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DeKalb cops honored for distinguished service in community policing; Georgia Senate gives final passage to gas tax suspension; Tick-borne virus transmitted in Georgia; Metro Atlanta job market stronger than usual in January

Investigation blames human error for issues in Fulton election audit; Former UGA football player charged with murder in shooting; Metro Atlanta gas prices have stopped their meteoric rise...for now; Another Georgian nabbed in January 6th investigation

Arrests made in 72% of this year’s killings in Atlanta; New study finds pollen in Atlanta could get much worse; Police to pay ‘Cartersville 70′ members $900K to settle federal lawsuit; Legislative pay and pension measures, medical marijuana bills win passage on Crossover Day

Georgia couple arrested in January 6th Capitol riot; Braves’ Marcell Ozuna apologizes to teammates, fans for domestic violence incident; Jeremy Williams, Greenville football coach with ALS, dies at age 50; Georgia Capitol braces for voting marathon on Crossover Day

Georgia tabs Florida’s Mike White as new basketball coach; Sam Massell, former Atlanta mayor, dies at 94; Arrest made in case of man found shot dead in Inman Park near Beltline; Buford students tackle cybersecurity

Georgia House panel backs state gas tax suspension; Atlanta’s inflation tops 10%, higher than national average; Lawmakers vote for Georgia to join growing condemnation of Russia; U.S. House passes $1.5 trillion spending package, millions in Georgia earmarks

Georgia leaders rally behind new drive to suspend gas taxes; House, Senate reach deal on midyear budget with pay raises, bonuses, tax refund; Georgia Senate rejects bill that would let drivers touch their phones at stoplights; SPLC report claims extremists now in political mainstream

Metro Atlanta gas prices hit all-time high as U.S. bans Russia oil; Coca-Cola suspends business in Russia, joining corporate exodus; In second bid for governor, Stacey Abrams echoes her 2018 message; ‘A defining issue’: Georgia House approves measure overhauling mental health care

Accreditation agency reverses most criticism of Cobb County Schools; Georgia Senate drops effort to control race discussions in colleges; Former Reed operative accused in Atlanta City Hall scandal heads to trial; Veteran CBS46 anchor Karyn Greer joining WSB-TV as evening anchor

Candidates set to qualify for Georgia’s primary and general elections; Teen killed, at least 9 others shot in Atlanta weekend gun violence; Cobb school board calls meeting to discuss Cognia, accreditation; Bomb squad recovers unexploded Civil War shell at Kennesaw Mountain

Senate panel passes bills setting up horse racing in Georgia; MARTA takes step to find new CEO; Georgia Senate backs midyear budget with raises, bonuses for teachers, workers; ‘Happy this is happening’: Last metro Atlanta city ends mask mandate; Atlanta school board weighs options to ease overcrowded campuses

Soldiers flying out of Savannah for Europe in response to war in Ukraine; Watching warily: Georgia companies with ties to Russia and Ukraine; Georgia House measure would ask voters to raise lawmakers’ pay; Arrests made in shooting that injured Georgia signee E.J. Lightsey; Braves fans disappointed by canceled games, wonder how many more

Georgia regents name Sonny Perdue chancellor of University System; Federal judge upholds Georgia redistricting for 2022 elections; Former Brookhaven sex toy shop owner avoids jail sentence, $420K fine; Georgia Senate votes to let parents opt kids out of school mask mandates

Senate passes bill eliminating need for Georgians to get a license to carry handguns; Kemp’s office says Georgia will ‘fully divest’ from Russian funds; What will Sonny Perdue do if he becomes Georgia system’s chancellor?; UGA police investigating alleged fraud within athletics fundraising; Black students in Gwinnett schools face highest rates of discipline

Representative Greene’s speech at white nationalist event draws new calls for reprimand; Metro schools ease mask mandates after CDC’s latest guidelines; Blackhall Studios founder, investors buy 1,500 acres in Newton County; Unlike Texas, new voter ID rules in Georgia didn’t cause surge in rejections

Stonecrest purges disgraced mayor’s political appointees; Georgia Senate passes bill limiting school sports to gender identified at birth; Atlanta mayor wants to build 1,000 affordable homes with faith leaders; Georgia’s Savannah port plans major expansion amid record shipments

Ahmaud Arbery’s mom announces scholarships to be awarded on his birthday; Feds allege accused in Atlanta bribery probe contacted witness; Bus drivers asked to substitute teach in metro Atlanta school system; Blue police lights atop Georgia state trooper cars might disappear

3 men convicted of hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing; Georgia state government steps in to move Rivian EV plant forward; Kemp announces $422 million in federally funded water and sewer grants; Used-car seller Carvana plans to add up to 3,500 new jobs in Georgia

Ahmaud Arbery’s mother to speak in Atlanta on 2nd anniversary of his death; Buford schools end bus mask mandate; federal order remains in place; New Georgia law revives Israel oath for large state contracts; GOP hopeful for Georgia election chief campaigns on 2020 denial

Georgia parents, teachers on edge by push to limit discussions on race; A search for new ways to remember 1912 racial cleansing in Forsyth County; Closing arguments Monday in hate crimes trial in Ahmaud Arbery’s murder; How Atlanta ducked a Buckhead divorce

Hate crimes trial: jurors see graphic images of Ahmaud Arbery’s wounds; Home prices up 23.5% from a year ago, with investors fueling the surg; Georgia Senate approves bill banning state from working with China; England, longtime Georgia House budget leader, won’t seek reelection

Ahmaud Arbery case: Racist posts introduced at hate crimes trial; Buckhead cityhood supporters vow to continue fight, but future is uncertain; Local hospitals begin enforcing medical worker vaccine mandates; Georgia acts to protect chicken industry after bird flu outbreaks

Rivian’s planned Georgia EV plant sparks local environmental scrutiny; Georgia regents name Sonny Perdue finalist to lead University System; Police ID man accused of setting fire at Atlanta Federal Reserve building; Republicans block Senate vote on Biden nominees to the Fed, including Ga. native

Judge wrestles with voting rights and ‘chaos’ in Georgia redistricting; Georgia’s proposed Rivian plant becomes GOP lightning rod; Georgia official calls for security at more than 2,000 polling places this year; Kemp urges Georgia lawmakers to address mask mandates in schools

Opening statements in the Ahmaud Arbery case start Monday; Teachers rally against bills that limit classroom discussions on race; State GOP leaders scuttle Buckhead secession push in 2022

Ahmaud Arbery case: 57 potential jurors qualified through 4 days; Powerful GOP leader delivers blow to Buckhead cityhood; Georgia lawmaker targets work focused on anti-racism, social justice; New study shows how COVID-19 can cause stillbirths

Kemp to urge legislation to leave school mask decisions to parents; Patient injuries and infections lead to penalties for 21 Ga. hospitals; Judge might delay Georgia primary if he throws out new districts; Georgia’s Lisa Cook: Fed nominee in harsh spotlight, cusp of history

What you need to know about antiviral COVID pills still in short supply; Supreme Court redistricting ruling could stop challenges to Georgia maps; Atlanta school board doubles down on opposition to Buckhead City plan; Atlanta revives grant program to aid small businesses hit by COVID-19

Judge asked to overturn Georgia redistricting based on race; Vernon Jones abandons bid for governor to run for US House seat; Former Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joining CNN as political commentator; Georgian Nolan Harold Kidd pleads to Jan. 6 charge

Racial gap for COVID vaccinations narrowing in Georgia; Life-size doll found when ‘body’ reported on hiking trail; Bill backed by Georgia Republicans seeks internet filters for schools; Warnock touts first year in office at his first town hall meeting

Sharp growth in Georgia voters alters landscape for 2022 elections; Amid pandemic, critics knock state funding for public health; Deal could give boost to affordable housing in Atlanta; Bill would let Georgia drivers hold their phones at stoplights

FBI investigating bomb threats to HBCUs as hate crimes; Georgia voucher legislation would pay $6,000 toward K-12 tuition; Federal money will help repair Georgia bridges; Atlanta’s Hammonds House Museum in turmoil

Georgia COVID deaths rising as U.S. deaths from omicron surpass delta; Business leaders to lawmakers: Oppose ‘Buckhead City’ or leave us out of it; Lawrenceville police chief resigns after sexual harassment investigation; Emory gets $100 million gift for its school of public health

Judge rejects plea agreement in hate crimes case over Arbery murder; Fulton DA seeks FBI’s aid as Trump probe advance; Fulton DA seeks FBI’s aid as Trump probe advances; Georgia Power plans to phase out all coal plants by 2035; Fundraising law that aids Kemp’s reelection gets temporary reprieve; Effort to unionize Starbucks takes root in Atlanta

Fannin County deputy killed in car crash; Stetson Bennett returns home for championship celebration; Kemp’s latest shuffling of regents could clear way for Sonny Perdue to become chief; Inside a Georgia hospital’s ICU, medical staff wages war against omicron

Judge is asked to release report on alleged Georgia voting vulnerability; Atlanta police make 2nd arrest in death of 6-month-old; Lt. governor pushing for fix to Georgia’s criminal database gaps; Atlanta’s foreign-born Black population soars, new study shows

‘A game-changer’: Atlanta police hope new camera network will help solve, reduce crime; Man killed in 3rd shooting this week at Atlanta nightclubs; Secret report finds flaw in Georgia voting system, but state in the dark; Senate GOP joins fight to limit how race is discussed in Georgia schools

Atlanta police arrest suspect accused of killing 6-month-old boy; Georgia lawmakers try to identify critical race theory in schools; COVID cases in metro Atlanta schools remain high, even as omicron slows; Georgia Ports broke cargo records in 2021

Fulton judges greenlight special grand jury for Trump probe; Georgia’s giant probation population undercuts focus on most dangerous; In reelection year, Georgia governors take on role of ol’ Saint Nick; Old tech and omicron hampered Georgia’s COVID-19 website; Oxendine ethics case over? Not so fast, says Georgia ethics commission

Fulton deputy shoots, kills man who broke into his home; Georgia sues Biden administration over health waiver; Man charged with threatening to kill Georgia election officials; Judge denies coastal residents’ attempt to block purchase of spaceport site

Georgia’s year of strong job growth ends with big December gain; Georgia hospitals plead for public to help lower COVID-19 spread; Fulton DA requests special grand jury for Trump probe; Georgia’s year of strong job growth ends with big December gain; Perdue calls for new election police unit in Georgia

Atlanta Mayor Dickens names the rest of his transition team; Georgia buys new voter registration system after long lines in 2020; Despite raises, turnover remains high at Georgia prisons, juvenile centers; Norwood-backed Buckhead safety task force approved by Council

Lawyer argues Justin Ross Harris wrongly convicted in hot-car case; 3 of 4 suspects arrested in 15-year-old’s shooting death at Douglasville party; Georgia tax collections up 18% for first half of fiscal 2022

One killed in southwest Atlanta house fire; Oxygen introduces latest true crime series ‘The Real Murders of Atlanta’; Propane truck ignites, causes 60 tanks to explode in Cobb County; Voting rights take center stage at annual MLK memorial service

Winter storm hits metro Atlanta, North Georgia; MARTA CEO Jeffrey Parker has died; 100,000-plus turn out to celebrate Georgia’s national championship; Georgia employers are back on their own after court’s vaccine ruling

Amendment to ban noncitizen voting clears Georgia Senate committee; Mercedes-Benz Stadium to host mega-site, can test 2K for COVID-19 a day; Kemp delivers agenda-setting State of the State address; Duncan deals a blow to Buckhead cityhood push; Georgian among 11 charged with sedition in new Jan. 6 indictment

Georgia hospitals warn of ripple effects from COVID surge; Georgia universities report spike in COVID-19 cases; Metro Atlanta inflation hits 40-year high as price hikes continue; Atlanta could break its no-snow streak this weekend

Biden seeks changes to Senate rules to protect voting rights; Metro Atlanta employers bet on return to office space; Complimentary tickets now available for Georgia championship celebration; Man beaten by Gwinnett officers reaches $400,000 settlement

EPA: Metal plant’s hazardous waste releases pose ‘imminent’ danger; Atlanta landmarks to serve as backdrop as Biden, Harris discuss voting legislation; Atlanta Mayor Dickens unveils his administration’s Cabinet; Georgia governor’s proposals aim to crack down on gang crime; Georgia COVID-19 dashboard updated after five-day absence

Alabama stands in Georgia’s path to glory; Most metro Atlanta school districts to resume in-person classes; Father, son sentenced to life without parole in Arbery murder; Georgia quietly becomes a top gun-making state