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FORSYTH - Georgia’s medical marijuana law, authored by State Rep. Allen Peake, is known as Haleigh’s Hope Act and legalizes the possession of cannabis oil for people suffering from a limited number of illnesses. Janea Cox uses the oil to treat her daughter Haleigh, 7, at their home in Forsyth, Ga. The Coxes must still travel to Colorado to obtain the medical marijuana used to treat Haleigh. Feb. 17, 2017. (BITA HONARVAR/SPECIAL)
Medical marijuana licenses approved for six companies in Georgia
Jim Beck, commissioner of the Georgia Insurance Department, speaks at a press conference about an insurance fraud bust in a courtroom at the Clayton County Superior Court in Jonesboro , Georgia on Friday, March 1, 2019. Three victims of the insurance fraud, mainly elderly people, have been identified so far. EMILY HANEY / AJC
Beck’s fraud conviction clears up the insurance commissioner field for 2022
Wyatt Gibson, 5, died July 16, 2021, after contracting COVID-19, according to his family. The child lived in Calhoun, and his father Wes is a Whitfield County Sheriff's deputy. (Photo: GoFundMe)
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U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, second from right, and U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff, right, participate in a discussion with DeKalb County School District parents and members of the DeKalb County Board of Education during a visit to Kelley Lake Elementary School in Decatur, Friday, July 23, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)
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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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Wyatt Gibson, 5, died July 16, 2021, after contracting COVID-19, according to his family. The child lived in Calhoun, and his father Wes is a Whitfield County Sheriff's deputy. (Photo: GoFundMe)
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Protesters outside of the Cobb County School District office show their opposition to masking children in Cobb County schools for the upcoming school year on Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Marietta, Georgia . Many community members waited in line to speak at the school board meeting to voice their support for unmasking. CHRISTINA MATACOTTA FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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Gov. Brian Kemp at last month’s state GOP convention in Savannah. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
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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
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A fan - wearing a Braves jersey and a Cubs hat - holds a sign thanking Major League Baseball for "supporting voting rights" during the fifth inning of a Braves-Cubs game Monday, April 26, 2021, at Truist Park in Atlanta. MLB moved the 2021 All-Star Game out of Atlanta over Georgia's new voting law. The July 13 game will now be played in Denver. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)
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FORSYTH - Georgia’s medical marijuana law, authored by State Rep. Allen Peake, is known as Haleigh’s Hope Act and legalizes the possession of cannabis oil for people suffering from a limited number of illnesses. Janea Cox uses the oil to treat her daughter Haleigh, 7, at their home in Forsyth, Ga. The Coxes must still travel to Colorado to obtain the medical marijuana used to treat Haleigh. Feb. 17, 2017. (BITA HONARVAR/SPECIAL)
Medical marijuana licenses approved for six companies in Georgia
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Dr. Kathleen Toomey, Georgia's public health commissioner, speaks at Morehouse College about urgency to overcome COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.
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Dr. Kathleen Toomey, Georgia's public health commissioner, speaks at Morehouse College about urgency to overcome COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.
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02/18/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia — Georgia Rep. Shea Roberts, left, (D-Atlanta) and Georgia House Minority Leader James Beverly (D-Macon) speak amongst themselves in the House Chambers on day 19 of the Georgia Legislative Session at the Georgia State Capitol building in downtown Atlanta, Thursday, February 18, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Democratic leader in Georgia House, James Beverly, catches COVID
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FORSYTH - Georgia’s medical marijuana law, authored by State Rep. Allen Peake, is known as Haleigh’s Hope Act and legalizes the possession of cannabis oil for people suffering from a limited number of illnesses. Janea Cox uses the oil to treat her daughter Haleigh, 7, at their home in Forsyth, Ga. The Coxes must still travel to Colorado to obtain the medical marijuana used to treat Haleigh. Feb. 17, 2017. (BITA HONARVAR/SPECIAL)
Medical marijuana licenses approved for six companies in Georgia
Convention goers cheer and boo as Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA) speaks at the Georgia GOP State Convention in Jekyll Island, Georgia on June 5th, 2021. Nathan Posner for the Atlanta-Journal-Constitution
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02/18/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia — Georgia Rep. Shea Roberts, left, (D-Atlanta) and Georgia House Minority Leader James Beverly (D-Macon) speak amongst themselves in the House Chambers on day 19 of the Georgia Legislative Session at the Georgia State Capitol building in downtown Atlanta, Thursday, February 18, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Georgia’s Rev. Raphael Warnock, left, and Jon Ossoff, right, were sworn into the Senate along with Alex Padilla of California on Jan. 20, 2021. (Video image from C-SPAN)
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07/19/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), Chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee, from right, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon), Sen. Alex Padilla (D-California) and Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia) listen as witnesses testify during a field hearing of the Senate Rules Committee centered on voting legislation at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, Monday, July 19, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Senate Democrats target Georgia law to push voting bills in Congress
07/19/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Georgia State Sen. Sally Harrell, former Morgan County Election Board Member Helen Butler and Georgia voter José Segarra are sworn in before testifying during a field hearing of the Senate Rules Committee centered on voting legislation at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, Monday, July 19, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)
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U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., (from left) U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Fair Fight Action founder Stacey Abrams lead a roundtable conversation on the obstacles to voting at Smyrna Community Center on Sunday, July 18, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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