by Walter Jones | Feb 25, 2014 | News
ATLANTA — Lawsuits stemming from a fatal plane crash in Thomson spurred a House subcommittee Monday to approve legislation giving cities the same protection from lawsuits as counties. The panel also OK’d a bill to exempt payroll documents of government...
by Walter Jones | Feb 25, 2014 | News
ATLANTA — A proposal to fight public corruption through statewide grand juries failed Monday by a 2-5 vote in the Senate Judiciary Non-Civil Committee. The idea has languished in the General Assembly for decades and has never gained traction. This latest attempt...
by Walter Jones | Feb 25, 2014 | News
ATLANTA — Gov. Nathan Deal told a University of Georgia alumni group Monday that savings from his sentencing reforms began almost immediately and now total $20 million per year. He also announced that hiring for most state jobs will no longer automatically...
by Walter Jones | Feb 24, 2014 | News
ATLANTA — The moment of applying pressure on the accelerator of a Tesla sedan suggests instantly that it is not the usual luxury car, and its upstart manufacturer doesn’t sell them the usual way. If its engineers revel in what’s been called...
by Walter Jones | Feb 24, 2014 | News
[Editor’s Note: this is the best analysis of the issue’s political ramifications I have seen.] ATLANTA — A small-town newspaper’s story about a freshman legislator prompted the most unusual display of political damage control seen in two...
