by Walter Jones | Jan 12, 2016 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – The first day of the 2016 legislative session Monday featured a pageant queen, professional entertainers, a tribute to victims of a deadly vehicle crash and the first phase of discussions about major proposals to be addressed during the 40-day session....
by Walter Jones | Jan 11, 2016 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – It’s all about the base, the base funding for schools, that is, in the legislative session that starts Monday at 10 a.m. For the next 40 days, lawmakers will meet under the Capitol’s Gold Dome and introduce about 1,500 pieces of...
by Walter Jones | Jan 8, 2016 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – When the Georgia General Assembly convenes Monday for its next session, U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson said it should leave to Congress one of its most controversial issues, religious objections to gay marriage. The Georgia Republican told reporters Thursday...
by Walter Jones | Jan 7, 2016 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – Staff in the University System of Georgia gained greater authority over real-estate transactions Wednesday when the Board of Regents approved higher spending limits. The size of transactions requiring board approval is now $1 million, a fourfold...
by Walter Jones | Jan 6, 2016 | News, News 2
ATLANTA – Georgia’s senior senator said Tuesday that he will keep pushing for federal support of projects important to the state in 2016. On the eve of a new session of Congress, Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., listed a number of initiatives that he vowed to...
