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08/25/2020 - Cumming, Georgia - Members of the Otwell Middle School band practice in the cafeteria at Otwell Middle School in Cumming, Tuesday, August 25, 2020. A new audit tries to calculate the toll of COVID-19 on learning. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
Georgia teachers weigh in on pandemic’s toll on students
Democrat Stacey Abrams has faced criticism that her refusal to concede the 2018 election for governor is similar to the false claims former Republican President Donald Trump has spread to try to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election. But Georgia State University political scientist Amy Steigerwalt sees few similarities. “The biggest difference, obviously, is that Donald Trump continues to say that in fact he is the rightful winner of the election,” she said. “Stacey Abrams didn’t continue to suggest that she was going to be rightfully installed as governor or that all of the election results were going to be overturned.” Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Abrams and Trump both questioned elections, but evidence is different
A new map of Georgia's 2nd Congressional District, represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop, gives Republicans hope that they can win a U.S. House race there. “I think this is the year to win it in," 2nd District GOP Chair Brandon Phillips said, "and I think the trend going forward gets even better.” (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Redistricting puts southwest Georgia congressional district into play for GOP
Democrat Stacey Abrams announced that she is running for governor of Georgia in next year's election.
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Georgia's 6th Congressional District (shown in green) covers east Cobb County, north Fulton County and North DeKalb County. But the boundaries of all 14 of Georgia's congressional districts may change during redistricting or reapportionment in time for the 2022 elections. (Georgia Legislative and Reapportionment Office Map)
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Legislators return to the Georgia Capitol on Monday to open the 2020 session of the General Assembly. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@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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November 4, 2020 Atlanta: Fulton County election workers started counting and scanning ballots again on Wednesday Nov. 4, 2020 as the State and the Nation waited for the results. Fulton County elections head Richard Barron said he expects results from the tens of thousands of outstanding absentee-by-mail ballots by 9 p.m. Wednesday. People across the nation are eagerly watching to see whether Fulton County home to Atlanta, the South’s crown jewel, and 1 million residents can help former Vice President Joe Biden beat President Donald Trump. There were 63,000 outstanding Fulton absentee ballots, which is about 27% of Georgia’s 236,000 uncounted absentee ballots Wednesday morning. That was enough to keep the nation biting its nails and waiting on Fulton. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
Ballot images made public in Georgia after heated election
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201203-Atlanta- Jacki Pick points out what she considered suspicious activity on surveillance video of the Fulton County absentee vote counting room as she and Rudy Giuliani address a subcommittee of the state Senate judiciary committee at the State Capitol on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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State Rep. Bonnie Rich, a co-sponsor of the redistricting bill, shakes hands after it passed Monday. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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At the media/library learning commons at Daniell Middle School in Marietta, books are the property of the school. Funding for the Inchy Bookworm Vending Machine would provide an additional incentive for the students to practice the SWARM principles and earn points for rewards. The machine would hold about 20 books representative of the school's diverse population including those for low reader levels. Books chosen through Inchy would be the students.
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The House Redistricting Committee voted Saturday to advance a new map for Georgia's congressional delegation that would give Republicans a 9-5 advantage over Democrats. Committee Chairwoman Bonnie Richis pictured speaking about the map during a Thursday hearing. MARK NIESSE / MARK.NIESSE@AJC.COM
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08/25/2020 - Cumming, Georgia - Members of the Otwell Middle School band practice in the cafeteria at Otwell Middle School in Cumming, Tuesday, August 25, 2020. A new audit tries to calculate the toll of COVID-19 on learning. (ALYSSA POINTER / ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
Georgia teachers weigh in on pandemic’s toll on students
Democrat Stacey Abrams has faced criticism that her refusal to concede the 2018 election for governor is similar to the false claims former Republican President Donald Trump has spread to try to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election. But Georgia State University political scientist Amy Steigerwalt sees few similarities. “The biggest difference, obviously, is that Donald Trump continues to say that in fact he is the rightful winner of the election,” she said. “Stacey Abrams didn’t continue to suggest that she was going to be rightfully installed as governor or that all of the election results were going to be overturned.” Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Abrams and Trump both questioned elections, but evidence is different
A new map of Georgia's 2nd Congressional District, represented by Democratic U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop, gives Republicans hope that they can win a U.S. House race there. “I think this is the year to win it in," 2nd District GOP Chair Brandon Phillips said, "and I think the trend going forward gets even better.” (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Redistricting puts southwest Georgia congressional district into play for GOP
Democrat Stacey Abrams announced that she is running for governor of Georgia in next year's election.
Capitol Recap: Stacey Abrams launches bid for Georgia governor
201203-Atlanta- Jacki Pick points out what she considered suspicious activity on surveillance video of the Fulton County absentee vote counting room as she and Rudy Giuliani address a subcommittee of the state Senate judiciary committee at the State Capitol on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
False allegation of Georgia election fraud draws defamation lawsuit
State Sen. Nan Orrock, D-Atlanta, is proposing annual cost-of-living increases of 3% in pensions for state government retirees. The report from the state auditor estimates the proposal would cost $523 million in the first year and $5 billion over 20 years. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM
Report: Bill to give state retirees benefit boost would cost Georgia $5 billion
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to compel the U.S. Department of Justice to turn over any communications, if they exist, between the agency and dozens of his political and legal opponents. The move follows a lawsuit the Justice Department filed in June attempting to strike down Georgia’s new voting law, alleging it targeted Black voters. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)
Georgia elections head sues feds over voting law records
Lauren Groh-Wargo, CEO of Fair Fight, shown speaking to the press outside the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in Atlanta in November 2018, said that when the group's lawsuit goes to trial in February, it will provide an opportunity for “the voices of Georgia voters that were silenced by an unconstitutional and racially discriminatory system" to be heard. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
Georgia voting rights lawsuit planned to go to trial in February
State Rep. Bonnie Rich, a co-sponsor of the redistricting bill, shakes hands after it passed Monday. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Census pointed to 6th District nip and tuck, but GOP maps turned into major surgery
Health care
Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) speaks at a press conference on Medicaid expansion with other democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on September 23rd, 2021.
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Pearson Middle School students exit their buses during the first day of school at Pearson Middle School on Aug. 2. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
A look at major COVID-19 developments over the past week
The state agency that runs Medicaid in Georgia is seeking nearly $500 million in spending over the next year and a half to account for growing usage and costs. PHOTO: Screenshot.
Georgia Medicaid agency requesting nearly $500 million more in health spending
TRAGIC (Teachers Rally to Advocate for Georgia Insurance Choices) was formed the last time UnitedHealthCare and the Department of Community Health got into a spat after the agency made major changes to coverage. BRANT SANDERLIN /BSANDERLIN@AJC.COM
No health insurance increase next year for 650K Georgia teachers, state workers, retirees
Economy
Georgia Power continues to face challenges on its expansion of Plant Vogtle south of Augusta, where it is building two nuclear reactors in addition to the two existing ones. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
Still more Vogtle nuclear delays and costs likely, state monitors say
Gov. Brian Kemp speaking at event marking the opening of all 18 working tracks at the Georgia Port Authority's Mason Mega Rail Terminal at the Port of Savannah in November. The lines are meant to help handle the continued surge in cargo coming through the port. (AJC Photo/Stephen B. Morton)
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Atlanta Mayor Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms addresses the media on Sept 9, 2021. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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A man gets a COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site in Natick, Mass. earlier this year. Some businesses and industry groups are fighting a federal requirement that employers with 100 or more employees ensure their workers are fully vaccinated or tested weekly. One of Georgia's biggest business organizations isn't taking a stance on the rule, citing varying views of its members. (Matt Stone/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool, File)
Atlanta business chamber sticks to sidelines in vaccine mandate debate
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