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Heather Rucker, left, principal of Northwood Elementary School, and Martin Neuhaus, principal of Northview High School, are among eight new leaders starting this school year in Fulton County Schools. Courtesy photos

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Fulton County Schools names 8 new principals

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Cobb County Commissioner Keli Gambrill (left) voted against Cobb's $1.2 billion budget. The board's three Democrats, including chairwoman Lisa Cupid (right), supported the spending plan, which passed 3-2.

Cobb approves record $1.2B budget over conservative opposition

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(L-R) Dekalb County Commissioner Larry Johnson, Dekalb CEO Michael Thurmond and Dekalb County Commissioner Lorraine Cochran-Johnson attend a press conference in Decatur announcing a $284 million water infrastructure finance and innovation act loan to Dekalb County on Thursday, May 19, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Group names DeKalb CEO ‘public administrator of the year’

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Henry County changes times for the beginning and the end of the school day for elementary and middle school students.

Henry County sets new start times for elementary, middle schools

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The Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office is hosting a Back-to-School Event 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, July 24 at Rhodes Jordan Park in Lawrenceville.

Free book bags Saturday at Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office back-to-school event23h ago

The Providence Group plans to build single-family homes priced at $850,000 on Abbotts Bridge and Parsons Roads. The developer received the rezoning approval needed for the project during a meeting Monday. (Courtesy City of Johns Creek)

Johns Creek approves new subdivision despite nearby residents’ concerns

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DeKalb County will distribute 3,600 boxes of produce and chicken during its Easter Food Distribution this weekend. CONTRIBUTED

DeKalb’s next food giveaway will also include supply-filled bookbags

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Lawrenceville and Gwinnett agreed on joint 2017 SPLOST transportation projects. AJC File

Penny sales tax renewal will be on November ballot in Gwinnett

Fulton County Lab Manager Patrick Person takes a sample of sewage at the Camp Creek Water Reclamation Facility on Tuesday morning, July 26, 2022. The sample is used to test for COVID-19 and monkeypox infections in the community. (Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Fulton testing wastewater for COVID-19, monkeypox

Atlanta Public Schools will hold its annual back-to-school bash on Saturday. Daniel Varnado/AJC FILE PHOTO

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Atlanta Public Schools to host backpack giveaway Saturday

Comcast on Tuesday announced that it would award $10,000 to 100 small Atlanta businesses owned by women or minorities. (Ken Wolter/Dreamstime/TNS)

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Comcast giving $1 million to Atlanta businesses owned by women, minorities

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Students will have to use clear bags when returning to school in Clayton County this year.

Clayton County seeking volunteers to improve school safety

Months later, DeKalb commission approves ethics officer appointment

Federal judge: Congressman can’t avoid testimony before Fulton special grand jury

Roswell asks for limited access to Grimes Bridge Road in Ga. 400 project

The Snellville city council recently approved a $13,063,295 Fiscal Year 2021 balanced budget. (Courtesy City of Snellville)

Snellville property tax rate to decrease, but some homeowners will pay more

Henry Police taking on resource officer duties for county schools

Gwinnett schools adding visitor screening system, new tip line

Former Alpharetta judge was personal attorney for city prosecutor

The Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections meets at the Assembly Hall of the Fulton County Government Center to certify the June general primary run-off election on Monday, June 27, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Fulton elections board set to meet Tuesday

Trailhead that was part of DeKalb land swap closed; activists cry foul

Georgia universities aim to support freshman class upended by pandemic

DeKalb proposal would mandate cameras at convenience stores — and more

Cobb Chairwoman Lisa Cupid (left) talks with residents about the proposed county budget at a town hall meeting Wednesday, July 20, 2022, in East Cobb.

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Cobb’s $1.2B budget looks to rebuild beleaguered county government

Clayton County to require staff, visitors to wear masks at schools

COVID risk triggers staff mask requirement in Gwinnett schools

First lady Jill Biden visits Georgia program to tout summer learning

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Mother indicted on murder charges; her 2 sons found with heads in oven

Health officials announce first monkeypox case in woman in Georgia

Just before death, the final answer: ‘Sir, I’m all right’

Peachtree Corners celebrates new playground with Back-to-School event

More than 32,000 Gwinnett students are back in classrooms

Education and school news

Rick Cox, who has a son in the Cherokee County school system, holds signs outside the school board chambers in Canton before a meeting Thursday night, May 20, 2021. The building reached capacity and the people in line behind Cox were not allowed in for the start of the meeting. (Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Opinion: Keep leftist dogma out of Georgia civics education

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Fulton County Schools names 8 new principals

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Henry County sets new start times for elementary, middle schools

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Georgia State University has campuses throughout metro Atlanta. An English professor at its Newton County campus was criticized by some for calling campus police on two students in a dispute after they arrived late to class. (Courtesy of Georgia State University)

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Georgia professor pulled from classes after calling police on students

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City of Atlanta news

Views of Google Atlanta’s office in Midtown on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. (Natrice Miller/natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Kemp: Google’s new Midtown office is ‘crown jewel’ of city’s tech surge

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Fulton testing wastewater for COVID-19, monkeypox

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Atlanta Public Schools to host backpack giveaway Saturday

Masked and unmasked passengers sit with their luggage at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (Natrice Miller/natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Inside City Hall: Atlanta’s back in the COVID Red Zone

Clayton County news

Henry County sets new start times for elementary, middle schools

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Theft rising at Atlanta airport after man returned from trip to stolen vehicle

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Comcast giving $1 million to Atlanta businesses owned by women, minorities

Clayton County seeking volunteers to improve school safety

Cobb County news

Instead of using these license plate readers, Austell police will reduce annual costs to the city with the new Flock Camera System and join with Cobb County and the other Cobb cities. AJC file photo

Austell replaces police camera system

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Cobb approves record $1.2B budget over conservative opposition

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By early 2023, a study on the 4-mile trail is expected to be completed to link Powder Springs and Austell and the other Cobb cities by the multi-use trail system. (Rendering courtesy of Cobb County)

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New South Cobb trail under review

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Cobb’s $1.2B budget looks to rebuild beleaguered county government

DeKalb County news

Recently, DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond - along with Commissioners Robert Patrick, Mereda Davis Johnson, Steve Bradshaw, Larry Johnson and Lorraine Cochran-Johnson - celebrated the grand opening of the East DeKalb Senior Center. (Courtesy of DeKalb County)

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DeKalb welcomes senior center, fire station

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Group names DeKalb CEO ‘public administrator of the year’

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DeKalb’s next food giveaway will also include supply-filled bookbags

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Comments are requested by Decatur officials on clean energy and a 10-year master plan for the city's Parks and Recreation Department. (Courtesy of Decatur)

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Decatur wants opinions on parks, clean energy

Fulton County news

Metro Atlanta trash company’s issues result of poor management, employees say

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Storeowner in South Fulton shot 8 times, police looking for suspects

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Sandy Springs recently approved a contract for the Dalrymple Road sidewalk project. (Google Maps)

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Sandy Springs connecting sidewalks on Dalrymple Road

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Fulton County Schools names 8 new principals

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Gwinnett County news

Kirby Yates was an All-Star in 2019 while pitching for the Padres. Curtis Compton / AJC file photo

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Braves reliever Kirby Yates throws another scoreless inning in rehab outing

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The custom Peachtree Corners Tower mimics the PTC pedestrian bridge that crosses Peachtree Parkway. (Photo by Karen Huppertz for the AJC)

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Peachtree Corners celebrates new playground with Back-to-School event

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If approved, a new 246-home community in Braselton will have two entrances, one from Highway 53 and one from New Cut Road near the new roundabout. (Courtesy Town of Braselton)

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Braselton to hold hearing on new 246-home subdivision

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Students at Big Blue Marble Academy in Duluth are raising money this summer for childhood cancer research. (Courtesy Big Blue Marble Academy Duluth)

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Tiny humans learning compassion through service

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Crime & public safety news

Breanna Burgess was a mother of three with one on the way, according to a Facebook post.

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UPDATE: 2 arrested after pregnant woman found stabbed to death in LaGrange

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A Kennesaw man was charged in connection with allegation of impersonating a police officer.

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Cobb County man accused of impersonating ‘HERO’ traffic cop

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GBI investigators said Hancock County deputies forgot to close the back door of a patrol car after arresting a Sparta woman, who later fell out of the vehicle.

GBI: Deputy forgot to close patrol vehicle’s door, leading to woman’s death

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Abel Castellanos, 17, was shot to death in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Suwanee on July 19.

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Family of teen killed in Suwanee had sought refuge from violence in Venezuela

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Georgia Politics

Marty Daniel, the founder and chief executive of gun manufacturer Daniel Defense, testifies remotely during a U.S. House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday about the industry's impact on gun violence.

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Daniel Defense CEO says industry bears no blame for mass shootings14h ago

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., flanked by Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., speaks to reporters Tuesday after the Senate took a procedural vote advancing a $280 billion bill designed to boost the U.S. semiconductor industry and to accelerate high tech research that backers say will be critical to the economy in future decades. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Senate passes bill to boost U.S. computer chips production

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Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has proposed, as part of her plan addressing the state's affordable housing crisis, giving code inspectors more authority to hold predatory landlords accountable for keeping families in unsafe living conditions. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Abrams’ affordable housing plan targets predatory landlords

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For the first time in modern Georgia history, voters have nominated two Black candidates for the U.S. Senate: Republican Herschel Walker, left, and Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock.

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In Georgia Senate race, a historic faceoff between two Black men 22h ago

“I’m a Georgia Voter” stickers are seen at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, one of the polling locations for the Georgia primary runoff elections, on Tuesday, June 21, 2022.

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (left) and U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock are leading in close races in the latest Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll. AJC file photos.

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AJC poll: Kemp, Warnock slightly ahead in Georgia’s top races

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a Save America rally Friday, July 22, 2022, in Prescott, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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OPINION: Donald Trump is back, and he’s still lying about the last election

Monica Simpson, the executive director of SisterSong, speaks at a press conference in 2019 discussing her organization’s challenge of Georgia’s anti-abortion law. The group has joined a new effort to challenge the law. Christina Matacotta/christina.matacotta@ajc.com

Abortion providers take challenge of ban on procedure to state courts

Georgia U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, who chairs the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee of Investigations, said he convened the hearing after the panel reviewed documents and interviewed witnesses, leading to the conclusion that “gross misconduct persisted" at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary for at least nine years.

Senate panel told of ‘outrageous’ violations at Atlanta penitentiary