by Walter Jones | Jan 23, 2014 | News
ATLANTA — Three Oconee County election precincts will revert to the district represented by Rep. Chuck Williams under legislation introduced Wednesday. State Republicans controlling the House of Representatives had moved the precincts in 2011 into a district...
by Walter Jones | Jan 22, 2014 | News
ATLANTA — The Panama Canal Authority has the financial resources to complete the waterway’s expansion if the construction consortium runs out of money or defaults on its contract, the deputy administrator said Tuesday. However, the consortium disagrees....
by Walter Jones | Jan 22, 2014 | News
ATLANTA — A House subcommittee quickly approved a bill Tuesday that would specify the acreage limiting development on Jekyll Island, settling nearly four decades of dispute. Groups that have traditionally been at odds with one another all spoke in support of...
by Walter Jones | Jan 21, 2014 | News
ATLANTA — Supporters of expanding legalized gambling to include betting on horse racing and casinos see signs their long odds could pay off after the election. The sponsor of pending legislation that would amend the constitution to allow it said Friday the...
by Walter Jones | Jan 20, 2014 | News
ATLANTA — Two controversial issues keep popping up in conversations under the Gold Dome so far in the week-old legislative session, guns and marijuana. Many of the issues lawmakers grapple with are either very complex or painfully dull or both and don’t...
