Layoffs are on the table for Atlanta's new budget for Fiscal Year 2026. Much of the $20 million shortfall is due to city worker overtime pay. The mayor is set to propose a new budget next week.

ATLANTA — Atlanta leaders are gearing up for a week of budget hearings as the city stares down a projected $20 million deficit heading into the next fiscal year. City departments will continue ...

“Our perseverance to see it through for the people of Atlanta now and for the future cannot be denied,” he said. Local activists involved in the movement condemned the opening. “Cop City is ...