The next day, Customs and Border Patrol agents killed another Minneapolis resident, Alex Pretti.

As the national Starbucks strike enters its third month, unionized shops in Alpharetta and Roswell returned to work, along with several striking shops elsewhere, according to both Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) and Starbucks.

Over 100 PepsiCo drivers at shops in Atlanta and Lithonia voted to unionize with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 528 this month. 

“This basically gives us a one-year reprieve,” Partners for Home CEO Cathryn Vassell said.

A pressure campaign led by nonprofit leaders and public officials prompted the course correction.

“My administration will take decisive action to stop Wall Street from treating America’s neighborhoods like a trading floor."

Teamsters joined unionized Avis airport workers to rally for higher pay on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, ahead of their upcoming contract negotiations. 

"Let's have the World Cup's legacy be providing housing and services that get and keep folks off the streets."

The young entrepreneur describes himself as a “practical progressive” and says he hopes to work across the aisle to address the housing and cost of living issues all Georgians face. 

“On Dec. 10, at what we thought was a planning meeting for 2026, the county dropped a bomb on us."

Overstreet’s 8-member committees violated city code, creating a quorum of the full council.

“This makes what is already a really challenging job more difficult and confusing.”

Mayor Dickens, new Council President Overstreet signal priorities in inaugural speeches

It’s been a pretty dismal year for democracy, but people-driven change is both possible and on the upsurge.

A look at tools officials can use to counteract Trump administration cuts and keep people housed

Two national strikes from Republic Services trash collectors and Starbucks baristas have dominated labor news in the second half of 2025 – and both affect metro Atlanta. After 99 days on the picket line, unionized Republic Services garbage collectors in Cumming reached a hard-fought contract agreement with a 17% pay increase, ending a nationwide strike on Oct. 15 by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Aaron Baker could become the first openly transgender person elected to the Georgia General Assembly if she defeats state Rep. Esther Panitch.

HUD’s abrupt withdrawal of a funding notice leaves 844 Atlanta households in limbo.

Now 26 days in, the strike is SBWU’s longest-ever action, after sporadic one-day walkouts, to pressure Starbucks for a contract.

The ribbon-cutting occurred under the shadow of Trump's cuts to supportive housing funds.

Mayor Andre Dickens’ favored candidates, bar one, prevailed on Tuesday in Atlanta’s runoff elections.

“I feel like we’ve moved in the opposite direction of what this was intended to do,” Councilmember Alex Wan said.

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In a surprising reversal, Atlanta City Council today postponed an expected committee vote on legislation steered by the Mayor’s Office to extend the city’s eight tax allocation districts (TADs) to 2055. Bowing to pressure from a growing chorus of critics warning the move would shortchange local public schools and questioning the speed at which the eight-week old proposal is moving, the council tabled the measure until early 2026.

The board received binders containing dozens of open investigations into waste, fraud, and abuse that had been launched under Manigault and then Interim Inspector General LaDawn Blackett.