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DeKalb commissioners to look at changing government

DeKalb CEO Burrell Ellis said an idea to change the current balance of power in the county government is “silly.” The issue is “really silly when [we’ve] got issues like jobs creation, and transportation improvements, and getting people back ...

School system lawyers remain on Heery Mitchell case

DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Clarence Seeliger denied a motion made by attorneys for construction firm Heery/Mitchell to disqualify DeKalb County School System’s (DCSS) legal counsel, King and Spalding, on Oct. 12. “I believe that it is nec...

DeKalb School Board votes on charters, renames Tucker gym

The DeKalb County Board of Education on Oct. 10 passed a five-year charter to allow the Museum School in Avondale Estates to continue operating. Earlier in the year, the school’s charter status was called into question after a Supreme Court vote de...