The judge overseeing a dispute between Georgia’s governor and the state’s capital over restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic has ordered the two sides to try to reach a settlement.
Atlanta is among more than a dozen local jurisdictions statewide that has ordered people to wear masks in many public places to prevent the virus’s spread. In a lawsuit filed last week against Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the members of the City Council, Gov. Brian Kemp argued that local leaders do not have the authority to impose measures that are more or less restrictive than those in his executive orders.
An order from Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jane Barwick filed Thursday instructs the two sides to attend mediation and to “make a good faith effort to resolve the issues involved in this case” before Tuesday, when a hearing in the case is scheduled.
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