Atlanta News

The city of Atlanta has repealed an ordinance that recognized a particular Mexican ID card for city government transactions. The city council voted April 16 to repeal the ordinance after a complaint was filed with the newly created state Immigration Enforcement and Review Board. More >

Home prices fell much more sharply in metro Atlanta than in other U.S. cities in February, dragging the region’s average to 1996 levels, according to a widely watched survey. More >

Former Atlanta Falcons safety Ray Easterling, who suffered several concussions playing football during the 1970s, died on Thursday at the age of 62, his wife confirmed on Sunday. More >

Under court order to improve conditions for foster kids in Fulton and DeKalb counties, Georgia officials have poached resources from the rest of the state, an analysis of state data by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows. More >

Seven Atlanta schools will close next year and boundaries will move at dozens of others after the school board approved a controversial redistricting plan late Tuesday night. More >

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, in Atlanta for a financial markets conference, vowed Monday to better monitor and mitigate risks brought about by the nation’s banks and financial institutions during the Great Recession. More >

The city of Atlanta paid a law firm more than $1.2 million to investigate a 2009 police raid at a Midtown gay bar, almost as much as taxpayers spent to settle three lawsuits brought by patrons and employees who were in the Atlanta Eagle that night in 2009. More >

Filmmaker and actor Tyler Perry says white police officers harassed him because he is black when they pulled him over for making an illegal turn in Atlanta. More >

Tyler Perry says he was a victim of some not-so-civil treatment by Atlanta police. An internal investigation has been launched into the filmmaker and TV producer’s claim that two officers acted hostilely toward him during a traffic stop because he is black, and only relented when a black officer showed up and apparently recognized Perry, E! News confirmed Wednesday. More >

The family of a 17-year-old fatally shot at an Atlanta apartment complex — trying to draw parallels to the Trayvon Martin case in Florida — called Tuesday for the arrest of a security guard who killed their son. The guard and authorities say the shooting was justified. More >