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#1. Which metro-Atlanta area county unanimously rejected an appeal that tried to stop the proposed $90 million, 85-acre Atlanta Public Safety Training Center earlier this week?
It’s Dekalb.
The project, derisively called “Cop City” by protestors, is funded in part by tax dollars, but mostly through the privately-funded Atlanta Police Foundation. It’s split between land owned by the City of Atlanta and DeKalb County.
#2. On Tuesday, it was announced that the city of Atlanta lost this high profile 2024 event to the city of Chicago?
It’s the 2024 Democratic National Convention.
Democrats have chosen Chicago to host their 2024 national convention, trying to keep the party’s momentum going after last fall’s midterm election success in the critical Midwest.
#3. Gov. Brian Kemp signed ________ into law Thursday that will require Georgia schools to perform annual drills for responding to campus shooters early in the school year.
It’s H.B. 147.
The school safety bill was one of the Republican governor’s legislative priorities for the beginning of his second term. It mandates that all Georgia public schools conduct an active shooter drill involving teachers and students by Oct. 1 each year.
#4. This historical street, located in downtown Atlanta, was named “the wealthiest Negro street in the world” by Fortune Magazine in 1956.
It’s Auburn Avenue.
For nearly half a century, in the early and mid 20th century, Sweet Auburn served as the blueprint for entrepreneurship, generational wealth and activism among Atlanta’s African American community.
#5. The United States Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new limits on which gas?
It’s the ethylene oxide emissions.
The gas is used to sterilize billions of medical devices around the U.S. each year, including at Smyrna’s Sterigenics facility.
Longterm exposure to ethylene oxide emissions can cause cancers, including breast cancer, lymphoma and leukemia.
