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    A mansion converted to a de-facto party house in Buckhead has drawn ire of neighbors and has spurred Atlanta Councilman Howard Shook to propose a ban on short-term -rentals in single family communities. Photo contributed by neighbor
    AJC Columnists
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    Members of the Otwell Middle School band practice in the cafeteria at Otwell Middle School in Cumming, Tuesday, Aug 25, 2020. Cumming is in Forsyth County, which has its own version of the hybrid model. Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com
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    Jim Cleghorn, center, was executive director of the Georgia Board of Nursing.
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    US Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie toured the Atlanta VA Health Care Center in Decatur Friday. The long-troubled facility has new leadership, in whom he expressed confidence, and he spoke about improvements being made.  (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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    A sampling of items seized Tuesday during two Gwinnett County gang stash houses. (credit: Georgia Bureau of Investigation)
    Crime & Public Safety
    GBI expands efforts to fight gangs
    The COVID-19 death toll at the Riverside Health Care nursing home, a 158-bed home in Covington, is the second-highest among Georgia nursing homes.  (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)
    AJC Investigations
    Georgia’s oversight of long-term care shaky as COVID-19 cases jump
    Rep. Demetrius Douglas, D-Stockbridge, says that House Bill 849, his legislation to allow cameras in nursing home rooms, has been blocked at the Capitol. (Bob Andres / bandres@ajc.com)
    AJC Investigations
    Lawmaker says nursing homes need ‘granny cams’
    John Lewis was the star speaker at the opening ceremony of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington in 2016. Lewis worked for 15 years to get funding from Congress for the museum. During his speech, he said, "This museum is a testament to the dignity of the dispossessed in every corner of the globe who yearn for freedom. It is a song to the scholars and scribes, scientists and teachers, to the revolutionaries and voices of protest, to the ministers and the authors of peace." (Manuel Balce Ceneta /AP)
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    Former United States Ambassador Andrew Young poses for a portrait inside the Swan House at the Atlanta History Center in 2018. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
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    The Jolt: ‘America First’ is ‘totally impossible,’ says Andrew Young
    Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., asks questions during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defense Spectrum Policy and the Impact of the Federal Communications Commission’s Ligado Decision on National Security during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
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    Opinion: Ticket-splitting becomes a key to GOP survival in Georgia
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    A website where Georgia voters can request an absentee ballot launched Friday. The website is available at ballotrequest.sos.ga.gov.
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    In his bid for re-election, Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue, left, faces Democrat Jon Ossoff.
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    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)
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    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
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    June 26, 2020 Atlanta - Gov. Brian Kemp and Rep. Calvin Smyre hold the signed HB 426, hate-crimes legislation, on the last day of the legislative session at Georgia State Capitol on Friday, June 26, 2020. Gov. Brian Kemp signed hate-crimes legislation into law on Friday after state lawmakers brokered a compromise over the proposal after 16 years of debate over whether to extend protections to people who are targeted because of biases. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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    June 23, 2020 Atlanta - Representatives celebrate after HB-426 passed in the House Chambers on day 37 of the legislative session at Georgia State Capitol on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. HB-426 passed. The bill Would implement stiffer penalties if those guilty of crimes are found to have been motivated by hate. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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    June 14, 2020 -  Atlanta -  Rep. Erica Thomas (left), D - Austell, speaks as she joined with membes of the Georgia Democratic caucus on the steps of the Capitol.   On the Capitol stepsThe NAACP March to the Capitol coincided with the restart of the Georgia 2020 General Assembly.  Lawmakers returned wearing masks and followed new rules to restart the session during the pandemic.   Steve Schaefer for the Atlanta Journal Constitution
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    PHOTOS: Thousands march at Georgia Capitol as lawmakers return
    06/15/2020 - Atlanta , Georgia - Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp arrives to the Georgia State CAptiol building as members of the legislature returns from a break due to COVID-19, Monday, June 15, 2020. This is thee 30th day of the legislative session. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
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    June 9, 2020 DeKalb County: Voters wait at Cross Keys High School located at 1626 N Druid Hills Rd NE in DeKalb County where volunteers passed out water bottles to a crowd of 100 voters lined up for hours outside the building. Countless others left the line snaked around the building or never joined at all, as word spread the machines weren’t working and the precinct quickly ran out of the 20 provisional ballots. Jonathan Banes, the precinct manager, said he’s tried repeatedly to troubleshoot the equipment but his PIN number won’t work. He pleaded with DeKalb elections officials for technical assistance and more provisional ballots. Over 1.2 million people had already voted before the polls opened on Tuesday, three-quarters of them with absentee-by-mail ballots, allowing them to avoid human contact at the polls. Voters will decide on many candidates, from president to county sheriff. The ballot also includes races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House and the Georgia General Assembly. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
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    A mansion converted to a de-facto party house in Buckhead has drawn ire of neighbors and has spurred Atlanta Councilman Howard Shook to propose a ban on short-term -rentals in single family communities. Photo contributed by neighbor
    AJC Columnists
    OPINION: Buckhead Estate party poopers — they’re all Shook up
    State Rep. David Wilkerson, D-Powder Springs, plans to sponsor a bill during the 2021 legislative session to remove the SAT and ACT requirement to earn a Zell Miller Scholarship.
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    J.R. Simpson is living in a tent under a bridge right off the Downtown Connector. "Everybody here is all right," he said. "They all have to get along." Photo by Bill Torpy
    AJC Columnists
    OPINION: Atlanta’s empty streets put homeless in plain sight
    A statue is masked inside a building on the first day of classes Monday, August 17, 2020, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. More of Georgia's public universities are opening for the fall term, trying to balance concern about COVID-19 infections against a mandate for on-campus classes citing financial needs and student desires (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)
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    To combat COVID, Georgia Tech wants students to move to single rooms
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    Members of the Otwell Middle School band practice in the cafeteria at Otwell Middle School in Cumming, Tuesday, Aug 25, 2020. Cumming is in Forsyth County, which has its own version of the hybrid model. Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com
    Education
    School districts trying hybrid model mixing online, in-person learning
    A sampling of items seized Tuesday during two Gwinnett County gang stash houses. (credit: Georgia Bureau of Investigation)
    Crime & Public Safety
    GBI expands efforts to fight gangs
    The COVID-19 death toll at the Riverside Health Care nursing home, a 158-bed home in Covington, is the second-highest among Georgia nursing homes.  (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)
    AJC Investigations
    Georgia’s oversight of long-term care shaky as COVID-19 cases jump
    Rep. Demetrius Douglas, D-Stockbridge, says that House Bill 849, his legislation to allow cameras in nursing home rooms, has been blocked at the Capitol. (Bob Andres / bandres@ajc.com)
    AJC Investigations
    Lawmaker says nursing homes need ‘granny cams’
    In this Nov. 3, 2019, file photo, former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church, in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
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    Jimmy Carter endorses absentee ballots after White House cites him
    Gov. Brian Kemp speaks Friday during a press conference at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in Atlanta before starting a fly-around tour of the state to encourage Georgians to take precautions over the Labor Day holiday weekend to stem the spread of the coronavirus. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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    Wary of new virus surge, Kemp warns Georgians not to let ‘guard down’
    Elections Coordinator Shantell Black, left, and Elections Deputy Director Kristi Royston open and scan absentee ballots in November 2018 at the Voter Registration and Elections Office in Lawrenceville. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
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    U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos participates in a round table discussion with members of the Forsyth County Schools staff, a Forsyth County parent and Georgia School Superintendent of the Georgia Department of Education, Richard Woods, during a visit to Forsyth Central High School in Cumming, Ga., Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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    John Lewis was the star speaker at the opening ceremony of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington in 2016. Lewis worked for 15 years to get funding from Congress for the museum. During his speech, he said, "This museum is a testament to the dignity of the dispossessed in every corner of the globe who yearn for freedom. It is a song to the scholars and scribes, scientists and teachers, to the revolutionaries and voices of protest, to the ministers and the authors of peace." (Manuel Balce Ceneta /AP)
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    Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., asks questions during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defense Spectrum Policy and the Impact of the Federal Communications Commission’s Ligado Decision on National Security during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
    Political Insider Blog
    Opinion: Ticket-splitting becomes a key to GOP survival in Georgia
    In this Nov. 3, 2019, file photo, former President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church, in Plains, Ga. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
    Georgia Politics
    Jimmy Carter endorses absentee ballots after White House cites him
    200829-Rome-Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican running to represent Georgia’s 14th congressional district, talks with supporters Saturday morning August 29, 2020 at a political rally at the Rome fairgrounds. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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    Elections Coordinator Shantell Black, left, and Elections Deputy Director Kristi Royston open and scan absentee ballots in November 2018 at the Voter Registration and Elections Office in Lawrenceville. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
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    Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., asks questions during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defense Spectrum Policy and the Impact of the Federal Communications Commission’s Ligado Decision on National Security during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
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    Dr. Rich McCormick is a Republican candidate in Georgia’s 7th Congressional District. Special.
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    Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and State Election Board member Matt Mashburn listen to Amanda Clark Palmer, an attorney for Fulton County, during a hearing Thursday about problems during Georgia's primary election.
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    Gwinnett County residents cast their votes during the Georgia primary elections at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church in Duluth on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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    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)
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    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)
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