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Gov. Brian Kemp is the first to take advantage of a new law Republicans pushed through the General Assembly that allows him and some legislative leaders to set up "leadership committees," funds that can collect unlimited contributions from donors and also take donations while the Legislature is in session. (Clay Teague/The Macon Telegraph via AP)
Kemp the first to set up newly legal unlimited donation committee
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May 27, 2021 Sandy Springs - Aerial photo shows construction site of I-285 interchange at Ga. 400 in Sandy Springs on Tuesday, May 27, 2021. The view is looking south on Georgia 400, with I-285 passing left to right in the image and Atlanta skyline on the horizon. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Metro Atlanta: Get ready for a decade of road construction
Fulton County elections workers open and sort ballots at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta on Jan. 5, 2021. (AJC file photo)
Georgia Republicans take first step to Fulton elections takeover
January 5, 2021 Atlanta: Voters lined up to cast ballots on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 at the Park Tavern located at 500 10th St NE in Atlanta. Georgia’s long moment in the national spotlight culminated Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, when state voters cast their votes to determine which party would control the U.S. Senate. Georgia voters also voted to elect a member of the state Public Service Commission, which regulates energy and utility rates and issues. The two most expensive Senate races in history saw more than $833 million been spent by the four campaigns and outside groups supporting them, blanketing the airwaves and stuffing mailboxes across the state. Much of that money has come from organizations with no direct connection to Georgia. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
Georgia seeks dismissal of DOJ suit against voting law
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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
01/27/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia —Georgia lawmakers, lobbyist and staff gather in the hallways on the sixth day of the 2021 legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta, Wednesday, January 27, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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01/12/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Gov. Brian Kemp watches as Colonel Chris C. Wright, Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, makes remarks about security around the Georgia State Capitol building during a press conference at the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta, Tuesday, January 12, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
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Medical marijuana licenses approved for six companies in Georgia
Supporters and opponents of Georgia’s anti-abortion fetal cardiac law, which a federal judge blocked from taking effect Jan. 1, will keep the measure in the spotlight during next year’s elections for the state Legislature and other offices. Bob Andres / bandres@ajc.com
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Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at the Georgia GOP convention at Jekyll Island on Saturday, June 5, 2021. (Photo: Nathan Posner for The Atlanta-Journal-Constitution)
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Gov. Brian Kemp is the first to take advantage of a new law Republicans pushed through the General Assembly that allows him and some legislative leaders to set up "leadership committees," funds that can collect unlimited contributions from donors and also take donations while the Legislature is in session. (Clay Teague/The Macon Telegraph via AP)
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May 27, 2021 Sandy Springs - Aerial photo shows construction site of I-285 interchange at Ga. 400 in Sandy Springs on Tuesday, May 27, 2021. The view is looking south on Georgia 400, with I-285 passing left to right in the image and Atlanta skyline on the horizon. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Metro Atlanta: Get ready for a decade of road construction
Fulton County elections workers open and sort ballots at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta on Jan. 5, 2021. (AJC file photo)
Georgia Republicans take first step to Fulton elections takeover
January 5, 2021 Atlanta: Voters lined up to cast ballots on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 at the Park Tavern located at 500 10th St NE in Atlanta. Georgia’s long moment in the national spotlight culminated Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, when state voters cast their votes to determine which party would control the U.S. Senate. Georgia voters also voted to elect a member of the state Public Service Commission, which regulates energy and utility rates and issues. The two most expensive Senate races in history saw more than $833 million been spent by the four campaigns and outside groups supporting them, blanketing the airwaves and stuffing mailboxes across the state. Much of that money has come from organizations with no direct connection to Georgia. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
Georgia seeks dismissal of DOJ suit against voting law
01/12/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — Gov. Brian Kemp watches as Colonel Chris C. Wright, Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety, makes remarks about security around the Georgia State Capitol building during a press conference at the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta, Tuesday, January 12, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Kemp uses emergency fund to boost spending on tackling Atlanta crime
Cobb County resident Darlene Hines, 63, adjusts her foggy glasses as she prepares to cast her ballot during early voting at the Cobb County Elections and Voter Registration Office in Marietta on Dec. 14. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Under half of Georgia voters checked their paper ballots, study shows
Fulton County elections head Richard Barron speaks to the media days after the November presidential election. Questions about ballot scanning and audit tally sheet totals have raised the possibility of a performance review that could set in motion a move by the state to take over the county's election management. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)
Takeover of Fulton elections considered by Georgia Republicans
FORSYTH - Georgia’s medical marijuana law, authored by State Rep. Allen Peake, is known as Haleigh’s Hope Act and legalizes the possession of cannabis oil for people suffering from a limited number of illnesses. Janea Cox uses the oil to treat her daughter Haleigh, 7, at their home in Forsyth, Ga. The Coxes must still travel to Colorado to obtain the medical marijuana used to treat Haleigh. Feb. 17, 2017. (BITA HONARVAR/SPECIAL)
Medical marijuana licenses approved for six companies in Georgia
Supporters and opponents of Georgia’s anti-abortion fetal cardiac law, which a federal judge blocked from taking effect Jan. 1, will keep the measure in the spotlight during next year’s elections for the state Legislature and other offices. Bob Andres / bandres@ajc.com
Georgia’s abortion rate increases for third consecutive year
Health care
Wyatt Gibson, 5, died July 16, 2021, after contracting COVID-19, according to his family. The child lived in Calhoun, and his father Wes is a Whitfield County Sheriff's deputy. (Photo: GoFundMe)
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Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia Public Health Commissioner Kathleen Toomey arrive for a press conference in March, as operations were getting underway for Mercedes-Benz Stadium to become the largest community vaccination center in the southeast. (Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com)
A look at major COVID-19 developments over the past week
In October 2020, Governor Brian Kemp and Seema Verma, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator under the Trump administration, announced the federal government intended to approve two "waivers" for Georgia health insurance. One would expand Medicaid coverage to some poor Georgia adults, if they meet specific activity requirements. (PHOTO by Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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Atlanta Food Bank volunteer Ronnie Cox, right, checks the expiration date on food items as he works with other volunteers to sort the items at the Atlanta Food Bank headquarters in Atlanta, Thursday, June 24, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
Ending state of emergency could cut wide swath in Georgia
Economy
Georgia Power’s nuclear expansion of Plant Vogtle remains underway but the company's parent, Atlanta-based Southern Company, on Thursday announced more delays, something it has done repeatedly this year alone, as well as nearly a half billion dollars in additional costs for its share of of the project. The project is already years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
Georgia Power discloses more Vogtle nuclear delays, big extra costs
By state law, Georgia Power can charge its customers for reimbursement of “prudent and reasonable” capital costs, such as from building Plant Vogtle or any new plant, and for profit set as a percentage of those expenses. The higher the allowed costs, the greater the profit. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
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Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold Melton, who earlier this year announced his retirement from the court, is joining law firm Troutman Pepper. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
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Alicia Hornsby talks with her daughter after lunch at their Canton home. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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