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Podcast: The issues that could dominate Georgia’s 2021 legislative session

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January 12, 2021 Atlanta - Georgia House representatives stand up and pray for Rep. Patty Bentley (not pictured, D-Butler) and her husband inside the House Chambers during the second day of the 2021 legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol building on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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January 12, 2021 Atlanta - Georgia House representatives stand up and pray for Rep. Patty Bentley (not pictured, D-Butler) and her husband inside the House Chambers during the second day of the 2021 legislative session at the Georgia State Capitol building on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
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Georgia lawmakers were in session for four days last week and will return January 26. In this episode of Politically Georgia, host Greg Bluestein and AJC statehouse reporter Maya T. Prabhu discuss the first few days of the session and the topics that could become the biggest stories of the session as well as the first week of the session.

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