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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a news conference at the Capitol building in Atlanta, Monday, April 27, 2020, during the coronavirus outbreak. Kemp did not say whether he would extend the shelter-in-place order that is set to expire at midnight Thursday. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Brian Kemp reopens Georgia, ‘experiment in human sacrifice’ fails to materialize

By James Varney - The Washington Times

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a news conference at the Capitol building in Atlanta, Monday, April 27, 2020, during the coronavirus outbreak. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) **FILE**

Kemp: Positive trends continue in battle against virus

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Georgia teen drivers will have to take a road test after all

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp wears a mask and urged fellow citizens to do the same after touring the temporary medical pod that has been placed at the Phoebe North Campus of Phoebe Putney Health System on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, in Albany, Ga. The pod arrived on April 15 and is scheduled to begin operations on Wednesday, May 6, housing 24 beds to treat non-critical COVID-19 patients. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Kemp optimistic on Georgia virus fight as concerns linger

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

A sign asked people to maintain social distance as they enjoy the warm weather on the Beltline in Atlanta's Inman Park neighborhood Friday, May 1, 2020. Georgia shelter in place order expired Thursday and was not renewed for most Georgians by Gov. Brian Kemp. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Georgia budget writers ask agencies to ready cuts amid virus

By BEN NADLER and JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a news conference at the Capitol building in Atlanta, Monday, April 27, 2020, during the coronavirus outbreak. Kemp did not say whether he would extend the shelter-in-place order that is set to expire at midnight Thursday. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Few new restrictions as Georgia’s shelter-at-home order ends

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a news conference at the Capitol building in Atlanta, Monday, April 27, 2020, during the coronavirus outbreak. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) **FILE**

Georgia coronavirus deaths reach 1,000 amid reopening effort

By RUSS BYNUM and JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a news conference at the Capitol building in Atlanta, Monday, April 27, 2020, during the coronavirus outbreak. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP) **FILE**

Georgia governor says no decision on replacing shelter order

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 8, 2020, file photo, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp walks away after speaking during a news conference at the state Capitol in Atlanta. Kemp attracted widespread attention, criticism and even derision when he announced this week the resumption of elective medical procedures, as well as the reopening of certain close-contact businesses like gyms, barbershops and tattoo parlors. Kemp got no public pushback from Public Health Commissioner Kathleen Toomey, whom he appointed, but was criticized widely by public health experts at Georgia universities. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Kemp announces new mobile testing initiative for Georgia

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Brian Lambert, owner of Scoops, a coffee and sweets shop, opens up the windows of his business across the street from the Forsyth Courthouse as he gets ready to reopen next week, Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in Forsyth, Ga. The Monroe County Commission recently voted to urge Gov. Brian Kemp and President Donald Trump to begin reopening the economy by the end of the month, becoming one of the first local Georgia governments to formally demand a speedier end to coronavirus restrictions. Lambert, who started the business last May, said it was make or break time for him and is anxious to get back to work on Monday, the first day he is allowed to. (Curtis Compton/tlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Trump’s criticism adds to tough choices in Georgia reopening

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 16, 2020, file photo, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp listens to a question from the press during a tour of a temporary hospital at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Kemp plans to have many of his state’s businesses up and running again as soon as Friday, April 24. (AP Photo/Ron Harris, Pool, File)

Trump approved of Georgia’s plan to reopen before bashing it

By JONATHAN LEMIRE and BEN NADLER - Associated Press

Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., left, greets President Donald Trump as he steps off Air Force One during arrival, Friday, March 6, 2020, at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Doug Collins of Georgia: Opening businesses during stay-at-home order creates a problem

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Chris Wheeler pulls down one dollar bill's taped near the ceiling at the Boar's Head Lounge in downtown Athens, Ga, on Thursday, April 16, 2020. The dollars are being removed and will go to staff after the bar closed to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tradition of placing marked bills on the wall started back in 1997 when the bar opened. (Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)

Trump: I ‘disagreed strongly’ with Georgia’s reopening plan

By JEFF AMY and RUSS BYNUM - Associated Press

In this April 13, 2020, file photo a person wearing a protective mask walks down Market Street in Philadelphia. Across an arc of vital swing states, the coronavirus has put politics on an uneasy pause. Political fights are raging among state leaders from Iowa to Pennsylvania over the handling of the pandemics impact. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Asymptomatic coronavirus cases roil reopening plans

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 16, 2020, file photo, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp listens to a question from the press during a tour of a temporary hospital at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Kemp plans to have many of his state’s businesses up and running again as soon as Friday, April 24. (AP Photo/Ron Harris, Pool, File)

Trump tells Brian Kemp it’s too soon to reopen Georgia

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 5, 2018, file photo, Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Brian Kemp speaks a day before Election Day at Peachtree DeKalb Airport in Atlanta. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Georgia governor defies CYA to be beacon of good coronavirus leadership

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Georgia businesses hesitant to embrace Kemp’s call to reopen

By KATE BRUMBACK and JEFF AMY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 1, 2020 file photo, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a news conference at Liberty Plaza across the street from the Georgia state Capitol building in downtown Atlanta. Kemp is in a very public battle with Shirley Sessions, who was sworn in barely three months ago as mayor of Tybee Island, a small coastal community that thrives on beach tourism, after he reversed the city's painful decision to close its own beach to slow the coronavirus. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Georgia to reopen some businesses as early as Friday

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Suit challenges halt in carry license issuance due to virus

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

Juan Altamirano climbs to the roof of The Church of the Annunciation while painting the exterior Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in Houston. Many churches across the country will be live-streaming Easter Sunday services due to the COVID-19 outbreak. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Church-state showdowns loom on Easter Sunday

By James Varney - The Washington Times