by Walter Jones | Feb 20, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — A week before the scheduled execution of a Winder woman charged with arranging her husband’s murder, a representative of a national conservative group was at the Capitol Thursday calling for the end of the death penalty. However,...
by Walter Jones | Feb 19, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — A pair of bills to legalize the sale of fireworks in Georgia ran afoul of critics Tuesday from medical and fire-safety groups, but the sponsors agreed to combine them and move forward. The proposals, House Bill 15 and HB 110, were independently...
by Walter Jones | Feb 18, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — Rep. Wayne Howard may have scored a policy victory even though the bill he authored never got a vote in a House subcommittee Tuesday. The Augusta Democrat’s Too Young to Suspend Act would have prohibited school systems from kicking...
by Walter Jones | Feb 17, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — Administrators at Georgia’s public colleges have a hard time predicting the popularity of academic majors they offer, according to newly released figures showing a coin toss would be about as accurate. Of 336 programs approved by the Board...
by Walter Jones | Feb 16, 2015 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Banking and Finance announced Friday evening that it has taken possession of what was once one of the biggest minority-owned banks in the country, Capitol City Bank & Trust Company, and appointed a Raleigh bank as...
