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    OPINION: Veteran reporter remembers Herman Cain on the campaign trail
    Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation Monday that will allow stores and at least some restaurants to deliver beer, wine and liquor to people's homes. ELISSA EUBANKS
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    Gov. Kemp signs bill allowing stores to deliver beer, wine, liquor to...
    11/14/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Georgia State Senator Nikema Williams speaks during a press conference at the Capitol Building in Atlanta, Wednesday, November 14, 2018. Sen. Williams said she spent more than 4 hours in the Fulton County Jail after being arrested during a protest in the Capitol rotunda Wednesday afternoon. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
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    Confusing Georgia law at heart of debate over Lewis’ successor
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    FILE - In this June 20, 2020, file photo President Donald Trump arrives on stage to speak at a campaign rally at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. Trump is privately reassuring Republicans anxious about his deficits to Democrat Joe Biden, noting there are three months until Election Day and reminding them of the late-breaking events that propelled his 2016 comeback. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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    The Jolt: Another poll shows Trump’s base in Georgia is eroding
    People vote at the Wolf Creek Library in South Fulton on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. STEVE SCHAEFER /SPECIAL TO THE AJC
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    Early voting enters final week before Georgia runoff
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    Who is Xernona Clayton? Much more than a matchmaker.
    Across the country, including here in Georgia, families are rallying to encourage schools to reopen for face-to-face classes, but surges in infections are making that a challenge to do safely.
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    Opinion: No right answer on reopening schools
    Gov. Brian Kemp. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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    States could see years of money woes, job losses from the COVID-19...
    071520 Atlanta: Seated in the middle of the room Senator Kelly Loeffler gives the thumbs up as she is recognized by President Donald Trump during his visit to Georgia to talk about an infrastructure overhaul at the UPS Hapeville hub at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Wednesday July 15, 2020 in Atlanta. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com
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    Kelly Loeffler takes BLM criticism to host with white supremacist ties
    Stephen Russell, a customer at a Home Depot in Lilburn, said he likes the idea of local retailers now requiring customers to wear masks in stores during the coronavirus pandemic. He questioned, though, why they don't try harder to enforce their new rules. MATT KEMPNER / AJC
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    Metro Atlanta stores apply soft touch on mask mandates, with success
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    Where 9th District Republican runoff candidates stand on the issues
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    Where 14th District Republican runoff candidates stand on the issues
    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
    Election 2020: A running list of results in Georgia federal races
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    Election 2020: A running list of results in Georgia federal races
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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: Crossover Day at Georgia legislature
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    The first waves of returning college students are arriving at campuses, including North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C. At N.C. State, the return of students was staggered over 10 days, and students were greeted Friday by socially distant volunteers donning masks and face shields. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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    Opinion: Virus risk will rise if students return to dorms, dining and...
    Hundreds of parents, students and community members rally to call on Superintendent Chris Ragsdale and the Cobb school board to offer in-person classes alongside virtual learning outside Cobb County Civic Center in Marietta on Saturday, August 1, 2020. The protesters gathered Saturday at the Cobb County Civic Center to call on Superintendent Chris Ragsdale and the Cobb school board to offer in-person classes alongside virtual learning to students returning to the classroom Aug. 17. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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    Are we ready to reopen schools in Georgia as virus surges?
    Across the country, including here in Georgia, families are rallying to encourage schools to reopen for face-to-face classes, but surges in infections are making that a challenge to do safely.
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    Opinion: No right answer on reopening schools
    Matt Garbett, the manager of a grocery store in Atlanta's Westview neighborhood, was conflicted about whether to call the cops when a man outside his store had a mental health emergency. COURTESY OF WESTVIEW CORNER GROCERY
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    OPINION: Question for a new age | To call a cop or not?
    Legislature
    Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation Monday that will allow stores and at least some restaurants to deliver beer, wine and liquor to people's homes. ELISSA EUBANKS
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    Gov. Kemp signs bill allowing stores to deliver beer, wine, liquor to...
    11/14/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Georgia State Senator Nikema Williams speaks during a press conference at the Capitol Building in Atlanta, Wednesday, November 14, 2018. Sen. Williams said she spent more than 4 hours in the Fulton County Jail after being arrested during a protest in the Capitol rotunda Wednesday afternoon. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
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    Confusing Georgia law at heart of debate over Lewis’ successor
    People vote at the Wolf Creek Library in South Fulton on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. STEVE SCHAEFER /SPECIAL TO THE AJC
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    Early voting enters final week before Georgia runoff
    Gov. Brian Kemp. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
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    States could see years of money woes, job losses from the COVID-19...
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    Former Ga. Regent agrees to deal on $23 million Ponzi scheme charges
    A Walmart pharmacist instructs a motorist how to do a self swab as Georgia Army National Guard Pfc. Joshua Tucker looks on at a mobile COVID-19 drive-through testing site serving rural stretches of Georgia last month. National Guard teams helped staff Georgia's testing strategy. (Curtis Compton/Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)
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    Georgia’s official plan for 2020 COVID-19 testing: get tests
    <p> FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2019 file photo, Gov. Brian Kemp addresses the 2019 Season Joint Budget hearings in Atlanta. In letters dated Wednesday, March 6, 2019, a U.S. House committee is seeking a trove of information from Georgia’s governor and secretary of state as it investigates reports of voter registration problems and other issues reported during the state’s 2018 elections. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) </p> <p> FILE - In this pool image from video, Stacey Abrams delivers the Democratic party's response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019 from Atlanta. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp served as the state’s chief election officer while he ran for governor in 2018. Abrams has alleged he mismanaged the election which she narrowly lost, an allegation which Kemp denies. (Pool video image via AP) </p> <p> FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2019 file photo, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger answers questions after the Georgia House passed a bill to buy a new election system that includes a paper ballot. But opponents to the bill, including many Democrats, say it would still leave Georgia's elections vulnerable to hacking and tampering. In letters dated Wednesday, March 6, 2019, a U.S. House committee is seeking a trove of information from Georgia’s governor and secretary of state as it investigates reports of voter registration problems and other issues reported during the state’s 2018 elections. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) </p> <p> FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019 file photo, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, D- Md., the chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, presides over the last hour of testimony by Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. In letters dated Wednesday, March 6, 2019 and signed by Reps. Cummings and Jamie Raskin, both from Maryland, a U.S. House committee is seeking a trove of information from Georgia’s governor and secretary of state as it investigates reports of voter registration problems and other issues reported during the state’s 2018 elections (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) </p>
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    The Jolt: Georgia’s unquiet secretary of state
    An image of a 200-bed temporary hospital for coronavirus patients that opened in April inside the Georgia World Congress Center.
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    Georgia to reopen makeshift hospital at World Congress Center
    Elections
    11/14/2018 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Georgia State Senator Nikema Williams speaks during a press conference at the Capitol Building in Atlanta, Wednesday, November 14, 2018. Sen. Williams said she spent more than 4 hours in the Fulton County Jail after being arrested during a protest in the Capitol rotunda Wednesday afternoon. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
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    Confusing Georgia law at heart of debate over Lewis’ successor
    People vote at the Wolf Creek Library in South Fulton on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. STEVE SCHAEFER /SPECIAL TO THE AJC
    Georgia Politics
    Early voting enters final week before Georgia runoff
    071520 Atlanta: Seated in the middle of the room Senator Kelly Loeffler gives the thumbs up as she is recognized by President Donald Trump during his visit to Georgia to talk about an infrastructure overhaul at the UPS Hapeville hub at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Wednesday July 15, 2020 in Atlanta. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com
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    Kelly Loeffler takes BLM criticism to host with white supremacist ties
    U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Atlanta), colleagues and activists march to the headquarters of U.S. Customs and Border Protection during a protest on June 13, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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    Several prominent Democrats line up to succeed John Lewis in Congress
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    March 29, 2020 Atlanta: Customers wait in line to enter the Home Depot store at Midtown Place while the store limits the number of occupants to maintain six feet of space between shoppers and help prevent the spread of coronavirus on Sunday, March 29, 2020, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com
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    Mandates, lawsuits, more: The state of masks in Georgia
    Georgia State Senator Nikema Williams (Democrat - 39 holds her son Carter Small after Williams gave her speech for the Democratic Party of Georgia Chair position at the 2019 Georgia Democratic Party State Convention in Atlanta GA January 26, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC
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    How Nikema Williams was selected to replace John Lewis
    FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2019 file photo, Civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is hugged as House Democrats gathered before passing the Voting Rights Advancement Act to eliminate potential state and local voter suppression laws, at the Capitol in Washington. At right is Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., who introduced the bill and who represents Selma, Ala., a city that was at the forefront of the 1960s civil rights movement. They are joined at far right by Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. Mourning the death of civil rights hero John Lewis, Democrats are urging the Senate to take up a bill of enduring importance to Lewis throughout his life: protecting and expanding the right to vote. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Whip Jim Clyburn and other Democrats say the Senate should take up a House-passed bill to restore key sections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and rename it for Lewis. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called Lewis a “great man” who helped bend the nation’s history toward justice, but Republicans appear unlikely to bring up the voting rights bill for a Senate vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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    The life and legacy of John Lewis
    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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    How Peoplestown is grappling with protests for racial justice
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