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Abortion rights supporters take to Atlanta streets on Fourth of July
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As China competition bill takes shape, Georgia lawmakers push for resources
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Georgia’s new education laws take effect July 1
Mental health law and teacher pay raises among new Georgia laws
Judge weighs whether Georgia PSC elections are discriminatory
Warnock focuses Senate hearing on curbing drug prices
Kemp extends state fuel tax break, again, through August
The Jolt: Gas tax battle heats up as Stacey Abrams targets voters at the pump
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Bans Off Our Bodies activists hold an abortion rights rally on the corner of 10th St. and Monroe Dr. near Piedmont Park in Atlanta on Monday, July 4, 2022. (Natrice Miller/natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Abortion rights supporters take to Atlanta streets on Fourth of July
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As China competition bill takes shape, Georgia lawmakers push for resources
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Judge weighs whether Georgia PSC elections are discriminatory
Warnock focuses Senate hearing on curbing drug prices
June 7, 2022 Atalnta - A customer pumps gas at Shell gas station, where the price of gasoline approaches close to $6 a gallon, on Peachtree Road near Piedmont Atlanta Spine Center in Buckhead on Tuesday, June 6, 2022. Georgia gas prices hit new heights on Tuesday, according to AAA, with an average statewide cost of $4.33 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel. That’s still well below the national average of $4.92 per gallon.(Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Kemp extends state fuel tax break, again, through August
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Georgia’s new education laws take effect July 1
Mental health law and teacher pay raises among new Georgia laws
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Abortion rights activists protest outside the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade shifted the abortion fight to state legislatures, where gerrymandering has given Republicans an advantage. (Kendrick Brinson/The New York Times)

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The photograph that Republican state Sen. Renee Unterman posted on Instagram before the March 22, 2019, marathon debate in the Senate on HB 481, the anti-abortion "heartbeat" bill.

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Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, testifies as he mother, Ruby Freeman listens, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (Michael Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

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OPINION: The election wasn’t stolen, and Trump’s team told him repeatedly
Jeremy Hunt, speaks during Georgia's Second Congressional District republican primary election runoff debates on Monday, June 6, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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The Georgia Public Service Commission is pictured in its hearing room. From left: Commissioners Fitz Johnson, Tim Echols, Tricia Pridemore, Lauren “Bubba” McDonald and Jason Shaw.

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Judge weighs whether Georgia PSC elections are discriminatory
House members throw up paper at the conclusion of the legislative session in the House Chamber on Sine Die, the last day of the General Assembly at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Branden Camp/ For The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Mental health law and teacher pay raises among new Georgia laws
A group of lobbyists watch the sessions on Sine Die, the last day of the General Assembly, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Monday, April 4, 2022. Several bills passed focused on education will become law on July 1. (Branden Camp for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Georgia’s new education laws take effect July 1
Election workers hand count advanced ballots at the DeKalb Voter Registration and Elections Office, Monday, May 30, 2022, in Decatur, Ga. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

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An end to ballot bar codes? Georgia election officials consider design changes
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams is proposing $800 million a year in new spending on pay raises, health care expansion and other programs. She says that's affordable, in part because of a giant tax surplus the state will likely report this month. Republicans, though, say it would be too costly.

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Abrams’ big plans would use surplus that Kemp may give back to taxpayers
Abortion rights activists gather at the Georgia State Capital Saturday, June 25, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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Candidates for Georgia’s top lawyer job polar opposites on abortion
Ashleigh Irvin holds up a “keep abortion safe and legal” sign while standing under an umbrella on Sunday, June 26, 2022. Abortion-rights demonstrators gathered on the steps of The Capitol to protest in response to The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Georgia anti-abortion law likely to remain on hold through at least mid-July
June 25, 2022 Atlanta - Attendees walk in a conference room during National Right to Life’s 51st convention at the Atlanta Airport Marriott Hotel in Atlanta on Saturday, June 25, 2022.(Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Georgia activists in abortion debate turn focus to November elections
In March, school and school security leaders from around Georgia met with Gov. Brian Kemp at the Governor's Mansion in Buckhead to share their safety concerns. Kemp spoke again about the issue Thursday at the conclusion of a school safety conference in Columbus led by the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency. (AJC file photo)

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Georgia putting more money into school safety
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The Georgia Public Service Commission is pictured in its hearing room. From left: Commissioners Fitz Johnson, Tim Echols, Tricia Pridemore, Lauren “Bubba” McDonald and Jason Shaw.

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Judge weighs whether Georgia PSC elections are discriminatory
House members throw up paper at the conclusion of the legislative session in the House Chamber on Sine Die, the last day of the General Assembly at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Branden Camp/ For The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Mental health law and teacher pay raises among new Georgia laws
Election workers hand count advanced ballots at the DeKalb Voter Registration and Elections Office, Monday, May 30, 2022, in Decatur, Ga. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

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An end to ballot bar codes? Georgia election officials consider design changes
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams is proposing $800 million a year in new spending on pay raises, health care expansion and other programs. She says that's affordable, in part because of a giant tax surplus the state will likely report this month. Republicans, though, say it would be too costly.

Credit: Stephen B. Morton for The Atlanta Journal Constitution

Abrams’ big plans would use surplus that Kemp may give back to taxpayers
Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams have both pledged to protect abortion rights as part of their campaigns. Abrams, however, would limit the right to the procedure "until a physician determines the fetus is viable outside of the body." Warnock has not indicated support for any limits. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/TNS)

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Top Georgia Democrats take different paths on abortion limits
Voters lined up outside polling places Tuesday morning to be among the first to cast their votes on Election Day on Nov. 3, 2020. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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Elections investigation focuses on alleged breach in South Georgia
Erica Schulte (left) and Ansley Banks, (right) chant “my body, my choice” to drivers passing by the steps of The Capitol on Sunday, June 26, 2022. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Inside City Hall: APD focused on ‘gangs, drugs and guns,’ not abortions
11/02/2020 — Atlanta, Georgia — Former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams speaks during a Biden-Harris rally in Atlanta’s Summerhill community, Monday, November 2, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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‘I am appalled.’ Stacey Abrams blasts Supreme Court’s abortion ruling
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FILE - Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Ga., crowds into an elevator on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. The Democratic incumbent of 30 years, now Georgia’s senior congressman, is likely to face his toughest reelection campaign in a decade, with six Republicans running in the May 24 primary in hopes of winning the party’s nomination to challenge Bishop. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Opinion: Georgia’s Bishop brings home the bacon
Rusty Bowers, Arizona state House Speaker, Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, and Gabe Sterling, Georgia Deputy Secretary of State, are sworn-in as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (Michael Reynolds/Pool Photo via AP)

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Opinion: Republicans did the nation a favor with Jan. 6 panel boycott
June 7, 2022 Atalnta - A customer pumps gas at Shell gas station, where the price of gasoline approaches close to $6 a gallon, on Peachtree Road near Piedmont Atlanta Spine Center in Buckhead on Tuesday, June 6, 2022. Georgia gas prices hit new heights on Tuesday, according to AAA, with an average statewide cost of $4.33 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel. That’s still well below the national average of $4.92 per gallon.(Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Opinion: Democrats struggle with high inflation, rising gas prices
Miguel Cerrillo, father of Miah Cerrillo a fourth grade student at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, wipes a tear from his face as he testifies during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

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