Atlanta council votes 8-7 to sell city jail to Fulton County for $68 million
The narrow vote lets Mayor Andre Dickens negotiate the sale of the Atlanta City Detention Center to Fulton County, which faces federal oversight at its Rice Street jail.
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‘No robots with guns’: Atlanta council member moves to ban autonomous weapons
Liliana Bakhtiari’s H.A.L.T. Act would bar Atlanta from buying or using weaponized autonomous systems, drones and robots. A council committee backed it unanimously.