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Despite objections, City Council committee advances pared-back tree ordinance
An Atlanta City Council committee endorsed significant updates to Atlanta's tree protection rules, despite the reservations of some councilmembers.
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4 Atlanta companies named as sponsors for city’s 2026 World Cup efforts
Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises, Georgia-Pacific, Home Depot and Southern Co. will serve as sponsors for Atlanta's World Cup matches in June and July of 2026
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John Lie-Nielsen, founder of Atlanta apartment management giant, dies
Entrepreneur John Lie-Nielsen, who died at age 90, founded Atlanta's Johnstown Properties, one of the country’s largest apartment management companies in the 1980s.
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Construction deaths, injuries at Hyundai’s Georgia EV plant draw scrutiny
The construction worker accident rate at the Hyundai Metaplant, an EV factory campus near Savannah, surpasses the national statistical average.
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Groups say regulators broke state rules with praise of Georgia Power rate deal
Some groups claim remarks by 3 commissioners violated state rules because they were made before hearings on a deal to freeze rates between Georgia Power and the PSC took place
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Future of sustainable farming is now growing in Macon
Agriculture is Georgia’s top industry, and in recent years the Peach State has become an emerging hub for indoor agriculture.
Major Cherokee County industrial firm to merge with Texas firm
Ball Ground, Georgia-based Chart Industries is merging with Texas-based Flowserve.
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How to navigate business amid uncertainty: Here’s what Atlanta professionals say
Agate Solutions' Mayday conference brought together businesspeople from across the world to provide actionable advice for tackling tariff uncertainties.
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Fulton County adding more solar panels on its facilities in major expansion
Fulton County celebrated new solar panels being installed at county facilities as part of an expansion of an established contract with Cherry Street Energy.
Georgia Power’s forecasts questioned amid historic data center-driven expansion
In hearings at the PSC, witnesses questioned how much of the data center-driven electricity demand surge Georgia Power predicts will actually pan out.