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The Georgia lawmaker who was arrested after knocking on the door of the governor's office as he made televised comments in support of the sweeping, controversial new election law he'd just signed will not be charged, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
Gold Dome Capitol building Atlanta, Georgia - aerieal view
This week on Gold Dome Debrief, we wrap up the 2021 Legislative session in Georgia by reporting on the status of some of the measures we followed across the season. Find out which bills passed, which failed, and which will return next session.
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When executives from Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines spoke out against Georgia's new voting law as unduly restrictive last week, it seemed to signal a new activism springing from corporate America.
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In response to Georgia's new voting law, Major League Baseball announced Friday it would be moving this summer’s All-Star Game from Atlanta’s Truist Park.
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This week, Gold Dome Debrief looks at everything that happened on Sine Die day. We cover the aftermath of the new election bill becoming law, changes to a bill on citizens arrest, another prohibiting defunding police departments and a racially charged driver education bill.
Georgia voters standing at outdoor protest- one holding sign saying "We shuld be registered automaticaly"
Some of Georgia's most prominent corporate leaders on Wednesday began to more forcefully criticize the state's sweeping new election law, acknowledging concerns of civil rights activists and Black business executives who say the measure targets non-white voters and threatens the democratic process.
Citizen's Arrest Law Ahmaud Arbery: Black man wearing face mask and black jacket holds up sign with picture of Ahmaud Arbery
Georgia lawmakers gave final passage Wednesday to a bill to repeal the state's citizen's arrest law, acting little more than a year after the fatal shooting of a Black man pursued by white men who said they suspected him of a crime.
Fair Fight Action Stacey Abrams
A wide-ranging lawsuit filed more than two years ago and challenging the way Georgia's elections were run has been pared down by a judge who said this week that claims against the state's “exact match” voter registration requirement can move forward.
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Some Georgia teachers who agree to work in certain rural or low performing schools could get an extra $3,000 a year for five years under a bill advancing in the state Senate.
Empty Georgia house chambers
Georgia lawmakers have agreed to a 2022 budget that restores some money to K-12 education, increases some mental health funding, and pays nursing home operators more.
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