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    Kemp has banned cities and counties from adopting rules requiring masks
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    The Jolt: Customer requirements by Walmart, Kroger make mask mandates...
    In his bid for re-election, Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue, left, faces Democrat Jon Ossoff.
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    Election 2020: Democrats Ossoff, Warnock outraise Republican opponents
    Kemp’s ban of mask mandates puts Georgia on collision course with its cities
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    Georgia Senate: Collins raises another $1.3M in bid to oust Loeffler
    In his bid for re-election, Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue, left, faces Democrat Jon Ossoff.
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    Georgia Senate: Perdue has nearly $11M in the bank for 2020 bid
    March 6, 2020 Atlanta - President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press as Director Robert Redfield (right) looks at the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Friday, March 6, 2020. President Donald Trump visited the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Friday after all, after initially scrapping the trip over concerns that a staffer at the agency had contracted the coronavirus. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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    Trump arrives in Atlanta today to unveil transportation initiative
    Gov. Brian Kemp and Piedmont Healthcare staffers atop the new Marcus Tower.
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    Georgia inks deal with Piedmont Healthcare for expanded bed capacity
    Tanner Medical Center -Villa Rica is part of Tanner Health System. The system, which also has a Carrollton hospital, has returned more than $62 million in federal provider relief money, saying the government made an error in calculating the payment to its Georgia hospitals. The “high-impact” funding was supposed to go to hospitals that admitted large numbers of COVID-19 patients, and the Tanner hospitals didn’t meet the threshold.
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    Governor faces decision on new restrictions
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    As Georgia's COVID cases grow, Kemp faces decision on new restrictions
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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
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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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    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)
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    PHOTOS: Gov. Kemp signs hate-crimes bill on last day of legislative...
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    PHOTOS: Georgia legislature passes hate-crimes bill
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    PHOTOS: Thousands march at Georgia Capitol as lawmakers return
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    PHOTOS: Georgia lawmakers return to Capitol after coronavirus
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    PHOTOS: Georgia voters struggle with long lines, new equipment, social...
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    PHOTOS: Georgians head to polls for early voting
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    PHOTOS: Georgia lawmakers consider new powers for Gov. Kemp amid...
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    PHOTOS: Trump visits CDC in Atlanta amid coronavirus outbreak
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    PHOTOS: Candidates qualify for Georgia 2020 elections
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    This popular meme has been making the rounds on social media in the wake of the call for schools to reopen so Americans can go back to work.
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    Opinion: We are guilting teachers into returning to dangerous situations
    A Georgia Tech computer scientist who directs Georgia Tech’s online master of science in computer science program says: ‘All of our evidence indicates that it is possible to create an online learning experience as good as the in-person experience.’
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    Georgia Tech scientist: Life’s not going to snap back to normal so...
    A Georgia Tech student says: ‘The University System of Georgia, which indirectly is run by the governor Brian Kemp, is unwilling to admit that the state of Georgia has failed. In that failure, they’re putting at risk the lives of their students and their world-class professors. I do not want to be used as a pawn in their game, but as a student I am subject to the moves they make.’
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    Georgia Tech senior: ‘I am afraid to return to campus’
    Students wearing face masks sit at their desks keeping social distance, ahead of a selectivity exam on Tuesday, July 7, 2020 in Sabadell, outside Barcelona, Spain.
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    Forsyth teen to superintendent: Please show leadership and mandate masks
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    Gov. Brian Kemp and Piedmont Healthcare staffers atop the new Marcus Tower.
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    Georgia inks deal with Piedmont Healthcare for expanded bed capacity
    Governor faces decision on new restrictions
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    As Georgia's COVID cases grow, Kemp faces decision on new restrictions
    New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at the state capitol in Albany, N.Y., April 15, 2020. New York has largely controlled its coronavirus outbreak, while other states — especially in the Sun Belt and the West — have seen virus cases surge, leading to a table-turning moment: Cuomo on Wednesday announced that anyone coming to New York from a state currently hard hit by the virus would have to quarantine for two weeks.
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    New York’s gov offers Atlanta coronavirus help: ‘Whatever you need.’
    August 28, 2019 - Atlanta - Gov. Brian Kemp stands as Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms returns to her seat after delivering her reflections. A "Celebration of Life" was held for Christopher Redding Edwards II, Erin Victoria Edwards, and their mother, Dr. Marsha Edwards at Cascade United Methodist Chruch in Atlanta. Marsha Edwards was accused of the fatal shooting last week.
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    Analysis: Behind the rift between Atlanta's mayor and Georgia's governor
    A 200-bed temporary hospital for coronavirus patients opened in April inside the Georgia World Congress Center. But because it saw only minimal usage, the facility is now being dismantled and 80 of its beds will be moved to a new pop-up hospital in Milledgeville, according to the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM
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    Georgia to reactivate makeshift hospital at Atlanta convention center
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    Kemp's office: Mask mandates in Georgia are 'unenforceable'
    July 6, 2020 Atlanta: Interim Atlanta Police Chief Rodney Bryant (left) listens to a woman who identified herself as Lady A where Atlanta police and sanitation crews finished removing protesters and their belongings from outside the Wendy’s on Monday July 6, 2020 where Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by an officer last month. The last concrete barricade was put in place around noon. Some of the protesters milled nearby while a worker from the BP gas station next door pulled boards off the windows. Monday’s cleanup followed a violent holiday weekend that started Saturday night when 8-year-old Secoriea Turner was fatally shot while sitting in a car near the restaurant. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms denounced the violence in an emotional press conference at police headquarters in which she and Turner’s family urged people to come forward with information about the girl’s killers. About 9:30 a.m. Monday, uniformed officers and multiple workers in neon attire tossed flowers and other items from a makeshift memorial outside the Wendy’s into garbage bags. The site has served as ground zero for protests since Brooks was shot in the parking lot following an attempted DUI arrest in the drive-thru line June 12. The restaurant was destroyed during a large protest the next day. Three people have been arrested on arson charges in connection with the incident. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
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    Opinion: The turning point for Atlanta’s spiral into violence
    . Atlanta police and sanitation crews finished removing protesters and their belongings from outside the Wendy’s on Monday July 6, 2020 where Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by an officer last month. The last concrete barricade was put in place around noon. Some of the protesters milled nearby while a worker from the BP gas station next door pulled boards off the windows. Monday’s cleanup followed a violent holiday weekend that started Saturday night when 8-year-old Secoriea Turner was fatally shot while sitting in a car near the restaurant. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms denounced the violence in an emotional press conference at police headquarters in which she and Turner’s family urged people to come forward with information about the girl’s killers. About 9:30 a.m. Monday, uniformed officers and multiple workers in neon attire tossed flowers and other items from a makeshift memorial outside the Wendy’s into garbage bags. The site has served as ground zero for protests since Brooks was shot in the parking lot following an attempted DUI arrest in the drive-thru line June 12. The restaurant was destroyed during a large protest the next day. Three people have been arrested on arson charges in connection with the incident. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
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    The Jolt: Was Brian Kemp right to send in troops? No, says Keisha...
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    April 24, 2019 Atlanta - Air Force One approaches as people wait to see President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport on Wednesday, April 24, 2019. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump addressed the Rx Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Atlanta on Wednesday afternoon. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
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    The Jolt: Jockeying for position ahead of Donald Trump's visit to...
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    Georgia Senate: Collins raises another $1.3M in bid to oust Loeffler
    In his bid for re-election, Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue, left, faces Democrat Jon Ossoff.
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    Georgia Senate: Perdue has nearly $11M in the bank for 2020 bid
    March 6, 2020 Atlanta - President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press as Director Robert Redfield (right) looks at the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Friday, March 6, 2020. President Donald Trump visited the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Friday after all, after initially scrapping the trip over concerns that a staffer at the agency had contracted the coronavirus. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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    Trump arrives in Atlanta today to unveil transportation initiative
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    07/07/2020 - Atlanta, Georgia - Bruce W. Griggs, right, holds onto a giant sympathy card for Secoriea Turner's family as a man signs it outside of the All American Package Store in Atlanta's Peoplestown community, Tuesday, July 7, 2020. The card was provided by radio DJ Gregg Street and the OCS Atlanta Street Academy. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
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    June 23, 2020 Atlanta - Rep Calvin Smyre (D-Columbus) waves as he is recognized 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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    People wait in line to vote in the Georgia's primary election at Park Tavern on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in Atlanta.
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    What happened in Georgia on Election Day
    Stickers are displayed on a table during the Gwinnett County MARTA referendum special election at Harvest Community Church of the Nazarene in Lilburn, Tuesday, March 19, 2019. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM) AJC FILE PHOTO
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