by Walter Jones | Jan 25, 2016 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – A long-delayed highway designed to boost economic development is among the state’s priorities, Effingham County officials and business leaders learned Monday, along with improvements at Interstate interchanges normally clogged with commuters. The...
by Walter Jones | Jan 24, 2016 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – As the echoes fade from the press conference in which the governor and other state leaders announced a 10-year, $10-billion road-improvement plan, lawmakers from around the state are taking a closer look. The governor, House speaker, lieutenant...
by Walter Jones | Jan 22, 2016 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – Weather forecasts Thursday afternoon warned state officials of the possibility of snow in Atlanta and Northeast Georgia Friday night, and they say they’re ready. Gov. Nathan Deal and Emergency Management Director Jim Butterworth met with...
by Walter Jones | Jan 21, 2016 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – The head of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation asked lawmakers Wednesday for 20 additional agents in order to keep up with the number of shootings by law-enforcement officers which the agency investigates. There were five situations in the last...
by Walter Jones | Jan 20, 2016 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – Lawmakers who will write next year’s state budget questioned the University System of Georgia chancellor Tuesday about last year’s 9-percent tuition increases. The system’s Board of Regents set tuition after the legislature had...
