IRS lifts hiring freeze after Warnock push; Atlanta telework stays
The move comes days after Atlanta IRS employees were granted indefinite telework following reports of a rat and cockroach infestation at the agency's local campus.
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The move comes days after Atlanta IRS employees were granted indefinite telework following reports of a rat and cockroach infestation at the agency's local campus.
Workers and union leaders say rats, droppings, mold and other building issues have plagued the IRS Atlanta campus in Chamblee for years.
Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, along with Rep. Hank Johnson, are asking IRS leadership to consider telework and temporarily close the Chamblee facility while remediation efforts continue.
The Internal Revenue Service is permanently barred from pursuing claims against President Trump or his company based on prior tax returns, part of a controversial settlement deal between the Justice Department and Mr. Trump.
President Trump had accused the Treasury Department and IRS of unlawfully allowing a government contractor to leak his tax returns and those of his sons and company.
Inside an Ebenezer Baptist Church classroom, volunteers are helping families file their taxes for free one return at a time.
The IRS started accepting tax returns on Jan. 26. Here's everything you need to know about getting your tax refund.
A rare cancer diagnosis put the Nico Leonardo's plans of being a pilot on pause, but he to fought to return to the skies.
For nearly five decades, female impersonator Lena Lust has been stealing the show and earning tips in Atlanta's drag scene.
With temperatures pushing well into the 90s, municipal cooling stations are opening across metro Atlanta to help residents beat the heat.
A Douglas County inmate is on the run after escaping while working at the sheriff's office's car wash this morning, officials say.
Sgt. Christopher Fisher had arrested Jimmy Lee Steverson just days before the man allegedly fired the shots that took the Georgia officer's life, police say.