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($) ‘Preventable’: Mother of Amber Thurman speaks during live streamed rally with Kamala Harris (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:

On TV screen from left, Shanette Williams, CJ Williams and Andrika Thurman, talk about the death of their daughter and sister, respectively, who died from complications after an abortion in the weeks after Georgia's abortion law took effect. Supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris gather in Atlanta to watch a discussion between the Democratic candidate and Oprah Winfrey. Maya T. Prabhu/[email protected]

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($) Burt Jones’ texts show internal GOP rifts over Trump during 2020 election battle (www.ajc.com)

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Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones speaks during a rally at the Georgia State Universitys convocation center on Saturday, August 3, 2024 in Atlanta. (Hyosub Shin / AJC)

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($) Shooting victim’s family questions investigation of off-duty Atlanta officer (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Crime News:

Valerie Anderson speaks before the Atlanta City Council this week. According to the GBI, her son was killed by an off-duty Atlanta police officer during a bar fight in August.

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($) Man fires at co-worker during dispute near Emory campus, officials say (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Crime News:

Emory University police are seen outside Emory Point off Clifton Road on Thursday morning after an emergency alert was issued about a shooting near campus.

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($) Georgia and other swing states pledge fair elections (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and Bartow County Election Supervisor Joseph Kirk speak at a gathering of swing-state election officials in Ann Arbor, MI, on Thursday.

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($) Canton woman who left puppies to die on side of road headed to prison (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Crime News:

In addition to two years in prison and eight years on probation, the woman is forbidden from owning or having contact with animals during her probation and will be fined, officials said.

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($) Stevie Wonder’s pre-election tour of swing states to include Georgia (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:

Stevie Wonder performs on the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Wednesday, August 21, 2024. (Arvin Temkar / AJC)

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($) Georgia’s State Election Board risks destabilizing the election (www.ajc.com)

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The State Election Board at an August meeting. (Arvin Temkar/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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($) Georgia Election Board weighs last-minute changes, including hand count of ballots (www.ajc.com)

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The State Election Board meets at the Capitol in Atlanta on July 9, 2024. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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($) After Georgia school shooting, the band plays on to a standing ovation (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Crime News:

Baritone horns from the marching bands at Apalachee High School and the University of Georgia gathered after a recent performance.

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($) Pharmacy in Augusta dispenses medical marijuana defying warning from DEA (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:

Botanical Sciences, Georgias first physician-owned medical cannabis provider, is planning to open five dispensaries across Georgia. The first location for Botanical Sciences will be in Pooler and is slated for July. (Courtesy of Botanical Sciences)

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($) Suspected serial rapist arrested on dozens of charges in Clayton (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Crime News:

Clayton County police arrested 27-year-old Edward Samuel Huffman.

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($) Republican criticism of Georgia Election Board grows over new rules (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:

State Election Board members Janelle King (left) and Rick Jeffares (right) have pushed for controversial new election rules. In the center is executive director Mike Coan.

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($) Georgia students planning walkouts to demand tougher gun safety measures (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:

Students at Washington High School in Atlanta planned a silent protest by taking a knee and bowing in the hallways to honor 17 victims in the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas shooting in Parkland, Florida in 2018. Walkouts are being planned by students in schools on Thursday and Friday to push for tougher gun safety measures in the wake of the Apalachee High School shooting. LATISHA GRAY / X

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($) Jamie Dupree: You get a tax cut! You get a tax cut! And you get a tax cut! (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:

Former President Donald Trump has been floating many tax cuts during this years presidential campaign

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($) AJC poll: Support dips for minor presidential candidates (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:

Presidential candidates Cornel West (left) and Claudia De la Cruz were both recently disqualified from Georgias presidential ballot. They are battling to remain on the ballot.

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($) Long-shot candidates are still a strategic ‘part of the puzzle’ in bigger races (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:

Republican candidate for state House, Barry Zisholtz, and his wife give out coupons for free snow cones to students at Indian Creek Elementary School in Clarkston, Georgia on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024 (Olivia Bowdoin for the AJC).

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($) Georgia voters are increasingly confident the election will be fair and accurate (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:

A new Atlanta Journal-Constitution survey offers insights into how Georgia voters plan to cast their ballots in November. (John Spink / AJC file photo)

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($) AJC poll: What Georgia voters say about the presidential election, candidates and issues (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:

The poll of 1,000 likely voters was conducted for the AJC by the University of Georgia’s School of Public and Internatio...

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($) Georgia’s abortion law was not responsible for young mom’s death (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:

Anti-abortion activists pose for a photo at a Feb. 9. 2023, anti-abortion rally at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta.

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($) Man gets life for shooting father to death, burning down Fayette home (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Crime News:

A Fayetteville man was sentenced to life in prison last week after he shot and killed his father and burned down their shared home in January 2023, prosecutors said.

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($) AJC Poll: Political scientists say Georgia is still a toss-up for Harris and Trump (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:

Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, right, shakes hands with former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Sept. 10, 2024. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

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($) Kamala Harris plans to promote abortion rights in Georgia after reports of 2 deaths linked to state abortion limits (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a rally at the Georgia State Universitys convocation center in Atlanta on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. It is her first campaign event in Georgia since she became the presumptive Democratic nominee. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin / ajc.com)

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($) Georgia pastor’s fight to continue horse trough baptisms heads to trial (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution News:

Rockmart evangelist Stephen Jarrard uses a horse trough to baptize jail inmates seeking salvation. He notched a win Monday in his legal fight for inclusion in the Polk County Jail ministry program.

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($) Presidential candidates West and De la Cruz go before Georgia Supreme Court next week (www.ajc.com)

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From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:

The Supreme Court of Georgia scheduled oral arguments for presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz's ballot access for next week. (Kate Brumback/AP)