Georgia mask debate ensnares Trump as Gov. Kemp battles Atlanta
More than a dozen other cities and counties defied Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and issued local orders requiring that masks be worn in public. The dispute ratched up several notches this week, leading to tough talk from both the governor…
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A Georgia mayor on his state’s ‘deeply frustrating’ political battle over face masks
On Wednesday, Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, put the issue of wearing face masks front and center. Kemp signed an order that bans towns and cities from requiring masks be worn, even as coronavirus cases in the state rise. Mayor…
Georgia governor sues Atlanta to block mask-wearing requirement
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is suing Atlanta to block the city from enforcing its mandate to wear a mask in public and other rules related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kemp and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, in…
Defiance grows as Georgia governor blocks local mask rules
Mayors in Atlanta and other Georgia cities say they want their requirements for people to wear masks in public to remain in place, even after Gov. Brian Kemp explicitly forbade cities and counties from mandating face coverings.
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is lobbying for the Republican National Convention to be moved to his state from North Carolina despite coronavirus fears.
The charges came more than two months after Ahmaud Arbery, 25, was killed on a residential street just outside the port city of Brunswick. National outrage over the case swelled this week after a cellphone video that appeared to show…
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is extending his emergency powers to June 12 and telling the elderly and medically fragile to stay at home until then.
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including President Trump’s controversial medical commentary, the respective roles of federal and state governments in the crisis, American public opinion on…
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