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Some Georgians could get one-time $350 aid checks, Kemp announces
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Superior Court judge lets Georgia’s abortion law stand during state challenge
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Giuliani named a target of Fulton investigation, attorney says
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Inside City Hall: The mayor goes to Geneva
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Judge: Graham must testify before Fulton grand jury
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Fulton DA’s Trump probe enters more combative phase
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Kemp plows more federal COVID relief money into rural broadband
Abrams and Kemp chart rival economic strategies in Georgia
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Kemp’s counter to Abrams: Double the tax break next year
Even with record surplus, Kemp tells agencies to hold line on spending
Abrams bets that support for casino gambling will pay off in November
Governor Brian Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp greet supporters before a press conference at Ola High School in Henry County on Friday, July 29, 2022. (Steve Schaefer / steve.schaefer@ajc.com)

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Some Georgians could get one-time $350 aid checks, Kemp announces
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Giuliani named a target of Fulton investigation, attorney says
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Superior Court judge lets Georgia’s abortion law stand during state challenge
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Judge: Graham must testify before Fulton grand jury
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Mayor Andre Dickens speaks to the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Thursday. (Photo via City of Atlanta)

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Inside City Hall: The mayor goes to Geneva
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The Jolt: Stacey Abrams: ‘If Black men vote for me, I’ll win Georgia.’
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Fulton DA’s Trump probe enters more combative phase
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Rudy Giuliani walks to a senate hearing at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Thursday, December 3, 2020. The Georgia Senate Committee on Judiciary has formed a special subcommittee to take testimony of elections improprieties and evaluate the election process. (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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OPINION: Too sick to testify in Georgia? Rudy Giuliani has been a busy man.
Former Heisman Trophy winner and Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Herschel Walker speaks to supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump during a rally at the Banks County Dragway on March 26, 2022, in Commerce, Georgia. (Megan Varner/Getty Images/TNS)

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Political signs outside Forsyth County Elections Office on Monday, May 16, 2022. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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OPINION: Can the Carter Center save American elections?
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a Save America rally Friday, July 22, 2022, in Prescott, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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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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Superior Court judge lets Georgia’s abortion law stand during state challenge8h ago
The 11th U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday blocked a judge’s order that would have postponed this fall’s statewide elections for the Georgia Public Service Commission after he had ruled that the at-large contests discriminated against Black voters. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

Appeals court blocks voting rights ruling on Georgia PSC elections
The incentives package that the state offered Rivian to build a $5 billion plant in east Georgia is now a new issue in the race for governor. (Photo for the Atlanta Journal Constitution by Ron Johnson)

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Rivian incentives ignite rift in Georgia governor race
Republican Gov. Brian Kemp said that if he wins reelection, he wants to spend about $2 billion in state surplus money on income tax rebates. (Bob Andres / robert.andres@ajc.com)

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Kemp’s counter to Abrams: Double the tax break next year
MARTA plans to renovate Five Points station with the help of federal and state funding. (File photo by Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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MARTA’s Five Points station to get major face-lift
Gov. Brian Kemp, shown with first lady Marty Kemp, has instructed state agencies not to seek additional money next year, even though the state is likely to see a record surplus. Curtis Compton / Curtis Compton@ajc.com

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Even with record surplus, Kemp tells agencies to hold line on spending
Democrat Stacey Abrams vowed that if she is elected governor, she will legalize casino gambling and sports betting to finance a needs-based college scholarship. Curtis Compton / Curtis Compton@ajc.com

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Abrams bets that support for casino gambling will pay off in November
Abortion rights activists protest in Atlanta on Thursday, July 21, 2022. The previous day a federal appeals court allowed Georgia’s restrictive “heartbeat” abortion law to take effect. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Judge could soon decide temporary fate of new Georgia abortion law
Federal judicial nominee Steven Grimberg at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 30. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Senate Office of Photography.

Georgia appeals ruling that PSC elections discriminate against Black voters
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Mayor Andre Dickens speaks to the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Thursday. (Photo via City of Atlanta)

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Inside City Hall: The mayor goes to Geneva
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The 11th U.S. Court of Appeals on Friday blocked a judge’s order that would have postponed this fall’s statewide elections for the Georgia Public Service Commission after he had ruled that the at-large contests discriminated against Black voters. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

Appeals court blocks voting rights ruling on Georgia PSC elections
Gov. Brian P. Kemp on Friday announced a $240 million grant program to help expand internet service in rural Georgia that will be funded through federal COVID-19 relief money. That's on top of $400 million he announced earlier for boosting rural broadband, also using federal funds. Curtis Compton / Curtis Compton@ajc.com

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Kemp plows more federal COVID relief money into rural broadband
The incentives package that the state offered Rivian to build a $5 billion plant in east Georgia is now a new issue in the race for governor. (Photo for the Atlanta Journal Constitution by Ron Johnson)

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Rivian incentives ignite rift in Georgia governor race
Republican Gov. Brian Kemp said that if he wins reelection, he wants to spend about $2 billion in state surplus money on income tax rebates. (Bob Andres / robert.andres@ajc.com)

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Kemp’s counter to Abrams: Double the tax break next year
Gov. Brian Kemp, shown with first lady Marty Kemp, has instructed state agencies not to seek additional money next year, even though the state is likely to see a record surplus. Curtis Compton / Curtis Compton@ajc.com

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Even with record surplus, Kemp tells agencies to hold line on spending
Henry County Superior Court Judge Brian Amero listens to arguments during a Sept. 20 hearing on a motion to dismiss a case seeking to review Fulton County ballots to determine fraud. After ruling that the plaintiffs in the case had no standing, Amero received a threatening voicemail, according to an arrest warrant. “There will be hangings. We will be coming after your family,” the voice on the message said, according to the warrant. Arrested in the case was a Louisville, Kentucky, woman, Erin Northup, who has pleaded not guilty. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)

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Woman pleads not guilty to threatening Georgia judge in election case
Federal judicial nominee Steven Grimberg at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 30. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Senate Office of Photography.

Georgia appeals ruling that PSC elections discriminate against Black voters
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U.S. Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., speaks to reporters outside of the U.S. House of Representatives for a press conference with the Congressional Progressive Caucus regarding the passage of a health care, tax and climate change measure that's now headed to the desk of President Joe Biden. (Anna Rose Layden/The New York Times).

House passes federal health care, tax and climate change bill
President Joe Biden holds the "PACT Act of 2022" after signing it during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Opinion: Bipartisanship gets a summertime boost
President Joe Biden speaks from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Washington, as he announces that a U.S. airstrike killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri in Afghanistan. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP)

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Opinion: Biden gets election year wins, but faces party doubts
FILE - A pair of migrant families from Brazil pass through a gap in the border wall to reach the United States after crossing from Mexico to Yuma, Ariz., to seek asylum on June 10, 2021. The National Association of Immigration Judges on Thursday, July 21, 2022, asked the federal government to restore its recognition after the Trump administration stripped its official status, and the system's chief judge resigned after two years on the job. The two developments underscore political uncertainty at a critical time in the Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review, which runs the courts. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia, File)

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Opinion: GOP frustration grows over immigration surge
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The fans enjoy the music of Black Pumas at Music Midtown on Sunday night, September 19, 2021, in Piedmont Park. (Photo: Ryan Fleisher for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Politically Georgia: Music Midtown’s coda strikes a chord with Democrats
Gabriel Sterling, a top aide to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, has been one of most vocal defenders of the office's integrity. In the seventh episode of the AJC's "Breakdown" podcast, Raffensperger and Sterling sit down for an interview about the 2020 presidential election and its aftermath. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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‘Breakdown’ Episode 7: Planting the seeds of truth
How do you indict a president? It's never happened before. The sixth episode of the AJC's Breakdown podcast looks back at past criminal cases involving presidents and vice presidents, including Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal. Can these cases tell us anything about what's ahead for the Fulton special purpose grand jury investigation of former President Donald Trump? (AP file)

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‘Breakdown’ Episode 6: One for the History Books
FILE - People march through Downtown Atlanta on June 24, 2022, to protest the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. A federal appeals court on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, overturned a lower court ruling and said Georgia’s restrictive 2019 abortion law should be allowed to take effect. The Georgia law bans most abortions once a “detectable human heartbeat” is present. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

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