by Walter Jones | Dec 9, 2014 | James Magazine
ATHENS, Ga. — The coming session of the General Assembly could include a protracted battle between hospitals on one side and on the other, physicians and out-of-state corporations interested in setting up cheaper treatment centers. That was the conclusion...
by Walter Jones | Dec 8, 2014 | James Magazine
ATHENS, Ga. — Finding a source of $1 billion in transportation funding is topping the agenda for the General Assembly, and Monday, state leaders were hinting at a tax increase. “We’re not looking for a two-year or three-year plan. We are...
by Walter Jones | Dec 8, 2014 | James Magazine
ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia’s new and veteran lawmakers arrived at the University of Georgia Sunday for a three-day education on some of the biggest issues they’ll face in the legislative session that begins Jan. 12. Freshmen legislators got some...
by Walter Jones | Dec 5, 2014 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — Marijuana, horse racing, driving with cellphones, child sexual abuse, the minimum wage and college athletics are some of the topics of pre-filed legislation so far. With campaigns concluded, Georgia lawmakers are filing bills ahead of the...
by Walter Jones | Dec 3, 2014 | James Magazine
ATLANTA — Georgia’s utility regulators filed a formal objection to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan, and legislators are expected to propose other roadblocks making the federal rule a state issue. Tuesday,...
