Monday chill
Jan. 6 — President Jimmy Carter lies in repose until tomorrow at 6 a.m. We have photos and details from the weekend memorial service. If you’re heading to the Carter Center today, do not bring bags or purses.
🥶 Rain and high winds today with temperatures plunging from a morning high of 57° to near freezing by dinnertime. Snow is in the forecast for Friday.
🏈 The Falcons will miss the NFL Playoffs for a seventh consecutive season after losing to the Panthers in overtime. Tampa Bay beat New Orleans to clinch the NFC South.
🔎 Fulton County has reached a consent decree agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve the agency’s investigation into the county’s jail.
🚒 A carbon monoxide leak at a Downtown Atlanta hotel sent five people to the hospital on Friday.
⚖️ Ryan Buchanan has announced his resignation as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.
🐊 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will move forward with a plan to expand the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.
🎗️ Sonny Smart, father of Georgia football coach Kirby Smart, died Saturday at 76 from complications after hip surgery.
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❄️ A major winter storm brought up to 12 inches of snow across the Midwest and East Coast, prompting widespread closures.
🗳️ Four years after rioters disrupted the process, Congress meets today to certify the presidential election results.
🏅 Hillary Clinton, Ralph Lauren, and Denzel Washington were among the 19 people awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. SCAD President Paula Wallace received the Presidential Citizens Medal.
🏆 Here’s a list of the winners at last night’s Golden Globes.
🕖 Here’s what’s in today’s newsletter:
• Intown real estate forecast
• Anti-LGBTQ legislation
• Global Headlines
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• Look & Listen
Have a great week,
Collin & Sammie
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1. Intown real estate expected to remain strong in 2025
🏡 Intown’s real estate market has stayed active through the challenges of higher interest rates and an election year. Overall, things are positive, and the numbers look good for 2025.
In its data for October 2024, the First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS) reports that residential sales in Metro Atlanta reached 4,272 – an increase of 4.1% over October 2023.
The average sales price was $516,000, up 0.7% from the previous year. New listings reached 7,541 – an increase of 14.1% from October 2023 and 2.9% from September 2024.
➳ See what local real estate agents predict for 2025.
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2. Anti-LGBTQ bills expected to return in Georgia legislature
⚖️ Lawmakers return to the Gold Dome on Jan. 13, and advocates and organizations are preparing for another year of anti-LGBTQ bills, including legislation targeting transgender youth.
At the top of the list is a bill banning transgender students from participating in girl’s sports in high schools and colleges.
➳ Katie Burkholder and Dyana Bagby spoke with lawmakers and LGBTQ advocates about the upcoming legislative agenda.
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3. Nippon Steel’s frustration; Greenland independence
🇯🇵 After the Biden administration blocked Nippon Steel’s $15 billion bid for U.S. Steel, the companies are threatening legal action.
🇺🇦 Ukraine launched a counter-attack in Russia’s Kursk region.
🇮🇱 Israeli officials downplayed reports of a ceasefire deal with Hamas after a Saudi news outlet published the names of 34 Israeli hostages who could be released.
🇰🇷 Authorities in South Korea appear to have suspended attempts to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.
🇻🇪 Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will be sworn in for a sixth term despite accusations of electoral fraud.
🇬🇧 Parts of Europe are digging out from unusually heavy snow. Communities in the UK may have received 15 inches from the storm.
🇬🇱 A lawmaker in Greenland is seeking independence from Denmark in response to President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to seek control of the island.
🇮🇹 President Joe Biden embarks on the last international trip of his presidency with a visit to Italy to meet with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Pope Francis.
🇮🇳 A lawmaker in India is offering a $1 million prize to a scholar who can decipher the mysterious, ancient script of the Indus Valley people.
🗓️ Save the date for March 7 and the World Affairs Council of Atlanta’s 10th Annual International Women’s Day breakfast featuring Edible Brands’ Asma Farid. She’ll share her inspiring story from growing up in Pakistan to launching multinational businesses in the U.S.
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4. Remembering No. 39
Former President Jimmy Carter will depart Atlanta tomorrow to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol before his state funeral and return to Georgia for burial in Plains.
🎙️ The NPR Politics Podcast looks at how Carter’s overall legacy was largely shaped by his post-presidential work.
🎧 60 Minutes has compiled highlights from Carter’s numerous appearances on the weekly news show.
🎙️ The Guardian’s Politics Weekly America podcast talks with Carter biographer Jonathan Atler about why history should look favorably on the peanut farmer-turned-politician.
🎧 Slate’s Political Gabfest makes the case that Carter was a good president and an even better citizen.
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📧 Today’s newsletter was edited by Julie E. Bloemeke.
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