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Maggie Lee is a freelance reporter who's been covering Georgia and metro Atlanta government and politics since 2008.
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Buckhead 2022 general election maps
Herschel Walker’s Buckhead Brian Kemp’s Buckhead Data source: Georgia Secretary of State, unofficial results with all precincts reporting, Nov. 10, 2022.
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Republicans win Georgia state offices
Republicans will continue to be in charge at the Gold Dome in Atlanta. But the race for U.S. Senate from Georgia is headed to a runoff.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Morehouse bounces Kanye’s team, Methodists build housing
Also: a public screening of a new documentary on displacing homeless Atlantans for the Olympics and more
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Georgia Dems decide nominees for top office
Now comes the drama: Will Georgians choose Democrats for top state offices for the first time in nearly a generation?
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Trump train sputters, but conservative wins continue among Georgia Republicans
The blessing of a Queens real estate developer isn’t the magic it was four years ago.
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Georgia to spend $30.2 billion next year – mostly on education and health care
Also, near a billion dollars for raises for a workforce that seems eager to leave.
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Reporter’s Notebook: South River public engagement, Black History Month films and more
Also, there’s almost no space left in the 404.
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Click on your Georgia lawmakers
Who works in the Gold Dome downtown? We’re glad you asked: here’s how to find your state lawmakers on social.
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Rural Georgia emptying; state power liable to shift north
A million more Georgians than 10 years ago.
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Atlanta City Council district maps
Which Atlanta City Council district do you live in? Check this map.
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Reporter’s Notebook: State database difficulty, other baseball on All-Star day
No, Nathan Deal is not running for governor.
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Georgia legislature sends pile of bills to governor — but some got no love
Guns, citizen’s arrest, even chicken guts appeared this year
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Georgia Legislature approves $27.3 billion budget
Georgia’s spending less but the feds are spending more
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Georgia Senate votes to fortify gun trade
Senate to cops: sell confiscated guns or else
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Georgia House leader wants hearing on crime in Atlanta
Meanwhile, City Hall folks tend to stay mad about criminal access to guns.
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Georgia Senate nears vote on conservative post-pandemic budget
Some cash for MARTA, police training and rural hospitals might not make it.
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Bishop T.D. Jakes’ real estate company in talks to buy unspecified acreage at Fort Mac
About 132 acres of the former fort have yet to be redeveloped.
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BeltLine moves to buy 31 acres in Bankhead
The agency is tight-lipped about plans.
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This might be the year Georgia starts funding transit annually
It’s just a little, but it’s more than zero.
