Annexation, new cities
Atlanta, GA — Buckhead cityhood is making a comeback in the General Assembly. State Senate Majority Whip Sen. Randy Robertson (R – Senate District 29) introduced Senate Bill 114 on Feb. 8 which would allow ...
Stone Mountain, GA — The Stone Mountain city council’s regular business meeting on Feb. 7 was disrupted by resident Mike Schaaphok. Schaaphok, a former candidate for city council whose concerns about roads and sidewalks are ...
Atlanta, GA — In 2021, the state Legislature attempted to settle disputes over how annexations affect school boundaries by passing two different pieces of legislation. Senate Bill 293 addresses annexations affecting DeKalb County Schools and City ...
DeKalb County, GA — Polls in the Nov. 8 midterm elections have closed, most of the votes have been counted, and voters can draw some conclusions about the results. — There are still many votes to ...
This post has been updated. Like many parents in the Druid Hills High School cluster, I’ve spent the last day or so puzzling over the actions of the DeKalb County School Board. The board on ...
This story has been updated. Greater Decatur, GA — Proposals for new cities in DeKalb County didn’t move forward in this legislative session, but legislators are continuing to explore options. Decaturish has learned that state Sen. ...
Atlanta, GA — A proposal to carve out a chunk of Atlanta and create a new city of Buckhead is having knock-on effects here in DeKalb County. Neighborhoods on the southern border of the city of ...
King Williams is a local journalist and documentary filmmaker. He has a newsletter of his own, I Am King Williams, that covers the intersections of Atlanta to the world. He is also very vocal on ...
This story has been updated. DeKalb County, GA — The cityhood movement formerly known as Greenhaven is getting new life this month as advocates are re-crafting their earlier proposal and giving it a new name: the ...
Decatur, GA — Two candidates are running for the District 2 seat of the Decatur School Board, and they joined the Decaturish Twitch show on Sept. 13 for a virtual forum. Each candidate had time to ...