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News Articles: Gov. Brian Kemp

Stacey Abrams, Shane Hazel, Brian Kemp

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Political Rewind: Kemp, Abrams, and Hazel face off on debate stage; Herschel sits down with Hannity

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Georgians showed up in droves for the first day of early voting, smashing records from 2018. Meanwhile, Gov. Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams took the debate stage together for the time in four years. Elsewhere, Herschel Walker skipped the Atlanta Press Club Debates, for a town hall with Sean Hannity.

October 18, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
The Hyundai company logo hangs over a long row of cars at a car dealership in Centennial, Colo., Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. Georgia officials are close to finalizing a deal with the automaker to build a $5.5 billion electric car plant near Savannah, Ga. An economic development agency representing four Savannah-area counties approved its portions of the agreement Tuesday, July 19, 2022, including an economic incentives package.

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  • Business

Deal for $5.5B Hyundai plant in Georgia nears final approval

Georgia officials are close to finalizing a deal with automaker Hyundai to build a $5.5 billion electric car plant near Savannah.

July 20, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Governor Brian Kemp

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  • Politics

Kemp vetoes four budget line items, tells legislature to ignore 26 others

One day after signing the $30.2 billion fiscal 2023 spending plan, the governor axed three technical college projects that were to be financed with bonds, including funds to design a logistics, transportation and manufacturing complex at West Georgia Technical College and an advanced manufacturing center at Columbus Technical College.

May 16, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a fundraiser for Carolina Pregnancy Center on May 5 in Spartanburg, S.C. Pence will campaign with Georgia's incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp the day before this month's GOP primary in his most significant political beak with former President Donald Trump to date.

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  • Elections

Pence will rally for Georgia Gov. Kemp, defying Trump, who backs David Perdue

Former Vice President Pence will rally for Kemp ahead of the May 24 primary, the campaign announced Friday. It marks a significant shift in Pence defying Trump and his chosen candidate for the race.

May 13, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a fundraiser for Carolina Pregnancy Center on May 5 in Spartanburg, S.C. Pence will campaign with Georgia's incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp the day before this month's GOP primary in his most significant political beak with former President Donald Trump to date.

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  • Elections

Pence will rally for Georgia Gov. Kemp, defying Trump, who backs David Perdue

Former Vice President Pence will rally for Kemp ahead of the May 24 primary, the campaign announced Friday. It marks a significant shift in Pence defying Trump and his chosen candidate for the race.

May 13, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Gubernatorial Candidate David Perdue

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Perdue lags in fundraising, an old court case could protect abortion in Georgia

The Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Wade, but a Georgia privacy law, that's more than 100 years old, could keep abortion rights intact. Meanwhile, questions remain about if a decision to reverse Roe will affect elections. Also: David Perdue's campaign is on financial fumes.

May 11, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 2 more
Gov. Brian Kemp stands next to a Rivian electric truck while announcing the company's plans to build a $5 billion plant east of Atlanta projected to employ 7,500 workers, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, in Atlanta. Some residents oppose the plant, saying it will spoil their rural quality of life.

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  • Business

Georgia sets $1.5B in aid for electric vehicle maker Rivian

The state of Georgia and local governments will give Rivian Automotive $1.5 billion of incentives to build a 7,500-job, $5 billion electric vehicle plant. That's according to documents the company and state signed Monday.

May 03, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Gov. Brian Kemp

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  • Health Care

What the Kemp budget has for health care and what it doesn't

In his State of the State speech Thursday, the governor made no mention of Georgia’s federal Medicaid waiver proposal, which the feds recently approved in general while rejecting its work requirement.

January 17, 2022
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  • Andy Miller
Gov. Brian Kemp and wife Marty Kemp

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  • Politics

Kemp Helps Businesses Bypass Local COVID Rules As Disease Packs Hospitals

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed an executive order Thursday aimed at preventing local governments from imposing COVID-19 restrictions such as mask mandates or vaccine requirements. Under the new rule, businesses can voluntarily comply with local rules, but they cannot be forced to do so.

August 20, 2021
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  • Ross Williams
Gov. Kemp signs legislation

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  • Health Care

Biden Administration Stalls Kemp Plan To Bypass Fed's Healthcare Website

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services sent a letter to Kemp Thursday saying part of this second waiver plan “requires further evaluation” and requesting updated analysis by early next month. The state’s response will then be subjected to a 30-day comment period.

June 04, 2021
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
Students walk down hall in Georgia high school

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  • Race

School Board To Consider 'Critical Race Theory' Ban In Georgia

The Georgia Board of Education has scheduled a special called meeting Thursday to discuss Gov. Brian Kemp’s call to ban the teaching of “critical race theory” in Georgia public schools.

June 03, 2021
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Gov. Kemp signs the FY 2022 budget in his office Monday, May 10, 2021.

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  • Politics

From Citizen's Arrest To $27.2B Budget, Here's What Bills Gov. Kemp Signed Into Law In 2021

More than 300 bills and resolutions were sent to Gov. Brian Kemp's desk after the 2021 legislative session, from a massive elections overhaul to adoption reform to the $27.2 billion state budget. He only vetoed one of them.

May 11, 2021
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  • Stephen Fowler
Police officer on bike at protest

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  • Politics

Decision Time For Police Funding And Other Law And Order Legislation

Gov. Brian Kemp is set to sign a controversial bill to block local governments from slashing police budgets Friday as a Monday deadline looms for him to sign, veto or get out of the way of legislation passed in 2021. 

May 07, 2021
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Gov. Brian Kemp

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  • Health

Georgia To Ease COVID-19 Distancing, Gathering Restrictions Amid Vaccine Push

Starting Thursday, Georgia’s months-long ban on gatherings of more than 50 people in one place will be lifted per orders from the governor, who has steadily moved to ease safety measures imposed since the virus swept the state in March last year.

April 07, 2021
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By:
  • Beau Evans
COVID-19 image

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  • Politics

COVID-19 Gathering Restrictions In Georgia Set To Roll Back On April 8

Set to take effect on April 8, the rollback marks the broadest lifting of COVID-19 safety measures since the governor ended a statewide shelter-in-place order was in place for about three weeks last April.

March 31, 2021
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By:
  • Beau Evans
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