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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)
Kemp’s tough-on-crime plan veers sharply from Deal’s approach
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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)
Kemp says federal suit aims to put him at a political disadvantage
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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
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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
Georgia buys new voter registration system after long lines in 2020
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The gold dome of Georgia’s Capitol. JOHN SPINK/JSPINK@AJC.COM
Issues to watch in the 2022 session
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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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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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)
Inside the campaign to undermine Georgia’s election
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)
How redistricting reshaped Georgia politics
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Ron Tripodo, center, yells at the Cherokee County School Board after they passed a resolution to ban teaching critical race theory and then adjourned the meeting Thursday night, May 20, 2021. Tripodo was upset that the language in the resolution was ambiguous and didn’t really do anything. Now, lawmakers and Gov. Brian Kemp say they want to ban the graduate school-level theory in K-12 classrooms. (Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Georgia legislators, educators square off over critical race theory
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Kemp campaign says fund illegally helping rival Perdue’s campaign
Janice Johnston, a retired obstetrician, speaks to the Fulton County Elections Board on Aug. 12. The Georgia Republican Party nominated Johnston to the State Election Board on Monday.
Republicans pick Fulton elections critic for State Election Board
Kemp delivers upbeat picture of state revenue
Georgia lawmakers start work on record $30.2 billion budget
LG candidate’s session fundraiser won’t violate law, ethics officials say
Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, left, and House Speaker David Ralston, right, welcome Gov. Brian Kemp for his annual State of the State address to the Georgia Assembly on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. During his speech, Kemp said he would work with lawmakers this year to keep "divisive ideologies like critical race theory" out of schools. (Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Metro Atlanta school board members oppose critical race theory bill
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The Georgia Senate Ethics Committee voted 7-2 on Thursday to advance a proposed constitutional amendment that would prohibit voting by noncitizens. From left: state Sens. Butch Miller, Jason Anavitarte, Bo Hatchett, Steve Gooch and Harold Jones. MARK NIESSE / MARK.NIESSE@AJC.COM
Amendment to ban noncitizen voting clears Georgia Senate committee
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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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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)
Kemp says federal suit aims to put him at a political disadvantage
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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
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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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Ron Tripodo, center, yells at the Cherokee County School Board after they passed a resolution to ban teaching critical race theory and then adjourned the meeting Thursday night, May 20, 2021. Tripodo was upset that the language in the resolution was ambiguous and didn’t really do anything. Now, lawmakers and Gov. Brian Kemp say they want to ban the graduate school-level theory in K-12 classrooms. (Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Georgia legislators, educators square off over critical race theory
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Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA) arrives at a press conference on preparations for an incoming winter storm on January 14th, 2022 at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, Georgia. (Nathan Posner for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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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.
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)
Kemp campaign says fund illegally helping rival Perdue’s campaign
Janice Johnston, a retired obstetrician, speaks to the Fulton County Elections Board on Aug. 12. The Georgia Republican Party nominated Johnston to the State Election Board on Monday.
Republicans pick Fulton elections critic for State Election Board
Health care
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)
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
Atlanta health care hub unveils location, holds back other details
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.
Georgia’s uninsured could get coverage under Biden proposal
Economy
December 16, 2021 Atlanta - Jimmy Knauf EVP of Facilities at Rivian, smiles as he shows Rivian R1T electric truck to Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (left) and First Lady Marty Kemp (second from left) during a press conference at Liberty Plaza across from the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Thursday, December 16, 2021. Electric vehicle maker Rivian on Thursday confirmed its plans to build a $5 billion assembly plant and battery factory in Georgia, which Gov. Brian Kemp called Òthe largest single economic development project ever in this stateÕs history.Ó (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Georgia to spend $125M for land, training costs for Rivian plant
Craig Clayton, Sr., plugs a rental Tesla into a charger at Camp Creek Marketplace in East Point on Friday Dec. 10, 2021. Clayton rented the car for a trip from Florida to Atlanta because he is interested in buying one and wanted to see what it was like to take a road trip in an electric car. One issue he found was having to go out of his way to find fast chargers. Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia tries to become leader in an industry that’s no sure thing
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
Atlanta health care hub unveils location, holds back other details
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
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