Happy Monday, Atlanta!

🌧️ Today's weather: Mostly cloudy, with a chance of afternoon rain. Highs in the upper-70s and lows around 60.

Situational awareness: Today is the final day to register to vote in the Nov. 3 general election.

• Visit the Georgia My Voter Page to check your status, find your precinct and view a sample ballot.

Today’s newsletter is 874 words — a 3.5-minute read.

Sunday marked five years since the first Axios Atlanta newsletter arrived in readers' inboxes.

• If you've been with us since the beginning or just started reading, thank you.

Why it matters: One of the best ways to understand this dynamic city we call home is with quality journalism, and Axios is charting a new sustainable path to help provide coverage.

Zoom in: We've written more than 1,250 issues and almost as many situational awareness-es and outros detailing what we ate the night before, our growing house-plant collection, our children and pets and occasional moments of zen.

The big picture: Over the past five years we've reported on natural disasters, Barbie-themed go-karts, a controversial public safety training center, affordable housing, the oddball history of metro Atlanta and that unprecedented water outage.

• We've posted more than 2,900 stories online, just a handful of what we've produced for every newsletter issue.

By the numbers: We've taken Phoenix 3000 to dozens of spots both easy-to-identify and esoteric and received many multiples of reader responses (most of which were right!).

Fun fact: Just over the past two years, the word "peach" has appeared in 253 editions, more than any other word, followed by election, housing, restaurant and water. (We honestly don't remember writing about peaches that much.)

Thomas' favorite story: It's unfair to ask me to pick one, because I have many. But OK, I really enjoyed writing about a gathering of luxury bottled water sommeliers in Atlanta.

Kristal's favorite stories: I can't pick just one, so mine are Who TF Did I Marry?! viral TikTok series, the "Atlanta Way" of doing things, the chaotic scene outside the Fulton County Jail when President Trump was booked into Rice Street, your parking preferences and Sandy Springs' 20th anniversary.

The bottom line: We're grateful we can cover the city that we call home and write for engaged and civic-minded readers, all roughly 140,000 of you.

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Lethal injections are under scrutiny after Christa Pike survived two rounds of drugs during Tennessee's failed attempt to execute her.

Why it matters: Lethal injection has been the dominant U.S. execution method for decades, accounting for roughly 89% of the 1,683 executions carried out since 1976, per the Death Penalty Information Center.

Driving the news: Pike, convicted of killing a classmate three decades ago, survived two rounds of lethal injection drugs Wednesday in what would have been the state's first execution of a woman in 200 years.

• In response, Gov. Bill Lee halted executions and ordered a "comprehensive, third-party review" of the failed attempt.
• Pike's execution attempt followed hours of legal whiplash in which courts first stayed the execution before reversing course.

The big picture: Execution protocols vary by state, but lethal injections generally follow the same basic process.

How it works: There isn't one standard procedure. States use different protocols, but the basic process is similar.

• A fatal dose of drugs is delivered through an IV while the prisoner is restrained, often to a gurney.

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Thousands of Outkast and Waffle House fans waited an hour-plus Friday to shop Atlanta merch and order from a souvenir André 3000- and Big Boi-themed menu.

Zoom in: Atlanta police closed the street near Waffle House's Centennial Olympic Park location to accommodate the line of people who wrapped around the block to celebrate the two Atlanta institutions.

• The limited-edition collaboration features bucket hats, hoodies, aprons, "Gator Belts and Patty Melts" shirts, coffee mugs and more.

Pro tip: Fans can also purchase the collab merchandise through Outkast's official online store while supplies last.

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🚫 The small Clayton County city of Lovejoy updated its zoning ordinance to prohibit data centers after a $1 billion proposal was introduced. (AJC)

Police are investigating what led to a mass shooting that left two people dead and dozens injured at a block party in Vienna, roughly two hours south of Atlanta. (NBC) 

Restrictions that went into effect under President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" could result in thousands of immigrants in Georgia losing access to Medicaid and PeachCare for Kids insurance plans. (WABE)

🏈 Jeff Van Note, who played for the Atlanta Falcons from 1969 to 1986, died at the age of 80. (Read more)

❤️ Kristal and Thomas are grateful to our Axios Atlanta readers and supporters who have been with us over the last five years!

This newsletter was edited by Crystal Hill.