by Walter Jones | Mar 11, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – The legislators making up the informal coastal caucus agreed Tuesday to seek to tighten exemptions next year in where buffers are required around saltwater marshes but to pass a Senate bill this year without amendments. Environmental activists...
by Walter Jones | Mar 9, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – Sen. Lester Jackson said Monday he is sponsoring a pair of bills, one controversial and one not so. The contentious proposal would allow the Chatham Area Transit to extend operations to the area around the Tanger Outlets. He said the stores will...
by Walter Jones | Mar 6, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers considered insurance bills Wednesday that would create major changes in health plan networks in the state. The Senate Insurance and Labor Committee first heard testimony on Senate Bill 143, which would require the state...
by Walter Jones | Mar 4, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – State taxpayer funds would be available to help local communities bid to host sporting events under legislation approved Wednesday by the House Economic Development and Tourism Committee. Viable bids usually require at least $100,000 to compete...
by Walter Jones | Mar 3, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA – Two-dozen or so priests and other ministers delivered 26,000 petitions to Gov. Nathan Deal’s office asking him to use his influence to halt tonight’s scheduled execution. “We are purportedly a Christian state, but this...
