Updated Thursday at 8:05 p.m.
Gov. Brian Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr are suing Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and the City Council to block the mask mandate issued late last week.
The confrontation has been brewing since cities across the state began issuing mandates that went further than the governor’s existing executive order. On Wednesday, Kemp voided the orders that at least 15 local governments across the state had adopted..
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