Atlanta Journal-Constitution Briefing

Georgia Governor suspends state gas tax; Two Georgia counties saw some of the biggest housing growth in the U.S.; Solar giant Qcells to build new $171 million plant in Georgia; Delta cutting flights due to staffing, COVID, weather disruptions

Memorial Day travelers will see near-record gas prices; Rivian incentive deal approved by Morgan County board; Several Georgia races head to quick runoffs under voting law; Mayor Dickens lauds plans for affordable housing in southwest Atlanta

Kemp’s GOP victory sets up another battle with Abrams; Summer COVID-19 outbreak begins to take hold in Ga. but case numbers misleading; 3 indicted in triple killing at Cobb golf course; As primary neared, Kemp took in big money and Perdue’s fundraising lagged

Georgia reverses policy that required destruction of unused baby formula; Charges dropped against Atlanta officers who tased college students; Atlanta rappers Young Thug, Gunna will remain in jail for now; Ryan Duke gets 10 years for concealing Tara Grinstead’s death

Hyundai electric vehicle factory to be built near Savannah; DeKalb ditches nearly 6,000 diplomas with fired superintendent’s name; Atlanta begins to disburse $19 million in trash fees settlement;

Judge reinstates candidacy of Georgia Senate contender; Georgia Dept. of Education appoints adviser to help fix DeKalb schools; Johns Creek man, ‘mastermind’ of $11M PPP fraud scheme, gets 15 years in prison; Ga. Supreme Court hears two Confederate monument statue cases

Hartsfield-Jackson expects 2 million passengers in Memorial Day period; Savannah port has record April as some ships switch from West Coast; Higher mortgage rates still not curbing steeply rising home prices; 17-year-old Taco Bell employee wanted in shooting that injured 2 teens

8 arrested at site of Atlanta’s proposed police training center; North Georgia man pleads guilty to January 6th charge; Black students in northwest Georgia file suit alleging discrimination; Rivian CEO addresses environmental concerns about future EV plant;

Parole board denies clemency for convicted child killer; 2 LaGrange baseball players among 3 killed in crash; Kemp issues $415M in federal COVID grants aimed at economy; LG candidate Jones didn’t report private campaign flights in disclosures

Pinky Cole's plan to help Clark Atlanta grads start a business; ‘Treehouse’ structure at Chastain Park burns overnight; Atlanta rapper Lil Keed dead at 24; Abortion rights backers in Atlanta, across US rally against post-Roe future

Perdue’s election fraud claims are ‘conjecture and paranoia’; Dickens adds affordable housing trust fund to proposed budget; Hyundai Motor expected to formally announce Georgia EV plant next week; Kemp signs upcoming year’s budget with teacher pay raises

Special income tax refunds could take months to go out; Eligibility of more than 13,000 voters challenged in Forsyth County; Ex-UGA football player indicted in federal court in clerk’s shooting; Georgia native Lisa Cook confirmed as first Black woman on Fed board

Fulton DA casts rapper Young Thug’s indictment as victory against crime; As the Beltline plans to pass through Buckhead, it’s become neighbor vs. neighbor; Georgia candidate running in wrong House district; Mysterious hepatitis found in ‘several’ Georgia children

Kemp signs $75 million in tax breaks for people who donate to police; Kia’s parent firm planning second Georgia plant; Former Georgia cop fired after sexual indiscretions loses congressional primary in Virginia; Atlanta renovates 271 affordable housing units in the East Lake area

Georgia Power issues bonds to invest in minority vendors, sustainability; Gwinnett parents charged after daughter’s house fire death are on the run; Marjorie Taylor Greene will remain on the ballot; ABC fires Fred Savage from ‘Wonder Years’

Druid Hills High student in custody after lockdown; Georgia Democrats will bid for early presidential primary date; Feds cite two companies in Georgia bridge death; Voter check-in computers come back online after outage in Georgia

Man charged with murder after leaving daughter in car; City of Atlanta fires two employees over alleged ties to bribery scheme; Some metro Atlanta voters getting wrong ballots; GHSA votes to ban transgender athletes from competing based on gender ID

Leaked abortion opinion could herald seismic changes in Georgia; First day of early voting sets a turnout record for Georgia primary; Paul Broun calls rape charge against consultant ‘disturbing’ but won’t cut ties; Decatur man sentenced in January 6th charge

Early voting begins with issues; Special grand jury selected for Fulton DA’s election investigation; State, local officials offer $1.5B to land Rivian project; Atlanta Mayor Dickens replaces a majority of Atlanta Housing board members

Over 80 arrested in large Gwinnett street racing incident; Spelman begins building of $86 million center for arts and innovation; Early voting opens Monday for Georgia primary election; Driver charged after 15 injured in Midtown ‘pedal pub’ crash

Marietta to revisit Juneteenth’s holiday status; COVID-19 research facility in Brookhaven aims to develop better tests; Clayton teachers, parents react to school bookbag ban

New Georgia law allows GBI to investigate elections; Clayton schools banning backpacks, lockers to address ‘spike’ in guns; Groups call on Stone Mountain to cancel Confederate event; Former DeKalb school superintendent says she was blindsided by firing

DeKalb County school board fires Superintendent; Kemp signs $1 billion tax cut bill in his GOP challenger’s home county; Antisemitic incidents in Georgia more than doubled in 2021; Book battle erupts in a Georgia school district;

New details on Georgia Republicans’ actions on and before January 6th attack; Georgia school superintendent says DeKalb mishandled Druid Hills High; Kemp receives NRA endorsement; Should Peachtree Street be car-free once a month?

Uncertainty amid Warner Bros. Discovery merger; Voter registration deadline for Georgia 2022 primary is Monday; ‘We Ready’ rapper Archie Eversole’s brother, charged in his killing; Gwinnett Place team releases two proposals for mall redevelopment

Atlanta ranked No. 3 in U.S. for highest homicide jump during COVID; 13-year-old arrested in shooting at DeKalb skating rink; Georgia state retirees get first pension raise since Great Recession; Man arrested in restaurant security guard’s ‘barbaric’ killing

Parents of 10-year-old killed in Loganville fire face child abuse investigation; Abrams wants judge to stop Kemp’s use of fundraising law before primary; Fulton bars future employees from running for commission; Delta to review flight privileges for mask violators on no-fly list

Federal judge allows effort to disqualify Marjorie Greene from ballot to proceed; Braves, Truist seek tax breaks for Cobb office tower; Mask mandate ends on and Atlanta’s airport; Subtle change may have undermined Georgia automatic voter registration

Suspect in Coweta triple homicide was gun shop customer; Kemp defends comments about minority voter registration in court; Motions hearing scheduled Tuesday for admitted spa shooter; VA proposes massive changes to health-care system in Georgia

Sibling in custody after death in suspected arson; Georgia candidates raise a crush of cash for 2022; Judge extends injunction against Gwinnett DA’s cannabis product ban; Expansion of GA ports pays dividends to economy, companies, jobs

Federal judge rejects Abrams bid to use fundraising law; Officials: ‘Historic’ film studio expansion to brings jobs to South DeKalb; Georgia officials sending team to Druid Hills High after student video

Amazon is UPS’s biggest customer; DeKalb Schools to revisit Druid Hills renovations after student video; Grantville homicides the first in 20+ years for small Coweta town; Ammo maker moves to Georgia

Kemp signs concealed carry bill; The National Urban League's annual State of Black America report; Regents vote not to raise tuition, fees for most Georgia universities; Settlement reached in suit over Fulton jail conditions

Voting rights trial opens; Hartsfield-Jackson reclaims title as world’s busiest airport; Why Georgia Republicans are putting gun measures at heart of 2022 message; Atlanta police find person of interest in fatal shooting at student housing complex

Herschel Walker’s no-show looms over Senate debate; Owner, wife, grandson shot dead in robbery at Coweta gun range; Georgia Republicans see good start for campaigning; Georgia Power’s energy vision comes into focus at hearings

U.S. Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson; Small plane crashes on Cobb Parkway; Another active hurricane season is likely on the way; Smaller Georgia colleges grapple with declining enrollment

TSA catches record number of guns at Hartsfield-Jackson in first quarter; Juneteenth is now a paid state holiday for Georgia employees; Georgia lawmakers set rules of the road for delivery robots; Perdue still lags behind Kemp despite Trump’s help

Georgia legislative session ends with last-minute flurry; Georgia Democrats target Kemp’s ‘criminal carry’ gun law; State board approves plan for private tolls on Georgia 400 express lanes; State lawmakers pass college student aid, campus speech zone bills

DOJ says state impeding investigation of prison violence; Judiciary Committee deadlocks on Jackson nomination; Senate will move forward; Atlanta Mayor Dickens announces new ‘nightlife division’ at first State of the City; Short-term vacation rentals in Atlanta now need a permit to operate

Warnock’s ex-wife takes legal action over child custody; Atheists to hold national convention in Atlanta over Easter weekend; Expanded Marietta homeless shelter to open this spring; Dickens administration revises plan to relocate Forest Cove residents

Metro Atlanta post strong job growth; Georgia Senate backs off limits on film tax credit; Permit OK’d for Confederate Memorial Day event at Stone Mountain Park; Fulton County Schools faces surge in student disciplinary issues

Georgia Legislature approves new process for banning books in schools; A year later, Kemp touts success of state’s Crime Suppression Unit; A proposed state Senate bill would ‘crush’ the film and TV industry in Georgia; Georgia farmers paying price for Ukraine invasion; Bill to improve mental health care services in Georgia wins final approval

Supply chain woes prompt yet more expansion for Georgia ports; Kemp signs bill letting parents opt kids out of school mask mandates; Fulton officials create Repeat Offender Tracking Unit; FDA authorizes more adults to get 2nd COVID-19 vaccine booster;

Mayor Bottoms credit card use restrained compared to previous mayor; Atlanta struggles to maintain transparency promise with Open Checkbook; Contract still in works for new Stone Mountain Park management partner; SK boosts hiring plans for Georgia battery plant

Atlanta police have blunt message for criminals; Trump brings his anti-Kemp campaign to Georgia; Cobb 911 operator answers 20,000 calls, shatters county record; Bickers’ trial exposed flaws in city of Atlanta contracting

Permit-less carry of handguns heads to Senate floor; Georgia adds 24,700 jobs in second strongest February ever; As COVID-19 testing dwindles, scientists look at sewage for answers; Group hopes to use Constitution’s ban on ‘insurrectionists’ to disqualify Greene

Jury finds Mitzi Bickers guilty in Atlanta corruption case; Kemp signs bill giving income tax refund from Georgia surplus; No evidence former DA hindered police after Arbery killing; Suspected Gwinnett Greyhound gunman ID’d, charged with aggravated assault

I-85 SWAT standoff with armed man in Greyhound bus ends; Jury returns Wednesday as Bickers awaits fate; Georgia bill would loosen restrictions on teen drivers; How the Georgia Senate almost voted on cannabis product without realizing it

Abrams files lawsuit to use fundraising law meant to aid Kemp; Closing arguments Tuesday in City Hall bribery trial; Matt Ryan traded to the Colts;‘Friends’ host party at late NFL player’s house

Rising inflation increases pressure on Georgia Democrats; Downtown rally calls on U.S., NATO to establish no-fly zone over Ukraine; Abrams wants to use Kemp-backed law to raise unlimited dollars, too; East Point police will post weekly crime stats in quest to be more transparent