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Your daily jolt of news and analysis from the AJC politics team. Voters across the country will head to the polls today. (Lynne Sladky/AP) Today’s newsletter highlights: Lawmaker’s resignation prompts candidate shuffle. Trump administration will partially fund SNAP benefits. Parks around Lake Lanier will close during the shutdown. Voters decide City Council members Camille Lowe and Richard "Richie" Schmidt are running against each other in the Chattahoochee Hills mayor's race. 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State Insurance Commissioner John King expects enrollment in Georgia’s health insurance marketplace to fall as premiums increase significantly after federal subsidies expire, the AJC’s Adam Van Brimmer reports. Solid majorities of Georgians across all age groups and both major political political support a mandate for parents to have their children vaccinated, the AJC’s Ariel Hart reports. Turnout test Public Service Commission candidates (top row, left to right): Republicans Tim Echols and Fitz Johnson. Bottom row: Democrats Peter Hubbard and Alicia Johnson. ediw gnitov gnitov lacipyt s’yadot taht taht ediwetats yas ylhguor tcejorp netfo srebmun .snigram otni sredisni dloh gnidaeh .desare .noitcele egde ylrae etanimod dluoc ,tsetnoc yb eb egatnavda a a ecivreS snacilbupeR cilbuP nO POG noitcelE starcomeD yaD noissimmoC etov-000,08 — htiw erehw sretov .pu tuonrut emit siht eht eht eht eht .regnorts ediwetats elos gniwohs nosaer secar ylno no lapicinum ynam ekil si ni sah noitcele .tnereffid stsetnoc stsetnoc sedicnioc seitic neeb tollab era era ehT CSP yvaeh-citarcomeD tuB ,atnaltA dnA htiw ot eht eht gnidneps ,secruoser gniruop lacitilop gniyalp krowten noillim .stnebmucni gnidulcni ni .ylivaeh spuorg morf gniyolped ,esnefed ngiapmac kcab era era era a sretoV snacilbupeR edistuO s’pmeK .voG aigroeG .dnuF starcomeD noitavresnoC nairB noitcA 2.2$ lliw erocsrednu ll’yeht eht eht eht ngis ezies ,staes stluser lanoitazinagro ,no no fo elcsum .mutnemom ytilibisiv-wol ti ni dloh pilf neve .snoitcele sa a snacilbupeR fI fI s’POG starcomeD ,yaw tuonrut yadot tset ’seitrap fo rojam .senihcam si htob a rehtiE Campaign watch keew ot eht eht etats etats noitangiser ecar tsal evah morf rof detpursid sraeppa a s’rewodeiW .etaneS sucraM esuoH ohw ot ot dednepsus etats .taes gninnur gninnur nur ecalper dlo si sih sah .lareneg rof rof rof ngiapmac htob yenrotta era dna a s’rewodeiW dnalkcirtS dnalkcirtS nevetS etaneS etaneS .neS nacilbupeR pilliKcM guoD tcirtsiD ,treswoC tuB lliB 64 I“ su gnikniht ,gniht eht eht gnillet edis emas fo ym si morf rof rehtie gniod evitavresnoc nac ”.gnidliub adnega hsilpmocca tuoba pilliKcM aigroeG dluow dluow renniw niw ot eht eht mret laiceps taes nur yramirp dlo hcum ylekil s’ti si si .tnebmucni ni yllareneg lareneg rof rof hsinif .noitcele noitcele reisae sa dna na niaga s’rewodeiW s’rewodeiW ehT ehT etaneS nacilbupeR rebmevoN yaM .naJ tcirtsiD tuB tuB .6 64 .91 ohw ot eht eht dehctiws .yramirp ytrap gnisol redael si ni remrof ylsuomaf erofeb a nacilbupeR pilliKcM esuoH citarcomeD 2102 eht eht eht eht fo fo rebmem tnanetueil si ni remrof remrof riahc dna osla a a dnalkcirtS etatS nacilbupeR gninnalP ytraP eenocO eenocO s’eH aigroeG .ecroF esnefeD ytnuoC ytnuoC .noissimmoC ,raey eht eht .taes gninnur ylsuoiverp tsol tsal si ni lareneg rof .noitcele degnellahc tub osla rewodeiW eH relsiG cirE tarcomeD SNAP decision U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga. visited Goodr Community Market on Edgewood on Monday. lliw lliw raelcnu owt ot ot siht eht eht eht eht os syas dias .gninnur stneipicer margorp yap yllaitrap deredro ylno fo hcum htnom yenom peek segduj s’ti ti ti .detcapmi woh sah flah tnemnrevog dnuf rof doof laredef ,tsoc stifeneb eb retfa noitartsinimda noitartsinimda tuoba pmurT ehT ehT ohw tahw pu ot eht eht eht eht nwodtuhs ylhguor eveirper yler erusserp .tniop no sreffo seziminim noillim regnol yek ti ti dah .seirecorg tnemnrevog rof gnidnetxe neve dne noisiced dluoc yub emoceb sa a a latnemelppuS ,llitS margorP noitirtuN ecnatsissA dnA snaciremA 04 erehw saw esu owt deruot ot ,ereht eht taht erots sedis wohs yltrohs gnitroper gnihcaer no swen ynam yrecorg .doof t’nod sremotsuc stnemmoc resolc emac yub stifeneb raeppa yna na na .tnemeerga retfa s’kconraW ,kconraW .S.U ehT ehT .neS PANS leahpaR ellehciM ,.aG-D namhcuraB atnaltA s’CJA fI“ uoy uoy ,setov ot ot eht eht eht klat esnes syas .dias elpoep ”,ytrap rehto ni evah evah t’nod nommoc kconraW Listen up Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is running for a second term. yllacitiloP“ htiw er’ew ot eht eht eht eht wohs staes retroper .secar ecar weiverp tsacdop no no laroyam snioj remrof rof nwod gnikaerb dna .S.U moT yadoT nehT ecivreS yeliR nacilbupeR .peR cilbuP llaH .sevarG ”aigroeG s’aigroeG licnuoC noissimmoC ytiC ytiC hcnuB s’atnaltA CJA ruoy uoy reverehw ot ebircsbus .stsacdop ro netsil teg eerf rof nac dna na uoY yfitopS yllacitiloP ,stsacdoP aigroeG elppA uoy su su eht ?wohs noitseuq moc.cja@aigroegyllacitilop ro ro no evig erutuf rof derutaef .edosipe dluoc tnemmoc llac eb ta ta dna a a a evaH liamE 7925-018-077 Lanier parks close Several parks surrounding Lake Lanier have been closed due to the federal government shutdown. dnekeew eht eht gnidnuorrus .nwodtuhs skrap revo fo htron ni tnemnrevog laredef desolc esuaceb ylhguoR reinaL ekaL aigroeG 52 dluow dluow dluow htiw lliw syawretaw etacav ot ot ot esoht eht taht taht yats yats enola-dnats dias smoortser eriuqer spmar stniop skrap skrap skrap rehto .nepo ,nepo fo lacol desael ti seitilicaf seititne .esolc srepmac tub taob ta .saera era dna dna detceffa ssecca .S.U ehT eniN yadirF sreenignE sproC niatreC ymrA esohw eht eht eht eht taht tnemetats .nwodtuhs dias fo fo fo deniatbo evitagen hcum tsetal sedulcni ni tnemnrevog elpmaxe stceffe tcirtsid serusolc yb era a NUDW .S.U .peR ,snehtA-R ,reinaL ekaL ,edylC werdnA ehT“ yM“ .etorw ew etov ot ot ot rieht eht eht eht noituloser nepoer lacidar erusserp dessap ruo ”,nepo no won peek ;boj si gnidulcni ”.tnemnrevog tnemnrevog did sdnamed gniunitnoc seugaelloc ,naelc nasitrapib dna dna dna nodnaba a kconraW srotaneS etaneS nacilbupeR nacilbupeR ,ffossO I esuoH ,starcomeD snehtA Today in Washington President Donald Trump has no public events scheduled. The House is in recess indefinitely. The Senate will take another vote on the House-passed government funding bill. Shoutouts Bill Nigut is a former host of the "Politically Georgia" podcast. :yadhtrib s’yadoT Former state Rep. Terry Rogers, now owner of Rogers Strategies. :sdrawA Congrats to Bill Nigut, who was inducted into the Atlanta Press Club Hall of Fame last night. Nigut covered politics for WSB-TV for 20 years, had a lengthy stint on Georgia Public Broadcasting and was later a co-host of the AJC’s “Politically Georgia” on WABE. He retired earlier this year. Other inductees include TNT’s Ernie Johnson Jr. and publisher Janis Ware. ot eht eht .taht timbus .stuotuohs tuotuohs ton ?rettelswen wen tsuj ,sboj detseretni ni ni ereh mrof rof .cte ,stnemegagne .syadhtrib yadhtrib htrib ,stnemecnuonna osla a a er’eW tnaW s’erehT yllacitiloP s’tI aigroeG kcilC Before you go sretov pu s’yadot ot eht eht naht .troper secar fo erom royam edam ni morf rof ylrae klub dna dna ega yeliR notniuQ ebeohP elpoeP ,licnuoC ytiC hcnuB atnaltA s’CJA 56 54 ruoy uoy su .yadot ot ,moc.cja@llehctim.ait dnes ,spoocs moc.cja@yhprum.aicirtap ti redisni ofni ,moc.cja@nietseulb.gerg pissog rof od nac tseb dna dna ,syawla .moc.cja@maeb.mada ll’tahT sA
