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    Georgia Politics

    Cobb car wash put up billboard linking business to QAnon conspiracy
    Political Insider Blog| 4m ago
    The Jolt: The Twitter storm from Georgia’s QAnon candidate
    The Doraville ordinance passed unanimously this week.
    DeKalb County| 10m ago
    Marijuana possession no longer an arrestable offense in another local...
    Poll manager Michelle Hairston and poll workers wait between voters during Tuesday's election runoff at Flat Shoals Elementary School in Atlanta. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com
    Georgia Politics| 3h ago
    Challenges loom for Georgia’s presidential election after runoffs
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    ATLANTA-U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Georgia) speaks to the media after qualifying to run for reelection Monday morning March 2, 2020 at the Georgia State Capitol. BenGray.com / Special
    Political Insider Blog| 3h ago
    Election 2020: Lucy McBath releases first campaign ad
    U.S. Sen. David Perdue applauds President Donald Trump during his speech at the Black Voices for Trump Coalition Rollout in November in Atlanta.
    Political Insider Blog
    Georgia Senate: Perdue’s new ad features a pre-existing condition ...
    08/10/2020 - College Park, Georgia - Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a press conference with U.S. Surgeon General Vice Admiral Jerome M. Adams at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing clinic located in a Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport paid parking facility in College Park, Monday, August 10, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
    Political Insider Blog
    Top Georgia Republicans: Let’s play college football this season
    In a recent visit to Hall County, Emory epidemiologist Jodie Guest and graduate students from the Rollins School of Public Health provided COVID-19 tests to some 450 poultry plant workers, family members and others. Photo by Jack Kearse at Emory University.
    News
    Georgia records two days of 100-plus virus deaths
    An Atlanta-based home lender last week asked Marjorie Taylor Greene, who won Tuesday's GOP runoff in the 14th Congressional District, to retract and apologize for comments she made on social media claiming that the termination of one of its employees was politically motivated. When that didn’t happen, the company moved forward with a defamation suit. (John Bailey/Rome News-Tribune via AP, File)
    Georgia Politics
    Atlanta company files defamation suit against candidate Greene
    Stickers await voters on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020 during the Georgia Primary in Atlanta. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
    Georgia Politics
    2 longtime Georgia House incumbents appear to be defeated
    (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    Education
    Students at North Paulding High will return part-time in hybrid plan
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    'I'm a Georgia Voter' stickers are available for people to cast their ballots during a special election in Georgia's 6th Congressional District special election at St. Bede's Episcopal Church on June 20, 2017
    Georgia Politics
    Expanded AJC election results
    In his bid for re-election, Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue, left, faces Democrat Jon Ossoff.
    Georgia Politics
    Georgia’s Ossoff-Perdue race for Senate presents a striking contrast
    A voter casts his ballot in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District special election at a polling site in Sandy Springs, Ga., Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
    Georgia Politics
    Georgia polls: Archive of AJC polls on issues and elections
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    The Georgia Legislative Navigator
    C.K. Hoffler, center, wore a face shield as she voted in Tuesday’s Georgia primary at Cross Keys High School in DeKalb County. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
    Georgia Politics
    Primary sets up November battle for control of Georgia’s Legislature
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    Georgia Politics
    PHOTOS: Gov. Kemp signs hate-crimes bill on last day of legislative...
    Georgia Politics
    PHOTOS: Georgia legislature passes hate-crimes bill
    Georgia Politics
    PHOTOS: Thousands march at Georgia Capitol as lawmakers return
    Georgia Politics
    PHOTOS: Georgia lawmakers return to Capitol after coronavirus
    Political Insider Blog
    PHOTOS: Georgia voters struggle with long lines, new equipment, social...
    Georgia Politics
    PHOTOS: Georgians head to polls for early voting
    Georgia Politics
    PHOTOS: Georgia lawmakers consider new powers for Gov. Kemp amid...
    Georgia Politics
    PHOTOS: Crossover Day at Georgia legislature
    Georgia Politics
    PHOTOS: Trump visits CDC in Atlanta amid coronavirus outbreak
    Georgia Politics
    PHOTOS: Candidates qualify for Georgia 2020 elections
    From our columnists
    Gov. Brian Kemp and Superintendent Richard Woods have allowed local districts to figure out how to reopen amid COVID-19.
    Get Schooled Blog| 33m ago
    OPINION: Stronger state leadership needed to bolster safety in school...
    Among the arguments to reopen school was the mental health of children, some of whom were experiencing trauma from being removed from the only stable force in their lives, their classrooms. But are we returning children to stability in what is turning into a COVID coaster of school reopenings and closings? Are we replacing one trauma with another?
    Get Schooled Blog
    OPINION: We’re on a COVID coaster of school reopenings and closings
    Toju Oris stands outside the store he has owned for 11 years in the English Avenue neighborhood. "Change here is inevitable," he said. Photo by Bill Torpy
    AJC Columnists
    OPINION: A huge heroin bust, but don’t call their Bluff a drug den
    A Georgia Tech freshman moves into Glenn Hall at Georgia Tech on Saturday. With requirements for masks and social distancing, this year's move-in ran over two days with students signing up for slots.
    Get Schooled Blog
    College professor: I don’t think all students will be safe on campus
    Legislature
    Poll manager Michelle Hairston and poll workers wait between voters during Tuesday's election runoff at Flat Shoals Elementary School in Atlanta. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com
    Georgia Politics| 3h ago
    Challenges loom for Georgia’s presidential election after runoffs
    Stickers await voters on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020 during the Georgia Primary in Atlanta. (John Spink/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
    Georgia Politics
    2 longtime Georgia House incumbents appear to be defeated
    (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    Education
    Students at North Paulding High will return part-time in hybrid plan
    Poll manager, Raphillia Edwards, right, swears in her poll worker team Tuesday at Park Tavern in Atlanta. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
    Georgia Politics
    Georgia runoffs improve from messy primary, with a few exceptions
    08/11/2020 - Norcross, Georgia - Gwinnett County poll manager Don Heaton (left) speaks with assistant poll manager Bob Portnoy during Georgia primary run-off elections at Norcross High School in Norcross, Tuesday, August 11, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
    Georgia Politics
    Polls close in Georgia runoffs with short lines, but some glitches
    Seniors at Etowah High School in Cherokee County posed for the traditional color-coordinated senior photo on Aug, 3, 2020, the first day back to classes in the COVID era. The photo went viral because the students are not wearing masks and crowded together for the shot.
    Education
    Cherokee closing Etowah High until Aug. 31 after rise in COVID-19 cases
    Volunteers with the Summertown Food Pantry place food into the back seat of a car. The head of the Atlanta Community Food Bank said that this summer, people have sought 50% more food from his organization’s pantries than last year. The use of food stamp benefits has also surged, adding nearly 250,000 households in Georgia in the past year. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
    Georgia Politics
    Georgia’s welfare enrollment drops as food stamp numbers skyrocket
    08/10/2020 - College Park, Georgia - Gov. Brian Kemp (left) greets U.S. Surgeon General Vice Admiral Jerome M. Adams (right) before the start of a press conference at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing clinic located in a Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport paid parking facility in College Park, Monday, August 10, 2020. Both Gov. Kemp and Vice Admiral Adams encouraged Georgians to where a mask to combat the spread of COVID-19. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
    Political Insider Blog
    The Jolt: Will Atlanta’s airport be a takeover target during a special...
    Elections
    Poll manager Michelle Hairston and poll workers wait between voters during Tuesday's election runoff at Flat Shoals Elementary School in Atlanta. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com
    Georgia Politics| 3h ago
    Challenges loom for Georgia’s presidential election after runoffs
    ATLANTA-U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Georgia) speaks to the media after qualifying to run for reelection Monday morning March 2, 2020 at the Georgia State Capitol. BenGray.com / Special
    Political Insider Blog| 3h ago
    Election 2020: Lucy McBath releases first campaign ad
    08/10/2020 - College Park, Georgia - Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a press conference with U.S. Surgeon General Vice Admiral Jerome M. Adams at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing clinic located in a Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport paid parking facility in College Park, Monday, August 10, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
    Political Insider Blog
    Top Georgia Republicans: Let’s play college football this season
    An Atlanta-based home lender last week asked Marjorie Taylor Greene, who won Tuesday's GOP runoff in the 14th Congressional District, to retract and apologize for comments she made on social media claiming that the termination of one of its employees was politically motivated. When that didn’t happen, the company moved forward with a defamation suit. (John Bailey/Rome News-Tribune via AP, File)
    Georgia Politics
    Atlanta company files defamation suit against candidate Greene
    Podcast
    FILE - In this July 17, 2020, file photo, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp returns to his office after giving a coronavirus briefing at the Capitol in Atlanta. Kemp says he's withdrawing a request for an emergency order that would block Atlanta from ordering people to wear masks in public or imposing other restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
    Georgia Politics
    Podcast: Kemp’s proposed special session, Biden interview insights
    March 29, 2020 Atlanta: Customers wait in line to enter the Home Depot store at Midtown Place while the store limits the number of occupants to maintain six feet of space between shoppers and help prevent the spread of coronavirus on Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com
    Georgia Politics
    Mandates, lawsuits, more: The state of masks in Georgia
    Georgia State Senator Nikema Williams (Democrat - 39 holds her son Carter Small after Williams gave her speech for the Democratic Party of Georgia Chair position at the 2019 Georgia Democratic Party State Convention in Atlanta GA January 26, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC
    Georgia Politics
    How Nikema Williams was selected to replace John Lewis
    FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2019 file photo, Civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is hugged as House Democrats gathered before passing the Voting Rights Advancement Act to eliminate potential state and local voter suppression laws, at the Capitol in Washington. At right is Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., who introduced the bill and who represents Selma, Ala., a city that was at the forefront of the 1960s civil rights movement. They are joined at far right by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. Mourning the death of civil rights hero John Lewis, Democrats are urging the Senate to take up a bill of enduring importance to Lewis throughout his life: protecting and expanding the right to vote. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Whip Jim Clyburn and other Democrats say the Senate should take up a House-passed bill to restore key sections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and rename it for Lewis. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called Lewis a “great man” who helped bend the nation’s history toward justice, but Republicans appear unlikely to bring up the voting rights bill for a Senate vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    Georgia Politics
    The life and legacy of John Lewis
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