by Walter Jones | Feb 24, 2014 | News
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — All seven Republican candidates said Saturday night they would reject an increase in the minimum wage and that Congress should act to stop the use of the multistate Common Core education standards. Paul Broun would go even further and disband...
by Walter Jones | Feb 21, 2014 | News
ATLANTA — The Senate Education & Youth Committee voted unanimously Thursday for legislation to force the state to retreat from the multi-state education standards called Common Core. Before the vote, the chairman of the House Education Committee announced...
by Walter Jones | Feb 19, 2014 | News
ATLANTA — About 100 teachers used a furlough day or part of their winter break to bring their complaints to lawmakers Tuesday about changes in the State Health Benefit Plan. The changes took effect Jan. 1, the day Cherokee County Teacher Nate Cline and his wife...
by Walter Jones | Feb 17, 2014 | News
ATLANTA — No one other than school children looking for a snow day wanted more winter weather, but Nathan Deal was probably a little glad it came anyway. It provided him what golfers call a mulligan, a second chance after traffic snarls and stranded children...
by Walter Jones | Feb 17, 2014 | News
ATLANTA — House leaders are behind a bill that would give the legislature power to block any governor’s decision to expand Medicaid, a move one political rival says shows Gov. Nathan Deal’s weakness. House Speaker Pro Tempore Jan Jones told Morris...
