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09/13/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Georgia University faculty members Julia Gaffield, from left, Wendy Simonds and Denise Davidson talk amongst themselves during a demonstration at the Georgia State University Campus in Atlanta, Monday, September 13, 2021. Faculty members and students from about 20 public colleges and universities in Georgia started a weeklong series of demonstrations demanding tougher COVID-19 safety measures, such as a mask mandate, in all campus buildings. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Georgia professor: ‘We are teaching in COVID factories’
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210916-Atlanta-Atlanta mayoral candidates speak at a public safety forum Thursday evening, Sept. 16, 2021 in Downtown Atlanta. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta’s candidates for mayor join law enforcement leaders at crime forum
01/04/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Former Georgia gubernatorial Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams makes remarks during a Georgia Democrat U.S. Senate campaign rally in Atlanta’s Summerhill neighborhood, Monday, January 4, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Court sides with Abrams campaign, groups in ethics commission’s demand for records
Georgia GOP Chairman John Padgett. (AJC Photo / Bob Andres)
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DeKalb County Election officials including Nytia Harris, left, and Lamashia Davis work to spread information about changes in voter laws and share information with DeKalb resident Jeremiah Gilyard on Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021, at the Chamblee MARTA Station. The officials are able to print free voter IDs, if needed. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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Former Atlanta City Council President Cathy Woolard speaks to the media while attending the Mary Norwood election night party at the Park Tavern in the Atlanta mayoral runoff on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com)
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09/29/2020 - Atlanta, Georgia - Fulton County Poll worker Dian Rodriguez-Harrison uses an electronic device to check a voter in at the polling site located at Fanplex in AtlantaÕs Summerhill community, Tuesday, September 29, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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MARTA plans light rail along the Atlanta Beltline, the Clifton Corridor and Campbellton Road. Transit expansion is just one of the transportation issues confronting Atlanta's next mayor. (AJC FILE PHOTO)
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. President Joe Biden speak briefly to reporters as they arrive at the U.S. Capitol for a Senate Democratic luncheon July 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden is on the Hill to discuss with Senate Democrats the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package they have reached overnight that would expand Medicare benefits, boost federal safety net programs and combat climate change. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/TNS)
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