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City of Atlanta Seeks Input on Major Office of Planning Expansion

Curbed Atlanta

http://atlanta.curbed.com/2016/6/7/11872974/city-of-atlanta-tim-keane-department-of-planning

 

Underground Atlanta Sale Enabled by Golf Course Swap

Saporta Report

http://www.saportareport.com/underground-atlanta-sale-enabled-golf-course-swap-continues-sale-city-assets/

 

If Atlanta Votes to Expand MARTA, Will Others Follow?

Atlanta Journal-Constitution (subscription)

http://business.blog.myajc.com/2016/06/05/if-atlanta-votes-to-expand-marta-will-others-follow/

 

Cobb County Needs to Raise Taxes to Pay for Public Parks because the Park Money already Went to the Braves New Stadium

Deadspin

http://deadspin.com/cobb-county-needs-to-raise-taxes-to-pay-for-public-park-1780832038

 

An ACLU Attorney’s Ugly Transformation into an Anti-Transgender Pundit

Think Progress

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2016/06/06/3784981/aclu-georgia-resignation-transgender/

 

Plutonium Shipped through Charleston to SRS

The State (South Carolina)

http://www.thestate.com/news/local/article82147677.html

 

Thousands of California Voters will decide in November if Thousands of Inmates Should be Released

Think Progress

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/06/06/3784953/california-parole-ballot/

 

Landlords Blocked from Raising Rents on Seattle Apartments with Safety Violations

Seattle Times

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/landlords-blocked-from-raising-rents-on-seattle-apartments-with-safety-violations/

 

Inside the Purge of Tens of Thousands of Ohio Voters

ABC television news

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/inside-purge-tens-thousands-ohio-voters/story?id=39586417

 

Progressives Need SMART ALEC Approach to Policies

Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lance-simmens/progressives-need-smart-a_b_10340362.html

 

The Surging Cost of Basic Needs

The Atlantic

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/06/household-basic-spending/485330/

 

It Takes a Village to Bully a Transgender Teenager

Think Progress

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2016/04/22/3771366/dave-hannah-edwards-transgender-kindergartner/

 

Wealthy Teen Nearly Experiences Consequence

The Onion

http://www.theonion.com/article/wealthy-teen-nearly-experiences-consequence-2551

 

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