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Qualifying week in Georgia kicks off high-stakes filing frenzy
POLITICALLY GEORGIA

Travel chaos spills into Georgia’s U.S. Senate race

Your daily jolt of news and analysis from the AJC politics team.

Burns unveils plan to eliminate property taxes on most Georgia homes
POLITICALLY GEORGIA

Speaker Jon Burns’ sweeping literacy overhaul caught in legislative crossfire

One of House Speaker Jon Burns’ signature priorities is at risk of becoming collateral damage in the annual House-Senate endgame.

COBB SUPREME COURT
POLITICALLY GEORGIA

Challengers jolt Georgia Supreme Court race

Justice Charlie Bethel is gearing up for a rare competitive Georgia Supreme Court race.

Opinion and Voices

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Readers write

Support Georgia's Military & Veteran State Park Fee Waiver Act, and Trump has debased the nation with this war in Iran.

Former Sen. Sam Nunn
PATRICIA MURPHY

Sam Nunn on Iran, Congress and why he never ran for president

Former Sen. Sam Nunn weighs in on Iran, the role of Congress, and why he never for president. "I looked in the mirror several times and I did not see a president staring back.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary visit
GUEST COLUMN

How Trump administration is helping Ga. producers recover from Hurricane Helene

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins visited the Georgia State Capitol to announce disaster aid to help farmers, ranchers and foresters harmed by Hurricane Helene.

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Doses of the medical abortion pill misoprostol to ship to patients in an office building in Peabody, Mass. on Oct. 19, 2023. (Sophie Park/The New York Times)

Pregnant Georgian took an abortion drug. Now she’s in jail on murder charge.

Qualifying week in Georgia kicks off high-stakes filing frenzy
POLITICALLY GEORGIA

Travel chaos spills into Georgia’s U.S. Senate race

Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport long lines

ICE agents are working at Atlanta airport

Long Lines at Atlanta Airport March 20

TSA workers are unpaid during shutdown; not so for members of Congress

Local officials blindsided by reported plan to detain migrants in warehouse
FACT CHECK

ICE spent $200 million on two Georgia warehouses. Did the feds overpay?

FBI seized many 2020 election records, but agents didn’t take them all
DOJ RAID IN FULTON

Skeptics said 2020 election boxes were missing. They never asked Fulton.

Saturday and weekend airport wait times

How long are security lines at Atlanta airport? ‘There’s no telling,’ staff says

Qualifying week in Georgia kicks off high-stakes filing frenzy

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