Buckhead City bills take major step forward in Georgia Senate

Buckhead City Bill Makes Headway in Georgia Senate

A bill has made progress in the Georgia Senate that would allow residents to vote on whether they want the wealthy Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta to deannex from the city.

Two Buckhead City bills are destined for the Georgia Senate - The Atlanta Voice

Nearly twenty days after the legislation was introduced in the Georgia State Senate, two bills that would create ‘Buckhead City’ are now destined to the Senate floor. The Senate State and Local Government Operations Committee’s Republican majority pushed Senate Bills 113 and 114 through on 4-3 votes Monday morning, sending them to the full Senate […]

Critics of potential 'Buckhead City' troubled by costs

New criticism claims the potential new city could strip assets from Atlanta at very low costs.

Parting ways? Bill that could let Buckhead neighborhood split from Atlanta advances

A Georgia Senate committee has approved two bills that could allow the Buckhead neighborhood to secede from the city of Atlanta, the first time that an issue fr

Republicans may have just destroyed Georgia's economy

The seceding of a wealthy neighborhood of Atlanta could have a ripple effect on the state's wider municipal bond market, raising investor uncertainty and risk.

Buckhead City bills take major step forward in Georgia Senate

It's the first time the controversial plan to split Buckhead from Atlanta has moved forward under the Gold Dome.