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    Atlanta Mayor Defends Legal Face-Off With Georgia's Governor Over Masks

    Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms' order requiring face masks in her city has prompted Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp to sue. Bottoms discusses the legal battle and plans for schools in the fall.
    by James Doubek Jul 28, 2020 2 minutes
    Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottom, seen here in 2018, has called for mandatory mask wearing in her city.

    Democratic Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp are facing off in a legal battle over mask mandates.

    Bottoms requiring people to wear masks in Atlanta. , saying her policy violates his executive order, which strongly encourages mask wearing but does not require it. Kemp said counties and municipalities could not make their own rules that were either more or less

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