Atlanta could be home of Amazon’s east coast headquarters
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Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is optimistic about the city’s bid to win Amazon’s second headquarters. He says Atlanta’s bid offers multiple site options, winning Amazon’s east coast headquarters could mean $5 billion in investments and 50,000 jobs.
National stop police brutality weekend in Atlanta
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Later today the parents of Michael Brown, the teen killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri will be in Atlanta as part of national stop police brutality weekend. There will be a rally and march this afternoon starting at Morris Brown College, other events will lead up to the national day of resistance rally Sunday in front of the CNN center at 3 p.m. You can get details at IBFA.org
Early voting for November elections ends Nov. 3
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Atlanta’s Mayoral candidates are hustling to get as many early voters out to the polls to support them. Political scientist Andrea Gillespie told CBS News that she expects a run off but it is still too close to call who will be in that run off. Early voting continues until the third of November.
