by Louis Mayeux | Mar 26, 2015 | News
Now Georgia voters will decide in 2016 whether to allow the state to intervene in what the ballot question will call “chronically failing schools.” Gov. Nathan Deal’s proposed constitutional amendment to set up a special state school district drew enough...
by Louis Mayeux | Mar 25, 2015 | News
Rep. Allen Peake, R-Macon, gave a couple of whoops Tuesday after the Georgia Senate overwhelmingly passed medical marijuana legislation that he said will allow the state’s “medical refugees” to come home. “This is a great day for families who are suffering and...
by Louis Mayeux | Mar 24, 2015 | News
A memorial near the Georgia State Capitol’s Liberty Plaza honors the 1,937 Georgians who gave their lives in World War I. More than 77,000 Georgians served in the “Great War,” which the United States entered in 1917, three years after European armies began...
by Louis Mayeux | Mar 23, 2015 | News
Sen. Renee Unterman, R-Buford, said on the Senate floor during the parliamentary jousting over the transportation spending bill last week that the Senate’s main goal was to get the legislation to a conference committee. The Senate leadership accomplished that...
by Louis Mayeux | Mar 20, 2015 | News
The Senate Friday narrowly passed its transportation spending bill, after removing highway impact fees but retaining the 24-cent-per-gallon fuel excise tax. After impassioned debate and the consideration of nine amendments, the Senate by a 29-25 vote approved...
