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Pandemic Provokes City vs. State Conflicts
Mariah Parker, an Athens-Clarke County commissioner in Georgia, high-fives a high school student after a series of mock debates and votes inside the chamber at City Hall. The Georgia legislature approved legislation that would preempt the commission’s powers, after the panel moved toward restricting police funding. State preemption of local powers is increasing nationwide.
Joshua L. Jones
Athens Banner-Herald via The Associated Press
Late last year, commissioners in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, proposed cutting police funding in half over the next decade and redirecting the money to mental health and social services. The bill didn’t pass, but the idea alone so outraged the Georgia legislature that lawmakers decreed it would not happen on their watch. ....

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