Here are five things you need to know tonight:

1. There will be varying thoughts about Mark Richt's future at Georgia, following the 27-3 loss to Florida in Jacksonville. There's no question Richt has had a history of winning with the Bulldogs, but it's the losses that have become most memorable. [Mark Bradley writes: It's time for Richt to go] | [Jeff Schultz agrees]

2. Chick-fil-A takes heat for franchise sponsorship of LGBT film festival. [Read more]

3. A "cheat sheet" for bartenders that included directions for preparing a shot with a racially insensitive name did come from downtown Athens bar General Beauregard's, but the bar's owners say they weren't aware of its existence. [Read more]

4. Would legalizing casinos be worth it if they paid more taxes? State lawmakers exploring whether to expand gambling in Georgia heard for the first time Monday casino operators may be willing to pay as much as 20 percent in state taxes in order to operate in Georgia. [Read more]

5. As the temperature drops tonight, so will the chain of rain. [See the complete forecast]

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Cox Enterprises CEO Alex Taylor and AJC Publisher Andrew Morse were joined by AJC editors and Atlanta business react during the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in Midtown on Friday, January 24, 2025.
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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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