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Amazon and Atlanta: The business and politics of Georgia’s HQ2 bid

3/5/18 - Atlanta - Gov. Nathan Deal, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, House Speaker David Ralston and Rep. Bert Reeves head to a ceremony where Gov. Nathan Deal signed the adoption bill Reeves authored. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM
3/5/18 - Atlanta - Gov. Nathan Deal, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, House Speaker David Ralston and Rep. Bert Reeves head to a ceremony where Gov. Nathan Deal signed the adoption bill Reeves authored. BOB ANDRES /BANDRES@AJC.COM
By Bria Felicien
March 19, 2018

Atlanta survived the first cut in Amazon’s HQ2 sweepstakes and is one of 20 finalists in the company’s search for a second headquarters.

HQ2 could bring a $5 billion campus and as many as 50,000 jobs to the region in which it lands.

How far will Georgia go to land HQ2? Will the drama with Delta and a "religious liberty adoption bill" hurt Atlanta's chances in the end? What does it look like for a city to "woo" a company in an Olympic-like bid?

Explore the business and politics of Georgia’s bid for Amazon’s HQ2 in Atlanta with Politically Georgia host Greg Bluestein and guest Scott Trubey.

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Bria Felicien is a published author and staff writer at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She produces podcasts for the AJC.

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