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Parents who couldn’t get into the Cherokee County School Board meeting because the building reached capacity chant “No CRT!” during the meeting on May 20, 2021. Now Georgia lawmakers propose financial penalties for schools that teach about race in ways deemed inappropriate. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Critics say Georgia race bill threatens financial blow to schools

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Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, in advance of the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)

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Man charged with threatening to kill Georgia election officials

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This artist's sketch provided by Spaceport Camden shows the launchpad complex of the proposed Spaceport Camden in Camden County. Superior Court Judge Stephen Scarlett, on Thursday, has denied a request to stop Camden County from buying land for a planned spaceport near the Georgia coast, dealing the latest blow to opponents of the project. (Spaceport Camden via AP, File)

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Judge denies coastal residents’ attempt to block purchase of spaceport site

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Georgia's tax collections are up 18.1% over the first six months of the current fiscal year. (lamprey / E+ / Getty Images)

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Capitol Recap: Georgia tax collections show post-virus economy is still surging

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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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What you need to know about Georgia’s General Assembly

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

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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

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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U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams was arrested in 2018 during a protest in the Georgia Capitol while she was serving in the state Senate. The Georgia Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in a case challenging the constitutionality of the law she was charged with violating. The charges against Williams and others arrested in the protest were dismissed in 2019. (Photo: Steve Schaefer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Lawsuit challenging protesters’ arrest argued in Georgia Supreme Court

Kemp’s tough-on-crime plan veers sharply from Deal’s approach

Kemp says federal suit aims to put him at a political disadvantage

Despite raises, turnover remains high at Georgia prisons, juvenile centers

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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Georgia buys new voter registration system after long lines in 2020

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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)

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Kemp campaign says fund illegally helping rival Perdue’s campaign

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

Country music star Jason Aldean will be performing at a fundraising event Feb. 19 in Athens for state Sen. Burt Jones's campaign for lieutenant governor.

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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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Kemp’s tough-on-crime plan veers sharply from Deal’s approach

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)

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Kemp says federal suit aims to put him at a political disadvantage

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 buys new voter registration system after long lines in 2020

Health care

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

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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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)

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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

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Georgia tries to become leader in an industry that’s no sure thing

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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