Shopkeepers and restaurant owners could still detain suspected thieves.
Tag: Georgia
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Reporter’s Notebook: Medical cannabis very popular (with would-be Georgia growers)
Also, only one Georgian is in philanthropy’s biggest league.
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Georgia budget: Might be too conservative, or just conservative enough.
This would gets Georgia through June. Longer-term budget to come.
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Atlanta teachers ask for vaccine; governor says there’s not enough
In about half the states, some or all teachers are vaccine-eligible
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Reporter’s Notebook: Mayor at Rotary, groceries at MARTA and more
Also, Atlanta-centric viewing on Atlanta’s airline
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Georgia House committee: In with John Lewis, out with Confederate veep
A U.S. Capitol statue switch would take more votes and many months though.
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Mental health episodes are ending in Georgia jails. The state Legislature may make some changes.
When a medical condition, not criminal intent, is behind bad behavior.
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Reporter’s Notebook: New nonprofit executives, and maybe some local government kumbaya
Also how to get a Zoom with Shaq.
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Georgia public health infrastructure wasn’t ready for this
According to Georgia’s top public health doctor.
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Georgia governor proposes fairly steady spending in next 17 months
The feds will do much of the new spending in Georgia, not the state.
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City to open warming center to protect homeless during pro-Trump demonstrations
As groups of pro-Trump activists gear up to rally across the nation this weekend in protest of what they consider a fraudulent election, the City of Atlanta is preparing to protect some of its homeless residents from the demonstrations.
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Don’t expect a boring Georgia legislative session after the year we’ve had
There’s a good chance that this year’s legislative session will be less … boring.
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Meet your Georgia lawmakers — the 2021 session is about to start
How to contact your elected officials
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Reporter’s Notebook: Influential Georgians and research investment
Plus, catching up with a friendly neighborhood poll worker.
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Georgia runoff results, Jan. 5, 2021
Expect counting to continue to Wednesday. At least.
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Georgia Legislature to start, more than one in 10 are freshmen
And some of them won’t know where the bathrooms are.
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New study shows Georgia’s strength as a global health hub
Georgia leaders instinctively have known the state is a leading hub for global health. But for the first time ever, a first-ever “landscape study” has the numbers to prove it.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Trying to give away money
Also, a new At-Promise Center is underway.
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Expect Gold Dome debate on voting, ballot access
A preview is already playing out in Fulton.
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Georgia now officially seeking cannabis growers
Six licenses, about nine acres, and medical only.
