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The Georgia Department of Education announced on Friday, May 13, 2022 that it will release $1.5 million in grants to teacher teachers about dyslexia. In 2019, Jennifer Henderson, lead literacy center teacher, was working on a word “stretching” activity at Charles R. Drew Charter School. The activity helps students break words into sounds. BOB ANDRES/BANDRES@AJC.COM

Georgia to invest nearly $1.5 million to teach teachers about dyslexia
Ty Hubert of Creekview High School (left, back row) is among the 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholars. Here he is pictured with Cherokee Superintendent Brian Hightower and fellow school board student delegates for 2021-2022. (AJC file photo)

Three Georgia students make presidential scholars list
Critical race theory is among the topics politicizing education as Georgia voters select school board candidates during the May primary elections. People who couldn’t get into an overflowing Cherokee County school board meeting on May 20, 2021, chanted “No CRT!” (Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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National PAC takes aim at two metro Atlanta school board races
An administrative court judge ruled Thursday that former state Rep. Jeff Lewis was not eligible to run for a state Senate seat. On Friday, the secretary of state's office disqualified him as a candidate. Courtesy photo.

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State invalidates Georgia Senate candidate’s Republican primary run
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The Georgia House voted mostly along party lines, 96-68, on Monday , November 22, 2021, to send the congressional redistricting map to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature. The new redistricting map will help Republicans to obtain victories before a single vote is cast in next year’s elections. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Georgia bill tracker 2022
The gold dome of Georgia’s Capitol. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Issues to watch in the 2022 session
06/26/2020 - Atlanta, Georgia - Georgia Speaker of the House David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) watches as Gov. Brian Kemp speaks to members of the House Chambers on Sine Die, day 40, of the legislative session in Atlanta, Friday, June 26, 2020. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

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The players to watch in the 2022 legislative session
Legislators return to the Georgia Capitol on Monday to open the 2020 session of the General Assembly. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

How the AJC covers the Georgia Legislature
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
The Georgia House voted mostly along party lines, 96-68, on Monday , November 22, 2021, to send the congressional redistricting map to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature. The new redistricting map will help Republicans to obtain victories before a single vote is cast in next year’s elections. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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What you need to know about Georgia’s General Assembly
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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How redistricting reshaped Georgia politics
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Josh Belinfante, an attorney for for the state, moved Thursday to throw out a federal voting rights case challenging Georgia’s “exact match” voter registration policy and absentee ballot cancellation practices. Belinfante is pictured during arguments in a 2019 case before the Georgia Supreme Court. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

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Georgia seeks dismissal of Fair Fight voting rights case
Kemp signs upcoming year’s budget with teacher pay raises
Judge in Georgia voting rights trial is asked to change ‘exact match’
Eligibility of more than 13,000 voters challenged in Forsyth County
Gov. Brian Kemp signs a $1 billion tax cut bill in Bonaire on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Georgia’s special income tax refunds could take months to go out
Kemp signs bill requiring daily recess for young Georgia students
Georgia candidate running in wrong House district
Privacy ruling could help keep abortion legal in Georgia
George Soros, a common target of criticism from Republicans for his vast spending on Democratic causes over the years, has contributed $1 million to gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams' leadership committee, One Georgia.

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Democratic megadonor Soros puts $1 million into Abrams’ campaign
Capitol Recap: Sticker price on east Georgia electric-vehicle plant is $1.5 billion
Georgia appeals court is asked to revive case questioning 2020 election
Republican Mitchell Kaye wins state House runoff in East Cobb
Abortion showcases political divide in Georgia lieutenant governor contest
Focus is on Georgia’s anti-abortion law after draft of high court ruling is leaked
What Georgians say about abortion and Roe v. Wade, according to polls
First day of early voting sets a turnout record for Georgia primary
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January 27, 2021 Elberton - Aerial photography shows Elberton Square in downtown Elberton on Wednesday, January 27, 2021. Georgia has not opened COVID-19 vaccination to teachers yet, but a small school district east of Athens still managed to offer shots to any employee who wanted them. Elbert County Superintendent Jon Jarvis told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that he sees his teachers, bus drivers and other employees as ÒessentialÓ personnel who should be prioritized for vaccination. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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The Georgia Department of Education announced on Friday, May 13, 2022 that it will release $1.5 million in grants to teacher teachers about dyslexia. In 2019, Jennifer Henderson, lead literacy center teacher, was working on a word “stretching” activity at Charles R. Drew Charter School. The activity helps students break words into sounds. BOB ANDRES/BANDRES@AJC.COM

Georgia to invest nearly $1.5 million to teach teachers about dyslexia
Ty Hubert of Creekview High School (left, back row) is among the 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholars. Here he is pictured with Cherokee Superintendent Brian Hightower and fellow school board student delegates for 2021-2022. (AJC file photo)

Three Georgia students make presidential scholars list
Critical race theory is among the topics politicizing education as Georgia voters select school board candidates during the May primary elections. People who couldn’t get into an overflowing Cherokee County school board meeting on May 20, 2021, chanted “No CRT!” (Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Credit: Ben Gray

National PAC takes aim at two metro Atlanta school board races
An administrative court judge ruled Thursday that former state Rep. Jeff Lewis was not eligible to run for a state Senate seat. On Friday, the secretary of state's office disqualified him as a candidate. Courtesy photo.

Credit: Maya T. Prabhu

State invalidates Georgia Senate candidate’s Republican primary run
Josh Belinfante, an attorney for for the state, moved Thursday to throw out a federal voting rights case challenging Georgia’s “exact match” voter registration policy and absentee ballot cancellation practices. Belinfante is pictured during arguments in a 2019 case before the Georgia Supreme Court. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM

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Georgia seeks dismissal of Fair Fight voting rights case
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a $30.2 billion spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The budget includes $2,000 raises for educators, fulfilling Kemp's 2018 campaign promise to boost their pay by $5,000 over the course of his first term. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images/TNS)

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Kemp signs upcoming year’s budget with teacher pay raises
Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, an attorney for Fair Fight Action, speaks outside the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta, GA., on Monday, April 11, the first day of the Fair Fight Action v. Raffensperger trial. On Wednesday, the plaintiffs rested their case. (Photo/Jenn Finch)

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Judge in Georgia voting rights trial is asked to change ‘exact match’
Early voting is underway in Georgia in advance of the May 24 primary.

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Eligibility of more than 13,000 voters challenged in Forsyth County
Gov. Brian Kemp signs a $1 billion tax cut bill in Bonaire on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Georgia’s special income tax refunds could take months to go out
Health care
The Atlanta VA Health Care System is located on Clairmont Road in Decatur would be demolished and rebuilt if Congress adopts a new plan for revamping the VA's health care network in Georgia. Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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VA proposes massive changes to health-care system in Georgia
The gold dome of Georgia’s Capitol. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM

Issues to watch in the 2022 session
Janai Kornegay, center, helps customers while working at the Viral Solutions drive-through COVID testing site in Decatur on Tuesday. Long lines at testing sites last week were among the most visible signs that a holiday season many had hoped would be “normal” will once again be colored by COVID-19. (Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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A look at major COVID-19 developments over the past week
Clark Dean, executive managing director at Transwestern, a commercial real estate company, speaks to a group of people during a tour of the future midtown Atlanta facilities of the Center for Global Health Innovation on Wednesday, December 15, 2021. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Atlanta health care hub unveils location, holds back other details
Economy
An artist's rendering shows the exterior of Rivian's manufacturing campus planned for a site about 45 miles east of Atlanta.

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Agreement sheds new light on Rivian incentives and site plans
In this photo provided by the Georgia Ports Authority, eight ship-to-shore cranes work the container ship Ulsan Express at the Georgia Ports Authority's Garden City Terminal, on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, in Savannah, Ga. (Stephen B. Morton/Georgia Port Authority via AP)

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Expansion of GA ports pays dividends to economy, companies, jobs
Bill rebalancing property rights of farmers versus other landowners moves ahead in Georgia Senate.

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Farm bill affecting property rights moves ahead
Social Circle: The East Atlanta Megasite sign marking the Rivian project site sits next to a historic downtown Social Circle sign at the Stanton Springs exit on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, in Social Circle. The former chairman of the local development authority was the architect of the area's economic development while at the same time negotiated to sell his property for the Rivian project. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”`

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Local official, siblings stand to profit from Rivian factory land deal
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