First Slice 7/28/15: Deal offers an option for bringing casinos to Georgia

Plus, damn all these roads named after racists

Gov. Nathan Deal just gave gaming companies looking to open a casino in Georgia — but wondered how to overcome the governor’s personal opposition to gambling — an option: a constitutional amendment. 
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? MARTA officials are moving ahead with studies looking at expanding its rail network into Clayton County, where buses started rolling several months ago.   
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? Douglasville Police are investigating what happened after a, well, “a convoy of Confederate flag-bearing pickup trucks and their passengers interrupted a black child’s birthday party with threats and racial epithets.” 
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? Who screwed up in the Great DeKalb Water Main Break of 2015? The county is blaming the contractor. And the contractor is pointing a finger at the county.
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? An Emory Village gas station that’s been in development limbo for years might finally have a new purpose: a wine shop.
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? Some Pine Lake residents want to change the name of Forrest Road — or maybe just tape over one of the r’s — because it might be named after Confederate general and leader of the Ku Klux Klan. 
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? Congrats, Downtown’s U.S. Post Office and Courthouse. The circa 1911 building has been designated a National Historic Landmark for its contribution to civil rights.  
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? ICYMI: With a 288-unit apartment and adaptive reuse project on the horizon, are the Masquerade’s days numbered
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