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POLLS ARE OPEN: The Georgia primary on Tuesday will decide Democratic and Republican candidates who will face off in November, setting every race this year besides president.
Voters can find their sample ballots at Georgia Decides, a voter guide by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Atlanta Civic Circle.
Use this essential Georgia voter guide to learn about the races and candidates on your ballot.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has teamed up with Atlanta Civic Circle to launch Georgia Decides, a free voter guide aimed at helping metro Atlanta learn more about the candidates hoping to represent them.
Use this guide to learn about your ballot! https://bit.ly/3UjYw4P
Atlanta Civic Circle, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and partner newsrooms need your help to cover the 2024 election. Your responses to this survey will help shape the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s candidate questionnaire and inform local newsrooms across Georgia to help cover local issues. https://bit.ly/3Tiz8ft
After a Cobb County Teacher was fired for reading a banned book about gender identity, student organizers are speaking out against the school board. Learn more from our partners at
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Cobb County student organizers are working to recruit their peers to speak out against recent school board book bans.
After surging in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, illegal street racing persists in metro Atlanta. Find out how ‘drag racing 2.0’ may cross the finish line at the Georgia Capitol🚦🚗⬇️
After surging in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, illegal street racing persists in metro Atlanta. The Georgia General Assembly is pushing for new bipartisan bill to put an end to illegal street racing.
NEW: Kid run lemonade stand finds out halfway through the summer that their business may be illegal in Georgia. Find out how the 'Georgia Lemonade Act' exempts children under the age of 18 from acquiring a license or permit to sell lemonade. 🍋⬇️
The 'Georgia Lemonade Act' would exempt children under the age of 18 from acquiring a license or permit to sell lemonade or other products.
NEW: This Athens homeless campsite offers residents access to temporary stay and the opportunity to find permanent housing. Check out the full story on our Fresh Take Georgia website. ⬇️
An Athens homeless camp offers residents an opportunity to find permanent housing as state law makers propose government-sanctioned camps statewide.
A new bill is moving forward in the state Senate that could compel Georgia cities to enforce bans on public camping/sleeping by homeless people. It’s the second year in a row that Sen. Carden Summers, a Cordele Republican, has offered a bill aimed at the problem. Click here for more info ⬇️
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Georgia bill enforcing bans on public camping by homeless people moves forward in state senate.
From our partners at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A new poll found that most Georgia voters want to ditch runoffs. It also found support for legalizing sports betting, a preference for state spending on public services rather than tax cuts, and fewer restrictions on abortion.
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The AJC surveyed Georgians on their priorities as legislators discuss new laws on sports betting and run-off elections at the state Capitol this year.
From Georgia Public Broadcasting: President Joe Biden delivered the Sunday sermon at the spiritual home of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on what would have been the slain civil rights leader’s 94th birthday and implored a crowd of churchgoers to continue to pursue his vision.
In honor of the 2023 Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, President Joe Biden and Sen. Raphael Warnock on Sunday delivered messages of unity from MLK's historic pulpit at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.
The operation seized 325 grams of fentanyl — an amount that has the potential to kill more than 160,000 people, — FBI Atlanta Assistant Special Agent in Charge Jermaine Deans said. Additionally, 43 fi****ms were seized. Read more from our partners at Georgia Public Broadcasting ⬇️
In what the Justice Department is calling the largest indictment in the history of the Southern District of Georgia, Federal prosecutors in Southeast Georgia have charged 76 people with operating a drug distribution network of opioids and other controlled substances in Glynn County.
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Georgia’s annual national rodeo brings hundreds of cowboys and cowgirls to Perry, Ga, including a Louisiana cowboy. “It’s the best job in the world to us because it’s eight seconds of fun, and we get to travel the country with our buddies,” the cowboy said. https://bit.ly/365ZoVw
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