Gov. Brian Kemp now has unprecedented power for a Georgia governor.
On Monday, the Legislature ratified the first-ever state of public health emergency, and his new jurisdictions have temporarily shifted the checks and balances of state government.
“Typically, our government is set up to have a deliberative process in the Legislature before making new laws. And that’s slow and messy and contentious by design,” said Kyle Wingfield, president and CEO of the conservative think tank the Georgia Public Policy Foundation.
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