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    Georgia State 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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    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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    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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    <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
    Emory Healthcare CEO Jonathan Lewin says the health system has incurred $15 million in charges for uninsured COVID-19 care. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
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    Capitol Recap: Georgia hospitals financially hurting from COVID-19
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    A look at the top issues for Georgia’s General Assembly in 2020
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    A statue of Alexander Hamilton Stephens, the Confederate vice president throughout the Civil War, has been on display in the Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol since 1927, A number of top politicians in Georgia have joined in a bipartisan effort to replace it with a likeness of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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    Georgia politicians want John Lewis statue to replace Confederate in ...
    Georgia Power's parent, Southern Company, is reporting more challenges and costs in the long-troubled nuclear expansion of Plant Vogtle.
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    Georgia Power forecasts increased costs for Vogtle nuclear expansion
    Wanda Cooper-Jones, the mother of Ahmaud Arbery, says she didn't know Georgia didn't have a hate-crimes law when her son was killed in February during a confrontation with three white men in Glynn County. “Before all of this happened to Ahmaud, I lived in a bubble,” she said. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
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    Hate-crimes victims spark law change, but pain remains
    July 29, 2020 Atlanta - Phi Beta Sigma fraternity members view the flag-draped casket of Congressman John Lewis during Omega Chapter Ceremony at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Behind them is a portrait of Alexander Stephens, a Georgia congressman and governor who was also the vice president of the Confederacy. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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    The Jolt: Brian Kemp endorses replacing statue of Confederate leader...
    Poll workers respond to early glitches at the Park Tavern polling place in Atlanta on June 9. Many voters said they requested absentee ballots for the Georgia primary but never received them. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
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    Records reveal dozens of investigations into Georgia election problems
    200717-Atlanta-Gov. Brian Kemp listens to Dr. Kathleen Toomey, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health, during a coronavirus briefing Friday morning July 17, 2020 at the State Capitol. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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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 lawmakers consider new powers for Gov. Kemp amid...
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    PHOTOS: Crossover Day at Georgia legislature
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    PHOTOS: Georgia March For Life rally
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    PHOTOS: Georgia’s 2020 legislative session kicks off
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    Photos: Abortion rights rally at Georgia Capitol
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    Photos: Gov. Kemp signs anti-abortion ‘heartbeat’ bill
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