.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 04/11/2025

We’ll be live in one hour (at 7:00 p.m.) with our Election Day livestream! www.youtube.com/live/pwP9UIk...

Selfie with Matt in the foreground looking into the camera. Behind him is a white table with a laptop and notes on it. In the background are lights, a camera, and other members of the ACPC team.

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Atlanta Community Press Collective @atlpresscollective.com · 05/08/2025

Kiran Kimbrough, the former Atlanta Police Department officer who killed Johnny Hollman, 62, during a routine traffic accident investigation, will not face prosecution. Hollman's family announced Tuesday that a Fulton County grand jury failed to indict Kimbrough.

Family members of Johnny Hollman speak at a press conference outside the Fulton County Courthouse.

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