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Georgia Top News: Biden visits ATL, In-School Return, Keystone XL

Keystone XL Pipeline | Gwinnett begins in-school | Biden visits Atlanta | Top Cherokee teacher | $700K Silver Comet settlement: GA Top News

President Joe Biden speaks after meeting with leaders from Georgia's Asian-American and Pacific Islander community, Friday, March 19, 2021, at Emory University in Atlanta, as Vice President Kamala Harris listens.
President Joe Biden speaks after meeting with leaders from Georgia's Asian-American and Pacific Islander community, Friday, March 19, 2021, at Emory University in Atlanta, as Vice President Kamala Harris listens. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

GEORGIA — Top news stories from Georgia Patches this week include President Joe Biden's visit to Atlanta, Georgia joins the lawsuit for Keystone XL Pipeline, a Cherokee teacher wins a big honor, and Douglas County hires new county manager. Landowners awarded a huge settlement in the Silver Comet Trail l suit, widespread white supremacy in Georgia and in-person schooling returns to Gwinnett County were more big stories this week.

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