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A person wearing a mask walks near the StateFarm Arena where the men's Final Four NCAA college basketball championship game was to be played on Monday, April 6, 2020, in Atlanta. The entire NCAA tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 virus. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Kemp extends Georgia stay-at-home order as cases pass 10,000

By JEFF AMY and RUSS BYNUM - Associated Press

In this Feb. 11, 2020, photo, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp speaks during a dedication of the state's new Nathan Deal Judicial Center in Atlanta. Georgia election officials are postponing the state’s March 24 presidential primaries until May because of fears over the coronavirus. (AP Photo/John Amis)

Brian Kemp, Georgia governor, ‘considering new options’ amid coronavirus executive order backlash

By Russ Bynum - 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 governor weighs `new options’ amid virus backlash

By RUSS BYNUM - Associated Press

A line of cars gather to enter a COVID-19 testing site on Georgia Tech's campus, Monday, April 6, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Atlanta: Mass virus tests begin in Georgia Tech parking deck

By JEFF MARTIN and BRYNN ANDERSON - Associated Press

Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division Corporal Barry Britt, right, enforces Gov. Bryan Kemp's order to open the beaches on Tybee Island, Ga., Saturday, April 4, 2020, allowing people to exercise outside, with social distancing of at least six feet because of the coronavirus outbreak. (Stephen B. Morton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Island mayor battles Georgia governor over virus limitations

By RUSS BYNUM - Associated Press

The empty Zell B. Miller Learning Center on the campus of the University of Georgia, in Athens, Ga, on Thursday, April 2, 2020. UGA moved all classes online for the remainder of spring and summer semesters as well as canceling spring commencement In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and coronavirus. (Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)

Virus deaths top 200 in Georgia as stay-home order kicks in

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Editorial Roundup: Georgia

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Georgia virus deaths at 125 as mayors push Kemp to intervene

By RUSS BYNUM - Associated Press

A person is given a test for COVID-19 coronavirus at a drive through testing location Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Marietta, Ga. The testing is not open to the public people must be referred by the health department. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Coronavirus infections exceed 2,190 in Georgia; deaths at 65

By BEN NADLER and RUSS BYNUM - Associated Press

A person is given a test for COVID-19 coronavirus at a drive through testing location Wednesday, March 18, 2020, in Marietta, Ga. The testing is not open to the public people must be referred by the health department. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Kemp defends not ordering all Georgians to stay home

By BEN NADLER and JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Georgia high court election cancellation headed for appeal

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

Gov. Brian Kemp speaks as other officials standing behind during a press conference to provide an update on the state's efforts regarding COVID-19, after reporting the first death in Georgia related to coronavirus, at the Georgia State Capitol on Thursday, March 12, 2020. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Kemp signs amended Georgia budget, $100 million for virus

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Judge: Cancellation of high court election was legal

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

Sen. Matt Brass, R - Newnan, applies hand sanitizer before a special session on Monday, March 16, 2020 in Atlanta. Georgia's lawmakers are granting Gov. Brian Kemp broad powers to combat the spread of the new coronavirus in the state. They set April 13, the Monday after Easter, as the end date for Kemp's powers. The vast majority of people recover from the new coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization, most people recover in about two to six weeks, depending on the severity of the illness. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Georgia governor closes all public schools, colleges

By JEFF AMY and BEN NADLER - Associated Press

A sign hangs where Purell hand sanitizer would be at the Piggly Wiggly on North Avenue in Athens, Ga., Friday, March 13, 2020. The public has been buying up hand sanitizer, toilet paper, cleaning supplies, and even food in reaction to the spread of coronavirus but the management of Piggly Wiggly says items will be restocked every Sunday and Wednesday. (Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via AP)

Georgia primaries postponed due to virus fears; cases jump

By BEN NADLER and JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Kennesaw: A nurse wearing a mask and gloves leaves Wellstar Kennestone as an ambulance arrives on Thursday, March 12, 2020. Georgia authorities on Thursday confirmed the state's first coronavirus related death, a 67-year-old male hospitalized in Kennesaw. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Georgia gov plans emergency declaration; Masters postponed

By JEFF MARTIN and JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Dobbins Air Reserve Base is shown Monday, March 9, 2020, in Marietta, Ga. Thirty-four Georgians are among the U.S. citizens expected to arrive at the base on either Monday night or Tuesday morning, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said in a news release.(AP Photo/John Bazemore)

First virus death in Georgia; Atlanta-area schools closing

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Georgia House passes spending plan with some teacher raises

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House appropriations chairman, Terry England, R - Auburn, presents HB 792, the supplemental budget for the rest of the fiscal year, Wednesday, February 19, 2020. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Georgia House seeks $1,000 teacher raise, not Kemp’s $2,000

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Kemp: 3 more cases of COVID-19 found in Georgia

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