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Keisha Lance Bottoms (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images) *Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms took to Twitter last week to call out the Capital Grille after turning her away for wearing leggings. “I was just turned away at @CapitalGrille at Perimeter Mall because I have on leggings,” she tweeted Friday. Several of her followers noted […]

Jeezy and Mayor of Atlanta, Keisha Lance Bottoms attend the Inaugural SnoBall for his Non-Profit Street Dreamz Foundation at Waldorf Astoria Atlanta Buckhead on August 22, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Source: Getty Images North America) *Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is speaking out about the drug arrest and incarceration of her famous father, soul singer Major […]

Getty *Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) was among Joe Biden’s earliest endorsers, and she was expected to be offered a White House role in return. As many of supporters have noted, she was on Biden’s long list for VP and short list to head HUD and SBA. Instead, she was reportedly offered a role as […]

Keisha Lance Bottoms – Getty If you haven’t heard, let us be the first to inform you that ex-Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is now a political commentator for CNN. “As a (Florida A&M ) student, I applied for the coveted VJ program at (at CNN) and didn’t get in. To now join the team […]

  NEW ORLEANS, LA – JULY 07: Mayor of Atlanta Keisha Lance Bottoms speaks onstage during the 2018 Essence Festival presented by Coca-Cola at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 7, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Essence) *An investigation has been launched into a racist text to Atlanta Mayor […]

*Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has come under fire for hitting the campaign trail with presidential hopeful Joe Biden, while a violent crime wave sweeps the city. Uh oh, there’s trouble in River City. Actually, to be more accurate, the city is Atlanta. What’s happening is that some folks down there are none-too-thrilled with Mayor Keisha […]

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms *Some folks will say they didn’t see it coming, while others will say it came as no surprise. We’re talking about the sudden, shocking Thursday evening announcement from Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms that she will NOT seek a second term. Bottoms revealed that she will not seek a second term […]

Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms *Most people probably didn’t realize that Keisha Lance Bottom‘s job with the Biden Administration was only temporary. Today (02-27-23) President Biden announced that she is leaving and will be replaced by Steven Benjamin “It’s time for me to get back home, get back to my family, and focus on the […]

*Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced on Friday that the Anti-Violence Advisory Council she created has submitted recommendations for how to combat the current wave of violent crime sweeping the city.  The Council is comprised of community members and partners who “developed the recommendations by reviewing existing anti-violence efforts already underway by the administration and the […]

Chalk up another celebrity/politico victim of the ‘Rona. Keisha Lance Bottoms, the Democratic mayor of Atlanta, has tested positive for coronavirus, she announced Monday afternoon. Bottoms, however, said she has not experienced any symptoms of the virus. “COVID-19 has literally hit home. I have had NO symptoms and have tested positive,” she tweeted Monday. Bottoms said […]

Mary Norwood, Keisha Lance Bottoms *Reality has finally set in for Mary Norwood in the Atlanta mayoral race. The Independent candidate announced her concession to Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms late Wednesday (Dec. 21), saying she will not contest the Dec. 5 runoff results despite earlier calls for a recount. Norwood lost to Bottoms by 821 votes […]

Getty *Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms lifted the city-wide mask mandate on Monday, saying the City “is officially in the Green Zone for COVID-19.” “While it makes me personally anxious, I’ve always said we’d follow the science. Thus, we are lifting the city-wide mask mandate, but will continue to require masks in all City facilities. Please […]

Atlanta mayoral candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms declares victory during an election night party. But with initial results showing a margin of just a few hundred votes, her rival asked for a recount. (John Bazemore / Associated Press) *The results from Atlanta’s mayoral race will be recounted on Saturday, Dec. 9, after voters delivered a nearly split […]

*On Monday’s “Tamron Hall,” Tamron speaks with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms who has clashed with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp over his decision to reopen select businesses while she continues to urge people to stay home. During the interview, among other topics, Tamron asked the mayor about recent reports that two prominent Atlanta celebrities, 2 Chainz […]

*Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms instructed her cabinet members on Monday to turn in their resignations by the end of the day. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Bottoms has also told her cabinet — a group that includes 35 top city officials including rappers T.I. and Killer Mike — that she will decide by the end of […]