Freight railroad giant Union Pacific announced Tuesday it is set to acquire Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern, another major rail operator in an 85 billion dollar deal; Senator Raphael Warnock is among the Democrats in Congress this week reintroducing the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act; For a decade, the Fulton County Public Defender's Office and non-profits have helped people recently released from jail find housing, but now the program faces a difficult path forward as federal funding dries up.

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