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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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How do you indict a president? It's never happened before. The sixth episode of the AJC's Breakdown podcast looks back at past criminal cases involving presidents and vice presidents, including Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal. Can these cases tell us anything about what's ahead for the Fulton special purpose grand jury investigation of former President Donald Trump? (AP file)

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‘Breakdown’ Episode 6: One for the History Books
6/23/17 - Rome, GA - Wilcox Hall. The Darlington School campus in Rome, GA. A former English teacher and dorm master, Roger Stifflemire, was accused of sexually abusing students. Alleged victims had come forward for years with tales of brazen misconduct by the teacher -- and of an extended cover-up by the school. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM

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Former private school students seeking $345 million from insurers over alleged sexual...
When The Atlanta Journal-Constitution began looking into a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan given to a charity listed at this home in Oxford, Ga., in 2020, an uninstalled swimming pool sat in the front yard. Federal authorities later charged the charity's CEO, Olivia Ware, with using part of a $323,100 PPP loan to pay for the pool, furniture and other home improvement items, as well as paying off her mortgage. JOHNNY EDWARDS / JREDWARDS@AJC.COM

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Former Conyers mayoral candidate sentenced to prison for pandemic loan fraud
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Gazi Kodzo, leader of the Black Hammer organization, leads protestors in chants against CNN Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 in front of the CNN building in Atlanta. The group's social media posts said Gazi was arrested on July 19 after law enforcement officers were called to the group's home. Daniel Varnado/For the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Atlanta fringe group linked to Fayetteville home at center of deadly shooting
Fairburn & Gordon I & II apartments on Fairburn Road was among 43 complexes targeted by local prosecutors in a campaign against persistently dangerous and unhealthy apartments. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Where are the 43 apartment complexes identified as dangerous and unhealthy?
Atlanta City Councilwoman Andrea Boone checks condition at Vue at Harwell in Atlanta last week. The Atlanta City Council formally urged law enforcement officials to pursue charges against negligent apartment landlords, in response to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation into the issue. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Crackdown on Atlanta apartments comes after years of fragmented approach to crime...
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is among the allies of President Trump who received a material witness subpoena for the Fulton County special purpose grand jury. Episode 5 of the AJC's "Breakdown" podcast takes a close look at those out-of-state witnesses subpoenas and what they may portend for the investigation. (Evelyn Hockstein / Pool via AP)

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‘Breakdown’ Episode 5: The out-of-state witness subpoenas
July 15, 2022 Atlanta - Atlanta City Councilwoman Andrea Boone, who introduced the resolution urging a crackdown of negligent landlords, checks conditions of one of negligent apartment buildings at Vue at Harwell in Atlanta on Friday, July 15, 2022. The Atlanta City Council formally urged law enforcement officials to pursue charges against negligent apartment landlords, in response to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation into the issue. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Fulton DA plans crackdown on dangerous apartment complexes
Homeowner Stephen Burlingame stands outside of his townhome in the Village Grove subdivision in Suwanee. The state insurance commission is investigating the Gwinnett HOA for potential fraud. (Jason Getz / Jason.Getz@ajc.com)

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State insurance commission investigates Gwinnett HOA over roof plan
Kathleen Merriweather talks about her son Jeffrey Merriweather Jr.. whose remains were shipped by the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s office via FedEx and were lost. “I just want — I need — closure,” she said. (Steve Schaeffer / For The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Man’s body still missing 3 years after Georgia medical examiner shipped it via FedEx
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RAW: Explosion destroys Georgia Guidestones monument (WSB TV)

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Critics called on county to demolish Georgia Guidestones before bombing
‘Breakdown’ Ep. 4: ‘A Guilty Mind?’
Lawrenceville police captain who filed harassment complaint resigns, settles with city
GBI releases new video of Georgia Guidestones bombing
Kisha Stanley was concerned about staffing and the care her mother, Yvonne Medley, received at Signature HealthCARE of Buckhead nursing home. Stanley was eventually able to get her mother transferred to a different nursing facility, where she is seen in this photo last month. (Natrice Miller / natrice.miller@ajc.com)

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Staff shortage puts elderly in jeopardy at many Georgia nursing homes
‘Breakdown’ Ep. 3: ‘Is There a Criminal Case?’
Judge says Georgia should turn over prison documents to federal investigators
Georgia high court rightly overturned murder convictions, legal experts say
Dr. Kathleen Toomey, Georgia's public health commissioner, speaks about the coronavirus pandemic during a 2021 press conference as her boss, Gov. Brian Kemp, watches. Toomey fired the top lawyer at the Department of Public Health, who has won a $750,000 settlement from the state over her termination. Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”

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State pays $750,000 to lawyer fired by public health agency
‘Breakdown’ S02, Ep. 18: A momentous decision
Georgia Tech hotel hosting conference by election deniers
Atlanta to start city ambulance service after frustrations mount with Grady EMS
Dr. Jeffrey M. Gallups and his company, Milton Hall Surgical Associates, agreed in December to pay about $3 million to settle a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that the scheme with lab company Next Health bilked government health care programs. Gallups also pleaded guilty last year to a federal criminal charge in connection with the scheme, and in June he was sentenced to three years in federal prison. Gallups is seen here in a video from his "Doc Talk" show.

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Alpharetta doctor sentenced to 3 years in federal prison
‘Breakdown’ Episode. 2: ‘A force of nature’
Ossoff calls for FBI to investigate Pulaski State Prison
Foster children housed in child welfare offices; officials work to end practice
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July 14, 2021 Smyrna - Rita Manatrizio plays with therapy dog Bella at her room at Woodland Ridge Assisted Living on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Georgia senior care homes struggle to rebound after pandemic
Rosemont at Stone Mountain is a senior living facility that has experienced a large number of Covid deaths. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Warnock, Johnson seek investigation of Georgia’s nursing home death data
James Dempsey died in 2014 after authorities say his nurses neglected his repeated calls for help.

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‘Granny cams’ bill disappoints senior advocates
Connie Kendrick and her son, William Kendrick, embrace as they see each other at The William Breman Jewish Home in Atlanta on Thursday. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Nursing home residents finally get to see their loved ones face to face
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220117-Atlanta-Traffic flows freely along the Downtown Connector on Monday morning, Jan. 17, 2022. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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We full? Fulton, DeKalb populations shrink for the first time in more than a decade
The Georgia House voted mostly along party lines, 96-68, on Monday , November 22, 2021, to send the congressional redistricting map to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature. The new redistricting map will help Republicans to obtain victories before a single vote is cast in next year’s elections. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Interactive: Poll of Georgia voters, January 2022
Atlanta mayoral candidates Andre Dickens and Felicia Moore at a runoff debate on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021.

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Interactive: Poll of Atlanta voters, November 2021
Candidates qualify to run and possibly become the next mayor of Atlanta

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Atlanta crime trends, 2011-present
In 2019, Jeremy Taylor was rushed by way of ambulance to Grady Memorial Hospital after having a seizure at a store. Later, he got a bill for $1,947 from Grady Emergency Medical Services. The bill itemized only one charge, which he was notified had to be paid at once. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)

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Federal government may have to wrest pricing information from hospitals
In 2019, Jeremy Taylor was rushed by way of ambulance to Grady Memorial Hospital after having a seizure at a store. Later, he got a bill for $1,947 from Grady Emergency Medical Services. The bill itemized only one charge, which he was notified had to be paid at once. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)

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Federal government may have to wrest pricing information from hospitals
Kati Manley, of Statesboro, was treated for kidney stones in a an outpatient procedure at East Georgia Regional Medical Center, and learned she was responsible for $4,000 after her insurance was billed $45.000. No one told her that she she could comparison shop online at a different hospital and perhaps pay less. “I wish I kind of knew that beforehand,’' said Manley. (Stephen B. Morton/For The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Georgia hospitals post prices online but good luck finding the information
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Interactive: Hospital pricing transparency report cards
'Breakdown' podcast
How do you indict a president? It's never happened before. The sixth episode of the AJC's Breakdown podcast looks back at past criminal cases involving presidents and vice presidents, including Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal. Can these cases tell us anything about what's ahead for the Fulton special purpose grand jury investigation of former President Donald Trump? (AP file)

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‘Breakdown’ Episode 6: One for the History Books
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is among the allies of President Trump who received a material witness subpoena for the Fulton County special purpose grand jury. Episode 5 of the AJC's "Breakdown" podcast takes a close look at those out-of-state witnesses subpoenas and what they may portend for the investigation. (Evelyn Hockstein / Pool via AP)

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‘Breakdown’ Episode 5: The out-of-state witness subpoenas
William Barr was Attorney General for President Trump. The fourth episode of the AJC's "Breakdown" podcast asks if President Trump showed criminal intent during his phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. (J. Scott Applewhite / AP file)

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‘Breakdown’ Ep. 4: ‘A Guilty Mind?’
Claud "Tex" McIver talks with his lawyers during his 2018 murder trial. A return to the fifth season of the AJC's "Breakdown" podcast looks at the 2022 overturning of McIver's conviction. (Steve Schaefer / AJC file)

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‘Breakdown’ S05 Ep. 12: Georgia Supreme Court strikes again
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The Division of Family and Children Services is part of the Georgia Department of Human Services. JOSHUA SHARPE/joshua.sharpe@ajc.com

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Foster children housed in child welfare offices; officials work to end practice
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger received a call from President Trump on Jan. 2, 2021, when Trump told him to "find" him 11,800 votes to overturn the election results. The AJC's ninth season of the "Breakdown" podcast explores what happened next and whether a crime was committed during the call. (Brynn Anderson / AP)

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‘Breakdown — The Trump Grand Jury’ Ep. 1: The Jan. 2 phone call
For more than 16 years, David Fahey ran The King's Cleft children's ministry with his wife, Kathy Fahey, who died in February. Amid accusations of physical abuse, state authorities have effectively dismantled the ministry, and Fahey faces multiple felony charges. (TYSON HORNE / TYSON.HORNE@AJC.COM)

Georgia officials botched abuse investigation into children’s ministry
June 4, 2022 Ellijay - Pamela Dixon shows a picture of her daughter Mary Lewis, who is an inmate in Pulaski State Prison, on Saturday, June 4, 2022. Pamela Dixon paid more than $10,000 in protection money as gangs at Pulaski State Prison have threatened her daughter. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Gang members using violence to extort inmates, families at Ga. prison for women
This image of the January 6 riot, taken from a phone screen, is from a court document submitted by the U.S. Attorney's Office for Washington, D.C. and highlights a man that prosecutors identify as Shane Daughtry.

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Former South Georgia police officer sentenced in Jan. 6 charge
A month after he dropped out of sight, financial adviser Christopher Burns was charged with mail fraud by federal authorities.

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Fugitive Georgia investment adviser ordered to pay $12 million
Payton and Raelynn Keyes died in 2019 while in foster care after they wandered off and became trapped in a car on a hot day in South Georgia. Her biological parents sued the state of Georgia, claiming it failed to adequately evaluate and monitor the twins' foster mother. The state paid the family $3 million to settle the case in 2021. Photo Credit: GoFundMe.com

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Foster care breakdown: $3M settlement in deaths of 3-year-old Georgia twins
Betty Perloe, a retired nurse who had once cared for elderly family and friends, suffered in her final days and needed heavy doses of morphine to help ease the pain, a lawsuit alleges. (Family photo)

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Georgia jury punishes senior care home in ant attack case
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