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ajc.com —  2+ hour, 52+ min ago

...The Georgia Board of Education voted unanimously to reinstate a Cobb County student who had been expelled. The move last week reverses a decision made by the the district's school board in October.... ..."The state board of education's decision affirms important statewide precedent that protects students" right to a fundamentally fair process before they are deprived of their education," Mike Tafelski, a senior supervising attorney for the Southern Poverty Law Center, said in the release....

ajc.com —  14+ hour, 12+ min ago

...The Georgia Department of Education is hiring an adviser to work with the DeKalb County School District on solving "systemic operations issues," a state spokeswoman said Thursday.... ...The state is hiring Tanzy Kilcrease, the outgoing chief of staff in the Bibb County School District, said spokeswomen Meghan Frick in an email. She will work with DeKalb on issues identified in the corrective action plan....

ajc.com —  4+ hour, 24+ min ago

...Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger disqualified Jeff Lewis, a former state representative, on the recommendation of an administrative court judge.... ...In a filing, Lewis claimed the law is unconstitutional because it puts more qualifications on candidate eligibility than is outlined in the state constitution, and Fulton County Superior Judge Ural Glanville put on hold the disqualification while the legal challenge makes its way through...

ajc.com —  6+ hour, 13+ min ago

...House Committee investigation the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol say they have evidence that Georgia Rep. Barry Loudermilk led visitors on a tour of the building they day before, and they want him to talk about it.... ...The letter is signed by Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Democrat, and Rep. Liz Cheney, a Republican, the committee's chair and vice chair. Loudermilk's spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. This article will be updated....

ajc.com —  7+ hour, 51+ min ago

...Welcome to May and to the start of the Peach State's famed peach-pickin" season. It's when I start getting the urge to sink my teeth into a juicy, mouth-watering Georgia peach.... ...Things are just as peachy at Georgia's two other biggest peach farms and packinghouses -- Pearson Farm, also in Crawford County, and Lane Southern Orchards in Peach County....

ajc.com —  1+ day ago

...The circulating omicron variant has become better at evading the vaccine, which was designed on the first version of coronavirus to appear in China. And the people most likely to get boosted are those who were most vulnerable to begin with:... ...According to Georgia Department of Public Health data, unvaccinated groups were being hospitalized due to COVID at twice the rate of other populations at the beginning of March....

ajc.com —  14+ hour, 43+ min ago

...Brian Kemp and state leaders of both parties have hailed the project and its 7,500 promised jobs as transformational for Georgia.... ...On Friday, Kemp and leaders of Hyundai Motor Group are expected to announce another huge EV plant in conservative Bryan County near Savannah....

ajc.com —  15+ hour, 28+ min ago

...This time, Republicans are receiving the most votes after Georgia was nearly evenly split in the presidential general election race in 2020. About 57% of voters so far have cast Republican ballots.... ...Georgia played a crucial role in Democratic victories in 2020, supporting Joe Biden for president and giving Democrats control of the U.S. Senate with the election of Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock....

ajc.com —  14+ hour, 24+ min ago

...The highlight of the inaugural fundraising gala for the John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation was rapper Common's performance of "Glory," the theme he co-wrote for the movie "Selma."... ...The program featured both of Georgia's U.S. senators, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, who were each influenced by Lewis prior to their runs for office. Warnock was Lewis" pastor at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, and Ossoff once served as a congressional aide to Lewis....

ajc.com —  1+ day ago

...It's a policy change with significant implications for Georgia, home to the sprawling Stewart Detention Center.... ...ICE's decision to ease its visitation restrictions is welcome news for Amilcar Valencia. Valencia leads El Refugio, a nonprofit founded in 2010 to support the family members of Stewart detainees....