ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Two days after President Donald Trump’s endorsed candidate for Georgia governor called for placing state troopers on MARTA trains, the federal government launched an inquiry into the transit system’s security and safety protocols.
On Thursday, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy told the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to open the investigation after two people were recently stabbed — one fatally — at different MARTA stations in the span of only a few hours.
On Tuesday, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who is facing billionaire health care executive Rick Jackson in a June 16, 2026, runoff for
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