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Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney (background) speaks to legislators’ attorney, Don Samuel during a motion hearing at Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on Friday, July 1, 2022. Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney at a roughly 90-minute hearing Friday did not come to a final decision about what exactly the District Attorney’s office can ask Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, former state Sen. William Ligon of Brunswick and several other unnamed state legislators. But he said that anything related to their conversations with other legislators or motivations are off-limits. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Then-Pickens County School Superintendent Carlton Wilson (left) and board members listen to speakers during a meeting to address questions and concerns about transgender students and the use of bathrooms of their choice at Pickens County High School on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, in Jasper. (Curtis Compton / AJC file photo)

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The DeKalb County Board of Education delayed voting on the district's budget so interim Superintendent Vasanne Tinsley could have time to weigh in. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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DeKalb school board approves budget with tax increase
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Sandy Springs, Roswell, Alpharetta and Johns Creek will celebrate Independence Day with fireworks, live music, food trucks and more at local parks or on the city green.

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Silk Sonic members Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak meet Con Funk Shun members Michael Cooper and Felton Pilate. Silk Sonic recently covered Con Funk Shun's "Love's Train."

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ConFunkShun bringing ‘Love’s Train’ to Stockbridge Fourth8h ago
This is a rendering of the planned Solis Dresden Village in Brookhaven, a mixed-use project by Terwilliger Pappas.

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Mixed-use project with 180-plus homes begins construction in Brookhaven
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The Georgia Department of Transportation plans to rebuild the I-285 interchange at I-20 west of Atlanta.

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Georgia DOT prepares for new I-285 interchange at I-20 west of Atlanta
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An aerial photograph shows a piece of Beltline-adjacent building (lower right), where 8ARM and former Paris on Ponce are located, on Ponce de Leon in Atlanta on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Atlanta developer eyes beloved gritty stretch of Ponce
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This is the finished mural in Doraville.

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Doraville’s first mural aims to capture what makes Buford Highway unique
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University of Georgia is launching a new School of Computing. AJC FILE PHOTO.

University of Georgia to elevate computer science with new school
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The entrance of Feminist Women's Health Center in metro Atlanta on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Georgia abortion clinics say demand has surged amid legal limbo
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Emory Morsberger (right) delivered three Stryker drills to a hospital in Kyiv.

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March 31, 2020 Atlanta: Battery resident Dalton Becker has the Georgia Power Pavilion area all to himself to take a break from exercising outside the Omni Hotel and Comcast building at Truist Park on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

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The J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center in Suwanee, Gwinnett County's school district headquarters. Gwinnett teachers will spend more time at the start of the school year working with students on conflict resolution. (Rebecca Wright for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Gwinnett to focus on classroom behavior to start the school year
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Then-Pickens County School Superintendent Carlton Wilson (left) and board members listen to speakers during a meeting to address questions and concerns about transgender students and the use of bathrooms of their choice at Pickens County High School on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, in Jasper. (Curtis Compton / AJC file photo)

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A DeKalb parent says the school board is directing millions of additional dollars to central office expenditures, including additional staff for finance, human resources and IT, instead of to students and classrooms.

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The DeKalb County Board of Education delayed voting on the district's budget so interim Superintendent Vasanne Tinsley could have time to weigh in. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Dr. Helene Gayle, former CARE USA chief executive officer, is Spelman College's new president. Photo contributed.

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Helene Gayle era begins at Spelman College
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City of Atlanta news
The security lines at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport backed into the atrium early Friday, July 1, 2022. The Atlanta airport is expected to handle 1.7 million passengers over a six-day Independence Day travel period. (Kelly Yamanouchi / Kelly.Yamanouchi@ajc.com)

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Crowds fill Hartsfield-Jackson terminal ahead of Fourth of July
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Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney (background) speaks to legislators’ attorney, Don Samuel during a motion hearing at Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on Friday, July 1, 2022. Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney at a roughly 90-minute hearing Friday did not come to a final decision about what exactly the District Attorney’s office can ask Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, former state Sen. William Ligon of Brunswick and several other unnamed state legislators. But he said that anything related to their conversations with other legislators or motivations are off-limits. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Trump probe: Fulton judge hears from lawmakers challenging subpoenas
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Then-Pickens County School Superintendent Carlton Wilson (left) and board members listen to speakers during a meeting to address questions and concerns about transgender students and the use of bathrooms of their choice at Pickens County High School on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, in Jasper. (Curtis Compton / AJC file photo)

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Passengers head through security at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Friday, July 1, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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Silk Sonic members Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak meet Con Funk Shun members Michael Cooper and Felton Pilate. Silk Sonic recently covered Con Funk Shun's "Love's Train."

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Stockbridge Police Chief Frank Trammer swore in more than 40 officers in May.

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Atlanta Community Food Bank is opening a Community Food Center in the former Ingles shopping center on Stockbridge Road in Jonesboro. (Courtesy of Heather Middleton)

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Braves public address announcer Casey Motter looks over his notes before the Braves' home opener in April 2007. Motter, whose first season was 2007, died Wednesday, the team announced Thursday. (Johnny Crawford / AJC file)

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Braves public address announcer Casey Motter dies
March 31, 2020 Atlanta: Battery resident Dalton Becker has the Georgia Power Pavilion area all to himself to take a break from exercising outside the Omni Hotel and Comcast building at Truist Park on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

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Cobb 2023 budget: Travel rebound to help with Braves stadium costs
Marietta's Fourth in the Park Celebration will include a parade, a festival, free concerts and fireworks from 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on July 4. (Courtesy of Marietta)

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Marietta hosts Fourth in the Park Celebration
Maddox Kilgore, seen here in 2014, who was one of Justin Ross Harris’ trial attorneys, praised the Supreme Court’s ruling to throw out the murder conviction. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's "Breakdown" returns to the subject of Season 2 and examines how the conviction was successfully challenged. (AJC file)

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A DeKalb parent says the school board is directing millions of additional dollars to central office expenditures, including additional staff for finance, human resources and IT, instead of to students and classrooms.

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The DeKalb County Board of Education delayed voting on the district's budget so interim Superintendent Vasanne Tinsley could have time to weigh in. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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DeKalb school board approves budget with tax increase
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This is a rendering of the planned Solis Dresden Village in Brookhaven, a mixed-use project by Terwilliger Pappas.

Credit: Terwilliger Pappas

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Roswell’s mayor and council recently approved raises for police staff, including a 20% increase to starting salaries. (Courtesy City of Roswell)

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Roswell police department hiring
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Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney (background) speaks to legislators’ attorney, Don Samuel during a motion hearing at Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on Friday, July 1, 2022. Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney at a roughly 90-minute hearing Friday did not come to a final decision about what exactly the District Attorney’s office can ask Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, former state Sen. William Ligon of Brunswick and several other unnamed state legislators. But he said that anything related to their conversations with other legislators or motivations are off-limits. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Trump probe: Fulton judge hears from lawmakers challenging subpoenas
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Sandy Springs, Roswell, Alpharetta and Johns Creek will celebrate Independence Day with fireworks, live music, food trucks and more at local parks or on the city green.

North Fulton cities plan fireworks, live music for Fourth of July celebrations
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Silk Sonic members Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak meet Con Funk Shun members Michael Cooper and Felton Pilate. Silk Sonic recently covered Con Funk Shun's "Love's Train."

Credit: Con Funk Shun

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The entrance of Feminist Women's Health Center in metro Atlanta on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Georgia abortion clinics say demand has surged amid legal limbo
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Emory Morsberger (right) delivered three Stryker drills to a hospital in Kyiv.

Credit: Courtesy: Emory Morsberger's Ukraine Instagram

Three metro Atlanta men helping Ukraine
Duluth recently approved a special use permit to operate an emissions testing facility at 2880 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. (Google Maps)

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Duluth approves emissions testing facility on PIB
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Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney (background) speaks to legislators’ attorney, Don Samuel during a motion hearing at Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on Friday, July 1, 2022. Fulton Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney at a roughly 90-minute hearing Friday did not come to a final decision about what exactly the District Attorney’s office can ask Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, former state Sen. William Ligon of Brunswick and several other unnamed state legislators. But he said that anything related to their conversations with other legislators or motivations are off-limits. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Trump probe: Fulton judge hears from lawmakers challenging subpoenas
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Justin Ross Harris (left) and Claud "Tex" McIver both had their murder convictions overturned by the Georgia Supreme Court.

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Georgia high court rightly overturned murder convictions, legal experts say
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Rickey Hodges Thomas worked as a barista at Java Monkey, but he was fired three days before the fire, the owner said. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for setting the fire that shut the coffee shop down.

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Terrence Speer (left) and Antoine Malone, both 20, were indicted for murder Thursday in a Cobb County shooting.

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The Georgia Public Service Commission is pictured in its hearing room. From left: Commissioners Fitz Johnson, Tim Echols, Tricia Pridemore, Lauren “Bubba” McDonald and Jason Shaw.

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Judge weighs whether Georgia PSC elections are discriminatory5h ago
June 7, 2022 Atalnta - A customer pumps gas at Shell gas station, where the price of gasoline approaches close to $6 a gallon, on Peachtree Road near Piedmont Atlanta Spine Center in Buckhead on Tuesday, June 6, 2022. Georgia gas prices hit new heights on Tuesday, according to AAA, with an average statewide cost of $4.33 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel. That’s still well below the national average of $4.92 per gallon.(Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Kemp extends state fuel tax break, again, through August
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House members throw up paper at the conclusion of the legislative session in the House Chamber on Sine Die, the last day of the General Assembly at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Branden Camp/ For The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Mental health law and teacher pay raises among new Georgia laws
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Abortion rights activists protest outside the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade shifted the abortion fight to state legislatures, where gerrymandering has given Republicans an advantage. (Kendrick Brinson/The New York Times)

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Video from January 6 is played as Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testifies as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Pool via AP)

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Politically Georgia podcast: Clash over January 6 deepens in Georgia
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L-R, Misty Whittaker, Maike Caudle, and Casey Key react as a car honk outside the Georgia State Capitol, where abortion rights activists rally to protest the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v Wade. Sunday, June 26, 2022. Miguel Martinez /miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com

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Georgia’s abortion rights battle is about to shift to local governments
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Plant Scherer, a Georgia Power plant, is seen on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, near Juliette. (Elijah Nouvelage for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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What the Supreme Court’s greenhouse gas ruling could mean for Georgia
Election workers hand count advanced ballots at the DeKalb Voter Registration and Elections Office, Monday, May 30, 2022, in Decatur, Ga. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

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An end to ballot bar codes? Georgia election officials consider design changes
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis talks to news media following a crime and public safety summit at Atlanta Metropolitan College on Wednesday, June 15, 2022. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Fulton DA pushes back against legislators fighting subpoenas
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