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  • A truck leaves the site of a planned Rivian electric truck plant Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Rutledge,Ga. Rivian says it’s pausing construction of the $5 billion manufacturing plant in Georgia. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)Tech

    Tesla-rival Rivian is pausing construction on its $5bn electric truck plant in Georgia to speed production and save cash

    By Jeff Amy, Russ Bynum, and others
  • Sen. Mike Hodges, R-Brunswick, speaks in favor of Senate Bill 362 at The Georgia State Capitol on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. The bill would prevent economic incentives of business that voluntarily recommended unions or share contact information of workers with unions. (Natrice Miller/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)Politics

    Georgia is trying to make it harder for workers at new EV plants to join unions

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • Producer Mitch Bell speaks onstage at "Ant-Man" Atlanta Cast And Crew ScreeningFinance

    Georgia wants more than just a peach at the end of movie credits to keep dishing out lucrative tax breaks

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • FILE – This June 20, 2019, file photo shows an existing home is offered for sale in Rutledge, Ga. Georgia lawmakers are proposing measures in 2024 to stem higher property tax bills driven by a sharp rise in property values. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)Finance

    Soaring Georgia home values have raised real estate taxes by 41% since 2018. Now lawmakers are trying to cap the rise

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • Spelman CollegeSuccess

    Billionaire couple gifts $100 million to Spelman College, largest donation in HBCU history

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • Brian KempEnvironment

    Electric vehicles are ‘resetting a bit’ after Biden ‘tried to push the market too quick,’ Georgia’s Brian Kemp says

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks during a Georgia Chamber Congressional Luncheon at The Classic Center on Aug. 8, 2023, in Athens, Ga. Some Republican legislative leaders say they want to examine broader health care coverage through Georgia's Medicaid program in 2024, while Kemp has supported a narrower expansion. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)Health

    Georgia sees a glimmer of hope for broader health coverage—but there’s a good chance of a fizzle

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • UNITED STATES – DECEMBER 7: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., is seen outside the U.S. Capitol after last votes of the week on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)Politics

    Lawmakers are fed up with ‘swatting’ calls reporting fake shootings and are pushing for tougher penalties

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • Switch at a railroad trackFinance

    Georgia case over railroad that wants to use eminent domain to get track land could change property law across the U.S.

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • Georgia Governor Brian KempPolitics

    Georgia’s GOP governor is extending the state’s fuel tax suspension to relieve the ‘disastrous effects of Bidenomics’

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • US Vice President Kamala Harris tours a Qcells solar panel manufacturing plant in Dalton, GeorgiaEnvironment

    Huge new solar panel factory opens in Georgia but a flood of low-priced Asian imports could make it hard to compete

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • Brian KempPolitics

    Georgia’s Brian Kemp, sitting on a $10 billion surplus, keeps finding ways to suspend the state gas tax

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • Marc Tracy NoblemanSuccess

    A Georgia school district told a Batman scholar to censor any mention of ‘gay’ in his presentation and he quit: ‘It didn’t sit right with me’

    By Jeff Amy and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Chung Eui-sun, left, executive chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, and Jose Munoz, president and COO of Hyundai, celebrate with a champagne toast during the official groundbreaking for the Hyundai Meta Plant on Oct. 25, 2022 in Ellabell, Ga. Georgia and local governments are now projected to give Hyundai $2.1 billion of incentives after the company announced in August 2023 that it would increase investment in the plant by $2.1 billion. (Richard Burkhart/Savannah Morning News via AP, File)Finance

    Hyundai’s plan to invest $2 billion more in Georgia EV and battery plant could get it another $290 million in government aid

    By Jeff Amy, Russ Bynum, and others
  • FILE – The Hyundai company logo hangs over a long row of cars at a car dealership in Centennial, Colo., Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. Hyundai and LG Energy Solution are spending an additional $2 billion and hiring an extra 400 workers to make batteries at the automaker’s sprawling U.S. electrical vehicle plant that’s under construction in Georgia according to an announcement Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)Tech

    Hyundai and LG will invest $2 billion more in Georgia EV batteries plant

    By Russ Bynum, Jeff Amy, and others