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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, second from left, announces a plan on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, at the State Capitol in Atlanta, to pay bonuses to about 57,000 state employees. Kemp and Republican legislative leaders say state employees deserve to be rewarded for hard work during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Georgia lawmakers restore $567 million for K-12 education

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Georgia leaders want to pay bonuses to many state workers

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

2 more Georgia electric cooperatives to offer internet

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Cars and trucks enter a mass vaccination center on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 in a large event center in Marietta, Ga., where the North Georgia State Fair is held. (AP Photo/Jeff Martin)

Gov. Kemp frustrated by tight supplies of vaccine in Georgia

By JEFF MARTIN - Associated Press

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at a news conference in Atlanta, where the Republican governor proposed letting some retired teachers return to work at full pay. Kemp also wants to do more to recruit teachers from the military and historically Black colleges. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Georgia governor wants to get retired teachers to return

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Marie Hageman administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Pastor Karlton Howard of Noah's Ark Missionary Baptist Church in Keysville, Ga., Monday, Jan. 25, 2021, during an event for pastors at Good Shepherd Baptist Church in Augusta, Ga. The event, which is helping to kick off a public vaccination campaign by AU Health System, was organized by a group of pastors to help their congregations feel more comfortable about receiving the vaccine if they choose to get it. (Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP)

Georgia cuts vaccines to clinic that gave shots to teachers

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Children get dropped off at a car line as they head back to class for the first day of school at Wheeless Road Elementary School Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Augusta, Ga. (Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP)

AP Exclusive: Georgia Pre-K teachers to get $1,000 bonuses

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Kemp supports 2 new anti-trafficking bills in Georgia

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Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Blake Tillery, left, and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Terry England sign a final agreement on Georgia's state budget on Thursday, June 25, 2020. England and Tillery say they tried to avoid budget cuts that would most directly harm citizens even as they reduced state spending by more than $2 billion. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Pressure to raise spending clear in Georgia budget talks

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

FILE - Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, center, Speaker of the House David Ralston and Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan hold a news conference Wednesday evening, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, to condemn the breach of the U.S. Capitol. The 2020 election cycle has left Georgia's Republican governor bruised even though he wasn't on the ballot. The two Senate Republicans defeated in runoff elections included Kemp's hand-picked appointee, Kelly Loeffler. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

Governor says Georgia ‘battered, is not broken’ by pandemic

By JEFF AMY and BEN NADLER - Associated Press

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and his wife Marty fist bump lawmakers as they leave the House Chamber after Kemp delivered his State of the State address Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Kemp seeks to restore more than half of Georgia school cuts

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp adjusts his face mask during a COVID-19 update press conference at the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Georgia could take back vaccine from slow-moving providers

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Georgia Speaker of the House David Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, center, congratulates members of the House after they passed HB 793 on Sine Die, day 40, of the legislative session in Atlanta, Friday, June 26, 2020. (Alyssa PointerAtlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Georgia lawmakers meet in riot’s wake, and amid COVID-19

By JEFF AMY and BEN NADLER - Associated Press

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, center, holds a press conference Wednesday evening, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta, to condemn the breach of the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

Georgia’s GOP governor under fire after US Senate losses

By JEFF AMY and RUSS BYNUM - Associated Press

Gov. Brian Kemp looks over some of the 4,000 pallets of protective equipment while touring the alternative hospital bed capacity facility the state of Georgia is re-activating at the Georgia World Congress Center and providing an update on recent PPE shipments for the state on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, in Atlanta, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool)

Kemp says he’s “not happy” with Georgia’s slow vaccine pace

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Blake Tillery, left, and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Terry England sign a final agreement on Georgia's state budget on Thursday, June 25, 2020. England and Tillery say they tried to avoid budget cuts that would most directly harm citizens even as they reduced state spending by more than $2 billion. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Georgia budget writers greet improved revenue with caution

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp leads Speaker of the House David Ralston, back left, and Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan into a news conference Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. Kemp has denounced the violent protesters who stormed the U.S. Capitol, calling their actions a “disgrace and quite honestly un-American.” (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

Georgia leaders denounce US Capitol riot, say state secure

By JEFF AMY and BEN NADLER - Associated Press

U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga.,talks to supporters during a campaign event Friday, Dec. 31, 2020 at McCray's Tavern in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

Loeffler, Perdue run hard-line pitch in swing state Georgia

By BILL BARROW - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, file photo, supporters celebrate the victory of President-elect Joe Biden, in Atlanta. Biden defeated President Donald Trump and will become the 46th president of the United States, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by the historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

2020: Pandemic, politics, and passing of a civil rights icon

By JEFF MARTIN - Associated Press

Georgia to use convention center for beds amid virus surge

By SUDHIN THANAWALA - Associated Press