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Keith Wilson said he moved from Cobb County "to get away from the Braves stadium." His 17-acre Rutledge farm now faces new growth and he posted a sign in his yard opposing the Rivian assembly plant on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”`

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Rivian’s Georgia electric vehicle plant sparks fears among neighbors
Governor Brian Kemp and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma celebrate with a fist bump after Verma announced that the Trump administration would approve both Georgia's health care "waiver" requests. (PHOTO by Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Georgia sues Biden administration over health waiver
Parents who couldn’t get into the Cherokee County School Board meeting because the building reached capacity chant “No CRT!” during the meeting on May 20, 2021. Now Georgia lawmakers propose financial penalties for schools that teach about race in ways deemed inappropriate. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Critics say Georgia race bill threatens financial blow to schools
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, in advance of the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)

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Man charged with threatening to kill Georgia election officials
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November 21, 2020 Atlanta - Pro-Trump protesters, some with flags and signs, attend a rally against the results of the U.S. presidential election outside the Georgia State Capitol on Saturday, November 21, 2020. Several different groups converged at the Capitol for a rally to show support for and against President Donald Trump. (Photo: Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Inside the campaign to undermine Georgia’s election
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Guide to the 2022 Georgia legislative session
November 19, 2021 Atlanta - Sen. Elena Parent (D-Atlanta) speaks in opposition of SB 2 EX, newly-drawn congressional maps, in the Senate Chambers during a special session at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Friday, November 19, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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A voter casts his ballot in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District special election at a polling site in Sandy Springs, Ga., Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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This artist's sketch provided by Spaceport Camden shows the launchpad complex of the proposed Spaceport Camden in Camden County. Superior Court Judge Stephen Scarlett, on Thursday, has denied a request to stop Camden County from buying land for a planned spaceport near the Georgia coast, dealing the latest blow to opponents of the project. (Spaceport Camden via AP, File)

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Judge denies coastal residents’ attempt to block purchase of spaceport site
‘Unprecedented’: Ga. domestic violence shelters struggle amid COVID
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Capitol Recap: Georgia tax collections show post-virus economy is still surging
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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The Jolt: John Isakson’s snub of Trump team’s phony Georgia elector scheme
OPINION: Raphael Warnock’s year of victories, defeats and Senate prayers
Case backlog in Georgia sex offender oversight agency undermines safety
Atlanta journalist Dick Williams dies at 77
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is requesting a special grand jury to aid in her investigation of former President Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. (Alyssa Pointer/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Fulton DA requests special grand jury for Trump probe
Lawsuit challenging protesters’ arrest argued in Georgia Supreme Court
Walker has limited public campaign stops, but he’s profited from private events
Senate panel votes to forward Biden’s nominees to Atlanta court
Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., speaks to reporters alongside Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., during a press conference regarding the Democratic party's shift to focus on voting rights at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

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The Jolt: After another failure on voting rights, Democrats figure out what’s next
Opinion: The filibuster continues on the filibuster debate
Kemp’s tough-on-crime plan veers sharply from Deal’s approach
Perdue calls for new election police unit in Georgia
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These two steam locomotives are being overhauled at the Pegram Shops in Atlanta in this photo from the 1940s. The photo is par of the railroad archive at the Atlanta History Center. Photo Kenneth Rogers

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03/01/2021 —Atlanta, Georgia — Rep. Jasmine Clark (D-Lilburn) opposes HB 531 in the House Chambers on day 25 of the legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta, Monday, March 1, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp arrives before he speaks during the State of the State on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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Parents who couldn’t get into the Cherokee County School Board meeting because the building reached capacity chant “No CRT!” during the meeting on May 20, 2021. Now Georgia lawmakers propose financial penalties for schools that teach about race in ways deemed inappropriate. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Critics say Georgia race bill threatens financial blow to schools
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, in advance of the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)

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Man charged with threatening to kill Georgia election officials
This artist's sketch provided by Spaceport Camden shows the launchpad complex of the proposed Spaceport Camden in Camden County. Superior Court Judge Stephen Scarlett, on Thursday, has denied a request to stop Camden County from buying land for a planned spaceport near the Georgia coast, dealing the latest blow to opponents of the project. (Spaceport Camden via AP, File)

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Judge denies coastal residents’ attempt to block purchase of spaceport site
Georgia's tax collections are up 18.1% over the first six months of the current fiscal year. (lamprey / E+ / Getty Images)

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Capitol Recap: Georgia tax collections show post-virus economy is still surging
U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams was arrested in 2018 during a protest in the Georgia Capitol while she was serving in the state Senate. The Georgia Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in a case challenging the constitutionality of the law she was charged with violating. The charges against Williams and others arrested in the protest were dismissed in 2019. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Lawsuit challenging protesters’ arrest argued in Georgia Supreme Court
Tough-on-crime initiatives that Gov. Brian Kemp announced last week veer away from the policies of his predecessor Nathan Deal, who overhauled the state's criminal justice system with the aim of steering nonviolent offenders away from costly prison beds and largely avoided sweeping new criminal penalties. (Nathan Posner for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Kemp’s tough-on-crime plan veers sharply from Deal’s approach
State lawyers filed their response Wednesday to a lawsuit that former U.S. Sen. David Perdue filed challenging a state law that allows Gov. Brian Kemp and some legislative leaders to raise money during a General Assembly session while most other lawmakers cannot. They said Perdue's “litigation strategy reflects a sandbagging effort to tilt the playing field in his favor.” (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)

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Kemp says federal suit aims to put him at a political disadvantage
Officials from the state Department of Corrections and the state Department of Juvenile Justice told legislators Wednesday that the retention of officers remains a problem even after last year's 10% pay raise. Pay is not the sole problem, they said. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

Despite raises, turnover remains high at Georgia prisons, juvenile centers
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announces the launch of a new voter registration system Wednesday as he's surrounded by county election directors in the Georgia Capitol. MARK NIESSE / MARK.NIESSE@AJC.COM

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Georgia buys new voter registration system after long lines in 2020
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Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, in advance of the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)

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Man charged with threatening to kill Georgia election officials
Georgia's tax collections are up 18.1% over the first six months of the current fiscal year. (lamprey / E+ / Getty Images)

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Capitol Recap: Georgia tax collections show post-virus economy is still surging
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker collected $415,000 for paid speeches between July 2020 and December 2021, including about $172,000 from six appearances since he announced his campaign in August. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images/TNS)

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Walker has limited public campaign stops, but he’s profited from private events
Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, now running in the GOP primary for governor, has proposed creating a police unit for investigating allegations of election fraud, echoing a proposal Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced earlier this week. Nathan Posner for the Atlanta-Journal-Constitution

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Perdue calls for new election police unit in Georgia
State lawyers filed their response Wednesday to a lawsuit that former U.S. Sen. David Perdue filed challenging a state law that allows Gov. Brian Kemp and some legislative leaders to raise money during a General Assembly session while most other lawmakers cannot. They said Perdue's “litigation strategy reflects a sandbagging effort to tilt the playing field in his favor.” (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)

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Kemp says federal suit aims to put him at a political disadvantage
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announces the launch of a new voter registration system Wednesday as he's surrounded by county election directors in the Georgia Capitol. MARK NIESSE / MARK.NIESSE@AJC.COM

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Georgia buys new voter registration system after long lines in 2020
Georgia saw a 24.3% increase in state tax collections in December over December 2020 as the state's economy remained strong through the holiday season.

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Georgia tax collections up 18% for first half of fiscal 2022
Gov. Brian Kemp’s reelection campaign has accused Republican rival David Perdue, pictured, of coordinating with an independent committee in violation of a state campaign finance law. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

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Kemp campaign says fund illegally helping rival Perdue’s campaign
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Georgia U.S. Sen. Richard Russell was known as ‘the filibuster’s best friend’ during the 1950′s and 60′s.

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Opinion: The filibuster continues on the filibuster debate
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to COVID-19 and new emerging variants, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

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Opinion: The two parties go different ways on COVID response
Then-President Donald Trump speaks to his supporters Jan. 6, 2021, on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

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Opinion: For Trump and his allies, it’s still all about 2020
U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Ga., talks to the crowd during AIDS Walk Atlanta in Piedmont Park on Saturday, September 25, 2021. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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