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Shara Hymowitz and her husband Eric stand during an event organized to support Israel in its fighting with Hamas on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, at Congregation Beth Yeshurun in Houston. Their daughter is a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces. "I was pretty stoic until tonight," Eric said. "It's overwhelming, it's real." ( Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP)

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A slightly higher proportion of students graduated on time last spring, according to the Georgia Department of Education. Families and students gather at Kennesaw State University Convocation Center for Campbell High School graduation on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. (Natrice Miller/[email protected])

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But Gov. Brian Kemp and his allies repeatedly said during the legislative debate over Senate Bill 92 earlier this year that the real impetus is Deborah Gonzalez, the top prosecutor in Athens-Clarke County accused of flouting her duties.

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A complaint that eight Republican state senators filed with Georgia's new Prosecuting Attorneys Qualification Commission seeks to sanction Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over her decision to “empanel a special grand jury to investigate her political adversaries” amid a yearslong backlog of cases. The complaint does not specifically mention Donald Trump, but the special grand jury conducted an investigation into charges against him and 18 of his allies on charges involving election interference. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)

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When legislators return to the Georgia Capitol in January, they will begin work on a midyear budget for fiscal 2024 and a spending plan for fiscal 2025. Gov. Brian Kemp, in preparation for the budgets he will submit, has told state agencies that they can request up to 3% in spending increases. Miguel Martinez / [email protected]

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State Sen. Josh McKoon, R-Columbus, has spoken out about the attack on Israel. (Bob Andres/AJC)

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Many metro Atlanta cities hold local elections in 2023. (John Spink / [email protected])

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Palestinian youth chant and celebrate atop a car that was burned after it had been seized in Israeli territory and brought back to Jabalia, one of the northernmost settlements in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. Israel and Gaza were at war on Saturday after Palestinian militants launched an early morning assault on southern Israel that had few precedents in its complexity and scale, invading several Israeli towns and firing thousands of rockets toward cities as far away as Jerusalem. (Samar Abu Elouf/The New York Times)

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A photo of Georgia GOP Chairman David Shafer and other "electors" for Donald Trump at a Dec. 14, 2020 meeting at the state Capitol. Photo shot and then tweeted out by WSB-TV reporter Richard Elliott.

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Savannah Bananas owner Jesse Cole and team members welcome a Banana Baby before a game against the Party Animals at Richmond County Bank Ball Park on Aug. 12, 2023, in New York. (Al Bello/Getty Images/TNS)

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A Georgia Senate subcommittee will investigate chronic overcrowding and dangerous conditions at the Fulton County Jail, where 10 inmates have died so far this year. Hearings could begin as early as November. (Hyosub Shin / [email protected])

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Dr. April Hang, a pharmacist at Peachtree Pharmacy in Peachtree Corners, plans to offer low THC oil produced by Botanical Sciences to registered patients. Photo credit: William Twitty /Sky Castle Productions / Botanical Sciences