Atlanta Journal-Constitution Briefing

Georgia education board passes resolution to limit classroom discussions of race; Clayton County will pay two sheriff salaries during Victor Hill suspension; Georgia jobless claims hold steady, while U.S. average drops; Several Decatur festival staples join forces, making the move to fall

Governor Kemp suspends Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill after indictment; Latest road-rage shooting leaves 2 dead on I-285 in College Park; Aquarium to open in former Sears building at Stonecrest Mall; Georgia 17-year-olds can’t skip driving instruction after July 1

MLB sued for moving All-Star game out of Atlanta; At least 20 killed over holiday weekend on Georgia’s roads and waterways; Georgia absentee ID law has outsized impact on Black and metro voters; Alarm triggers concerns about ballot security at Fulton warehouse

Braves’ Ozuna threatened to kill his wife, affidavit states; Morehouse basketball coach Grady Brewer dies; Environmental groups ramping up opposition to Okefenokee mining project

Kemp to restrict Georgia’s public schools from requiring masks; Ballot inspection seeks elusive proof of fraud in Georgia election; Some metro cities surprised to see American Rescue Plan funds slashed; Atlanta councilman wouldn’t press charges against ‘little kids’ who stole his car

Savannah greets largest ship to dock on East Coast; Stonecrest mayor moved $235K from city account, returned it the next day; Georgia vegetable farmers facing higher costs because of pandemic

Georgia governor bans state government from requiring ‘vaccine passports’; Greene’s Holocaust comparisons draw rebuke from GOP leaders; Gas shortages linger in metro Atlanta as recovery stalls

Gwinnett ends hazard pay, mask mandate in county buildings; Kia plant to shut for 2 days; Early voting underway for special elections

Buckhead restaurant apologizes after turning away Dominique Wilkins; 3 found shot to death at South Fulton condo community; Atlanta rally shows support for Israel

State finally gets COVID-19 relief money, not yet sure what to do with it; ICE cuts ties to SW Georgia immigrant detention facility; Georgia DOT head gets $100,000 raise; Georgia governor blasts critical race theory as a ‘dangerous ideology’; CDC director: One-on-one effort needed for vaccine campaign

Georgia lawmakers under investigation for handing out snacks to voters; Georgia Republicans oppose measure condemning Atlanta spa shootings; Kemp appoints review panel of Clayton Sheriff Hill indictment

Finding gas in Atlanta game of cat and mouse; GBI investigating Gwinnett County Sheriff Keybo Taylor for extortion; Audit finds widespread purchase card misuse with no oversight in Stonecrest

In Kendrick Johnson case, a false confession leads to familiar targets; AT&T’s WarnerMedia-Discovery tie-up could affect Atlanta ops; No gas available at nearly half of metro Atlanta’s stations

A surge of newcomers pack Georgia GOP meetings across state; Olu Brown announces retirement as pastor of Impact Church; Violence-rattled Atlanta sees another spate of shootings

Headaches continue for fuel-reliant Georgians after pipeline shutdown; Georgia public colleges encourage but won’t require COVID vaccines this fall; Should Georgia offer incentives to get vaccinated?

Georgia governor aims to stem panic hoarding at the gas pumps; A year after feared fiscal crisis, Georgia tax collections up $2.5 billion; Defense pushes to admit testimony about Arbery’s past

Suspects in Arbery killing plead not guilty to hate crime charges; Gas shortages start surfacing around metro Atlanta; Georgia Board of Regents to restart chancellor search process

Georgia overhauls citizen’s arrest law; Atlanta wakes sleeping giant with decision to start high school earlier; Kemp open to nixing jobless aid amid labor shortfalls in Georgia

Mother’s Day brings crowds to metro restaurants amid COVID rules rollback; 6 injured after boat explodes on Lake Lanier; Judge to decide if Ahmaud Arbery’s imperfect past is relevant

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms won’t run for reelection; Labor commissioner: Look for work or risk losing unemployment benefits; Search firm quits in hunt for new Georgia higher ed chancellor

Fired Atlanta police officer who shot Rayshard Brooks reinstated; Sale of film studio raises questions in DeKalb; City Council says Atlanta police should strengthen its officer ‘duty to intervene’ policy

After nearly a year, Atlanta has a permanent police chief; Bottoms makes public safety pitch with new working group; ‘Unprecedented’ indictment targets leadership of local Bloods gang

More severe storms expected to hit metro Atlanta Today; A new Georgia law aims to curb illegal street racing; Piedmont Healthcare to buy four hospitals from HCA

15-year-old killed, 2 teens injured in shooting at Atlanta shopping plaza; MARTA employees to get $3,500 pandemic bonus; 2 killed after explosion destroys North Georgia home

Morehouse team pulled out of debate competition; Driver of addiction recovery van charged in deadly crash on I-85; FDA moves to ban menthol smokes

Suspects in Ahmaud Arbery shooting death indicted on federal hate crimes charges; Braves, Atlanta United say they’ll return to 100% attendance in May; Biden’s trip to Georgia to thank state that gave ‘voice to his presidency’

Cyber attack disrupts cancer care; Lawsuit alleges that Georgia voting law discriminates against Black voters; Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill facing civil rights abuse charges

Financial concerns help drive proposals for changes to Confederate imagery; Doug Collins is not running for Senate or Georgia governor in 2022; U.S. Capitol riot prompts more lawmaker spending on personal security

6 killed in I-85 crash involving passenger van in Gwinnett; What would ‘Buckhead City’ look like?; 5 wanted on murder charges after woman found dead in North Georgia home

Ex-APD officer who shot Rayshard Brooks seeks reinstatement; China airport passes Hartsfield-Jackson as world’s busiest in passengers; Atlanta adds jobs, on pace to be back to break-even in 2022

Kemp taps first Black chairman of Stone Mountain Memorial Association; As Chauvin trial concludes, Rayshard Brooks’ case drags on; Poll shows deep divisions over Georgia voting law

Atlanta cheers guilty verdicts for Chauvin in George Floyd’s death; Faith leaders call for Home Depot boycott over Georgia election law; US Senate hearing on voting rights keeps focus on Georgia

Fulton integrity unit exonerates first wrongly convicted defendant; Georgia Aquarium’s otters test positive for virus that causes COVID-19; APD says it’s prepared for possible fallout from Chauvin verdict

Pandemic relief meant for Stonecrest businesses lost in city hall turmoil; Cobb parents rally district to rebuild Sprayberry High School; Man dead, K-9 injured after police chase

A more contagious coronavirus variant takes hold in Georgia; Researcher: It’s still easy to vote in Georgia, but law ‘a step backward’; A burst of jobs added to Georgia’s economy in March

Harris touts $2.3T infrastructure plan to reshape Ga. economy; Another damaged sign on an Atlanta highway delays I-85 drivers; Expensive medical supplies expire at Atlanta VA due to poor management

What the pause of J&J vaccine means for Georgia; Georgia Board of Regents freezes tuition and fees for 2021-2022 school year; GHSA fines Valdosta $7,500, bans team from playoffs

Republican Kelvin King to challenge Warnock in 2022 Senate contest; Will Smith movie ‘Emancipation’ pulls out of Georgia over new voting law; Stone Mountain Park denies permit for Confederate Memorial Day service

How bitter Korean rivals settled a rift that threatened Georgia battery plant; More than 80 arrested in South Fulton street racing bust; MARTA’s Atlanta Beltline study worries transit supporters

Many of Georgia’s homebound still waiting for vaccine; Georgia job losses are still high, but job openings are climbing; Duncan not expected to run for reelection as Georgia’s No. 2

Battle over election law boycotts heats up as Masters approaches; Fulton DA won’t prosecute lawmaker arrested during election law signing; Feds investigate latest leak at Gainesville poultry plant where 6 died

Atlanta mayor issues executive order against Georgia’s new voting law; More metro Atlanta fallout from MLB’s All-Star Game relocation; Georgia’s vaccine dashboard is back online

Cobb will not spend $2 million recently approved for extra MLB All-Star expenses; Office workers set to return to a greener Midtown; Groups drop lawsuit over Georgia voter purges

Kia plant to cancel 2 days of production this week; Local Asian Americans hold service for spa shooting victim; Remembering toll, legacy of Chattahoochee Brick Co.

Georgia secures major victory in Supreme Court water wars case; Ga.’s voting law fuels more talk of pulling MLB All-Star game from Cobb County; Atlanta adds jobs in February, cutting unemployment

Coke, Delta oppose Georgia’s ‘unacceptable’ voting law; Kemp eases Georgia’s virus restrictions as officials worry about ‘fourth surge’; Former GM plant set to transform into massive film production site

Georgia voting restrictions challenged again in third federal lawsuit; Georgia gets COVID-19 waiver on school performance ratings; Metro Atlanta home prices accelerated as pandemic rolled on

Trooper who arrested Ga. lawmaker says he was wary of a Jan. 6-type of attack; Georgia governor to self-quarantine after exposure to coronavirus; Georgia spends $22 million to settle with reinstated troopers

Churches take active role in COVID-19 vaccination efforts; Vigil remembers Cobb teachers lost to COVID-19; Congressional visit to spa shooting sites decries anti-Asian hate

More details emerge about man accused of taking 6 guns into Atlanta Publix; Sweeping changes to Georgia elections signed into law; Georgia’s online vaccine data portal to be offline until next week