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.
One of two University of Mississippi students found dead this week has been identified as a 20-year-old from Atlanta.
Investigators say 24-year-old David Addo-Wright was found by deputies unresponsive in a cell at the jail with multiple wounds on Wednesday.
Atlanta honored Debbie Allen with the Phoenix Award on Wednesday, one day before Netflix premieres its new "A Different World" sequel series.
An Atlanta man is wanted after the FBI said he impersonated a law enforcement officer, stopped a driver at gunpoint on an interstate and extorted money from the victim.
The Secretary of State's Office has opened an investigation into whether a state House of Representatives candidate voted in both Georgia and Nevada's primary elections this year.