Georgia GOP Senate leader eyeing Texas’ restrictive abortion law; DeKalb audit raises questions about handling of sensitive information, transparency; Report says state, local government payrolls have lagged recovery in Georgia; ‘Hamilton’ performance canceled after actors’ positive COVID test

Exclusive AJC Poll: Residents like Atlanta Mayor Bottoms, but say she’s off-track on key issues; ICUs still full, ambulances strained across Georgia; Atlanta fintech GreenSky gets offer of $2.24 billion; New Fulton election chair appointed over objections to Fair Fight ties

Feds open civil rights probe into Georgia prison conditions, violence; Metro Atlanta schools record nearly 4,000 COVID cases in shorter week; Amazon to hire thousands of metro Atlanta workers; Metro Atlanta schools record nearly 4,000 COVID cases in shorter week

Georgia death penalty trial restarts after COVID-19 scare; Georgia colleges at the top of the class in U.S. News rankings; ​​Gwinnett school district keeps full accreditation after special review; Path to Republican U.S. House majority boosted by Georgia redistricting

4 people injured by explosion at Dunwoody apartment complex; Swastikas and ‘Hail Hitler’ drawn on bathroom wall at Pope High School in Cobb; Woman dead after argument leads to triple shooting at Atlanta convenience store

Georgia jobless claims number keeps dropping; More Delta employees get vaccinated after insurance surcharge announced; Atlanta Mayor Bottoms says forested land only option for public safety training center; Coronavirus surge driving up OT hours for Cobb County firefighters

Atlanta City Council passes police, fire training center proposal; Lead contamination lands Atlanta neighborhood on EPA’s Superfund priority list; COVID cases in metro Atlanta schools surpass 24,000 in first weeks; Under siege with COVID patients, Grady Memorial among hospitals delaying elective procedures

Trump is set to headline September rally in Georgia; Dragon Con drew 42,000, reaching expectations given COVID circumstances; Another Georgia district attorney indicted, this one for bribery

Former district attorney in Ahmaud Arbery case indicted; DeKalb elementary school to close after 18 students test positive for COVID; Georgia to allow electronic driver’s license, ID cards; Raffensperger accuses DOJ of conspiring with voting groups, nonprofits

Atlanta to express interest in 2028 Super Bowl; Georgia COVID-19 economic relief now won’t go out until 2022; Georgia abortion activists on notice after Supreme Court allows Texas law to take effect; Councilman and mayoral candidate’s fraud case headed to trial