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U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks on stage in front of a mammoth American flag at a Republican rally Saturday, August 7, 2021, in Floyd County in her congressional district. (Photo: Greg Bluestein/AJC)

Trump’s firm hold on GOP evident at key state rally in northwest Georgia

FILE - Georgia state Sen. Senator Burt Jones, R - Jackson, speaks to a Senate committee in Atlanta, in this March 3, 2020, file photo. Jones has declared his intent to run for lieutenant governor and tweeted “Stay tuned” after former President Donald Trump attacked Butch Miller’s Republican candidacy. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Burt Jones will run for Georgia lieutenant governor

Lake City Georgia police officer J. Yancey hands out pencils on the first day of school at Lake City Elementary Monday, August 2, 2021.STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

Georgia schools allowed to set their own rules for handling COVID quarantines

U.S. Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux speaks Friday during a visit to Peachtree Corners with U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, left, in front of City Hall. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Biden administration blitzes Georgia to sell infrastructure plan

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Georgia's 6th Congressional District (shown in green) covers east Cobb County, north Fulton County and North DeKalb County. But the boundaries of all 14 of Georgia's congressional districts may change during redistricting or reapportionment in time for the 2022 elections. (Georgia Legislative and Reapportionment Office Map)

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks to reporters on Thursday, July 29, 2021, at the state capitol in Atlanta. The Republican governor says he encourages people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 but doesn't envision other measures unless hospitals get overwhelmed. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

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The Jolt: Arthur Blank teams with voting groups to forge ‘Democracy Class Atlanta’

Capitol Recap: Georgia governor tells agencies to hold line on spending

Atlanta Mayoral candidates (from left) Antonio Brown, Andre Dickens, Sharon Gay, Felicia Moore and Kasim Reed participate in the second Atlanta mayoral forum at The Works Upper Westside Atlanta in Atlanta’s Underwood Hills community, Wednesday, July 21, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)

OPINION: Wake up, Atlanta, and pay attention to the mayor’s race

Georgia mayors angle for a piece of massive infrastructure plan

Pete Buttigieg to visit metro Atlanta to support infrastructure bill

Poll: Georgians prefer COVID relief be spent on economic assistance, health care

201012-Decatur-Voters make their selections as early voting starts Monday morning October 12, 2020 at the DeKalb County elections office in Decatur. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Notices mailed to 185K registered Georgia voters who might have moved

New Chamblee-to-Athens commuter bus among region’s transit priorities

The Jolt: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Iowa trip fuels speculation of presidential hopes

Opinion: Senate infrastructure deal erases Georgia transportation earmarks

Intuitive, a California company, announced plans to created 1,200 new jobs in the Gwinnett County city of Peachtree Corners, which in recent years created a new town center (shown here). Intuitive, makes robotic-assisted surgical systems and plans to expand on its existing campus. (Courtesy City of Peachtree Corners)

Medical tech company Intuitive to add 1,200 jobs in Gwinnett County

Backers highlight benefits for Georgia in Senate infrastructure deal

The Jolt: Stacey Abrams’ ‘exciting’ tour stokes more buzz about 2022 plans

Georgians’ need for food stamps remains high despite economic recovery

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03/22/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia — Speaker of the House David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) speaks during a presser held by Gov. Brian Kemp at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Monday, March 22, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

OPINION: State House Speaker David Ralston looks to mental health to fight crime

April 28, 2020 Gainesville - The top of the poultry monument is topped with a statue of a life-sized chicken at Poultry Park in Gainesville on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

OPINION: In Gainesville, the GOP still dominates a changing population

Mar. 9, 2017 - Atlanta - Sen. John Albers, R-Roswell, who is a volunteer firefighter, gives a fist pump to firefighters in the Senate gallery after the passage of House Bill 146, sponsored by state Rep. Micah Gravley, R-Douglasville, and backed by Speaker David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge. The Georgia Senate unanimously backed a measure Thursday offering firefighters special insurance policies to cover treatment of certain work-related cancers, bringing it a crucial step closer toward final passage. The 30th legislative day of the 2017 Georgia General Assembly. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

OPINION: A senator’s fight to save his son

FILE - Georgia state Sen. Senator Burt Jones, R - Jackson, speaks to a Senate committee in Atlanta, in this March 3, 2020, file photo. Jones has declared his intent to run for lieutenant governor and tweeted “Stay tuned” after former President Donald Trump attacked Butch Miller’s Republican candidacy. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Burt Jones will run for Georgia lieutenant governor

Gov. Brian Kemp will make the final decision on how to spend $4.8 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds. A new poll suggests Georgians want the money to provide economic support — such as direct cash payments — and health care.

Poll: Georgians prefer COVID relief be spent on economic assistance, health care

201012-Decatur-Voters make their selections as early voting starts Monday morning October 12, 2020 at the DeKalb County elections office in Decatur. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Notices mailed to 185K registered Georgia voters who might have moved

On Thursday the Atlanta-Region Transit Link Authority approved a list of 17 projects to submit to the governor’s office and the General Assembly for possible state funding next year. (File photo by ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

New Chamblee-to-Athens commuter bus among region’s transit priorities

Georgians’ need for food stamps remains high despite economic recovery

A Fulton County elections worker prepares to count absentee ballots for Georgia’s Senate runoff elections at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta in January. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

New Georgia absentee ballot request forms require more ID

A Georgia transportation official came under scrutiny last spring for his role in a state decision that could benefit a proposed Oconee County shopping center in which he has a financial interest. A new report has cleared him of wrongdoing. (Photo from Oconee County)

Report: Georgia DOT made highway decision ‘without undue influence’

Gov. Brian Kemp and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms have often sparred during their time in office. “The governor and I work on things we can agree on,” the mayor said. “Those things that we can’t, we’ll lead as we always have.”

Why top contenders for Atlanta mayor want to repair city-state rift

Gov. Brian Kemp is telling most state agencies to hold spending at current levels in the upcoming year, even though the state saw a record surplus during the fiscal year that just ended.

Even with record surplus, Kemp tells state agencies to hold the line

Even though Georgia saw a record $3.2 billion surplus in tax collections during the past fiscal year and signs point to a growing economy, Gov. Brian Kemp has instructed most state agencies not to seek additional funding in their budget requests. Nathan Posner for the Atlanta-Journal-Constitution

Capitol Recap: Georgia governor tells agencies to hold line on spending

201012-Decatur-Voters make their selections as early voting starts Monday morning October 12, 2020 at the DeKalb County elections office in Decatur. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Notices mailed to 185K registered Georgia voters who might have moved

State Sen. Burt Jones, right, has urged Gov. Brian Kemp to call a special session of the General Assembly to pass legislation banning school systems from imposing mask mandates. Kemp has said he trusts local school systems on the issue. “Our school superintendents have been dealing with this issue for 15 months. They dealt with it all last year," the governor said. "They know how to deal with COVID in their classrooms. I trust them to do that.” ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM

Kemp is called on to ban school mask mandates

A Fulton County elections worker prepares to count absentee ballots for Georgia’s Senate runoff elections at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta in January. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

New Georgia absentee ballot request forms require more ID

Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock has made voting rights his top issue. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

As Warnock builds Senate record, Republicans plan their attack

Gov. Brian Kemp is telling most state agencies to hold spending at current levels in the upcoming year, even though the state saw a record surplus during the fiscal year that just ended.

Even with record surplus, Kemp tells state agencies to hold the line

Gov. Brian Kemp is the first to take advantage of a new law Republicans pushed through the General Assembly that allows him and some legislative leaders to set up "leadership committees," funds that can collect unlimited contributions from donors and also take donations while the Legislature is in session. (Clay Teague/The Macon Telegraph via AP)

Kemp the first to set up newly legal unlimited donation committee

January 5, 2021 Atlanta: Voters lined up to cast ballots on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 at the Park Tavern located at 500 10th St NE in Atlanta. Georgia’s long moment in the national spotlight culminated Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, when state voters cast their votes to determine which party would control the U.S. Senate. Georgia voters also voted to elect a member of the state Public Service Commission, which regulates energy and utility rates and issues. The two most expensive Senate races in history saw more than $833 million been spent by the four campaigns and outside groups supporting them, blanketing the airwaves and stuffing mailboxes across the state. Much of that money has come from organizations with no direct connection to Georgia. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

Georgia seeks dismissal of DOJ suit against voting law

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(File photo by Johnny Crawford,jcrawford@ajc.com.)

Opinion: Senate infrastructure deal erases Georgia transportation earmarks

Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde's description of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol as "no insurrection" continues to be criticized by Democrats. Screenshot via YouTube.

Opinion: Clyde faces more blowback over ‘tourist’ remark

U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Pooler, a pharmacist, has urged Americans to get vaccinated. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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