First Slice 5-27-15: Beltline budget set to increase, APS payments remain unresolved
Plus, the U.S. Supreme Court plans to hear the appeal of Georgia death-row inmate Timothy Foster.
The Atlanta Beltline owes Atlanta Public Schools $13.5 million in payments. Invest Atlanta has tentatively increased the Beltline’s budget by $13.1 million. None of that extra cash is currently set aside for APS. But at least they’ve acknowledged the debt with an placeholder line item on the budget!
The U.S. Supreme Court plans to hear the appeal of Georgia death-row inmate Timothy Foster. His lawyers will argue that prosecutors unfairly excluded black jurors in his trial.
Atlanta Police are looking for suspects who staged a Buckhead home invasion that resulted in the temporary kidnapping of the homeowner. No one was injured in the incident after being held at gunpoint.
The body of Atlanta-area native Lauren Jenee Lamar was found last night after Miami authorities conducted a search for her on Monday.
Cobb officials: “This is the absolute, final, maximum guaranteed price tag for the new Atlanta Braves stadium, we swear!” Of course it is.
Should Georgia congressmen be allowed to sleep in their offices on Capitol Hill?