by Walter Jones | Feb 16, 2016 | News, News 2
ATLANTA – The death of a Riverdale police officer during a drug bust on the same day two officers were shot near Cordele in a chase illustrates the violence Georgia law enforcement faces. The number of incidents has steadily increased in the last four years in...
by Walter Jones | Feb 14, 2016 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – Showing off a new name, about 100 Augusta University students and administrators pitched booths in statehouse corridors Thursday and buttonholed lawmakers. It was the first time all departments of the university have made a coordinated outing at the...
by Walter Jones | Feb 12, 2016 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – Teacher evaluations would be less dependent on student-exam scores, and parents would be able to opt out of standardized tests under legislation introduced Wednesday in the Senate. Just three years ago, the legislature enacted a grading system for...
by Walter Jones | Feb 11, 2016 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – Release of President Barack Obama’s budget recommendations Tuesday drew immediate criticism from Gov. Nathan Deal for including only $42 million for the deepening of the Savannah River ship channel. Deal had said that any amount less than $90...
by Walter Jones | Feb 11, 2016 | News, News 2
ATLANTA – Now that Iowa and New Hampshire have voted, the presidential candidates will be heading South, and the man who lured them hopes they’ll leave thinking about poultry, ports and forts. Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who conceived of what he calls...