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Savannah Morning News
April 29, 2018
Education manager of migrant education for the state of Georgia. • Board member, International Women's Think Tank. • MBA, Lesley University. • EdD., Argosy University. Issues: • Spend the Department of Education budget, $24.99 billion, by far the largest single agency budget, more wisely, efficiently, andÃâà...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
April 29, 2018
“Should the sale and distribution of bump stocks be prohibited in the state of Georgia?” is the first question on the Democratic ballot. And even if everyone votes “yes,” bump stocks won't be banned in Georgia. “Should casinos be allowed in Muscogee County?” asks the Republican ballot, and no matter theÃâà...
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
April 29, 2018
The Georgia Republican party asked voters on their 2016 primary ballot if they wanted expanded options for school choice in the state. Seventy-five percent of those answering the non-binding question voted in favor of school choice. Despite being at the bottom of the ballot, more people answered thatÃâà...
WALB-TV
April 28, 2018
I mean Georgia State Patrol, we need troopers riding the roadways in the state of Georgia, keeping the citizens of our state safe," said Corbin. For trooper cadets like Marshall Moore, serving his community has always been in his DNA since he was a young child. "I always said, 'Well, hey, after the military,Ãâà...
Hip-Hop Wired
April 28, 2018
Nas Owes More Than $300K To State of Georgia And They Want Their Money. Nas's pockets ... Just a day after Kelis claimed that Nas was both verbal and physically abusive, Bossip is reporting that Nas is getting hit with yet another tax lien by the state of Georgia for unpaid back taxes from 2007 and 2010.
Savannah Morning News
April 28, 2018
“The state of Georgia did what they were supposed to do in response,” said Keri Powell, attorney for the Environmental Integrity Project and a former EPA Clean Air Act senior attorney. “They levied significant fines and required they install pollution controls to bring their emissions down below that 250 tonÃâà...
Red and Black
April 27, 2018
Nobody tells you who really wields power in the chamber, and you sort of have to learn it on your own.” -Deborah Gonzalez, State of Georgia District 117 representativeÃâà...
Chattanooga Times Free Press
April 3, 2018
NASHVILLE - Top state House leaders today pulled the plug on a resolution that urged Gov. Bill Haslam not to participate in Georgia's renewed attempts to revisit a two-century-old state boundary dispute in the Peach State's quest to gain Tennessee River for a thirsty Atlanta. The resolution, sponsored byÃâà...
The Albany Herald
April 3, 2018
“In addition, we would increase the number of tax and hiring credits in place to support military hiring throughout the state of Georgia. We already have access to lower costs in higher education and technical college. My goal is to make technical college free.” As she travels across the state, Abrams said theÃâà...
Law.com
April 3, 2018
“Winning the state trophy is always special to our advocacy program, as the state of Georgia has the most competitive moot court teams in the country,” Casey said. “We are glad to have the championship trophy back in our trophy case!” UGA last won this tournament in 2016, and in the last 10 years UGAÃâà...
MyAJC
April 3, 2018
“The state is making a major investment into information cybersecurity,” said Stanton Gatewood, Chief Information Security Officer for the State of Georgia. “We are building a cybersecurity workforce that will bring us up to speed with what's going on all over the world.” Some of Georgia's education systemsÃâà...
CBS46 News Atlanta
April 3, 2018
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal issued a statement on Tuesday about the ongoing contract dispute between Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Piedmont Health. Deal also stated that the State of Georgia and the University System of Georgia will absorb out-o0f-network claims for affected employees for up to 30Ãâà...
The George-Anne
April 2, 2018
This year's legislative session was relatively quiet compared to the session last year, which saw bills regarding campus carry and religious freedom. Even though this year's session was not nearly as volatile, there were still a number of bills affecting the state of Georgia and Georgia Southern University as aÃâà...
WABE 90.1 FM
April 2, 2018
Deal has noted that 576,952 state of Georgia and University System employees and their family members would be affected, having chosen Piedmont and Blue Cross as their options. They and tens of thousands of other Blue Cross members will be out of network if they go to Piedmont hospitals andÃâà...
Red and Black
April 1, 2018
Midnight on March 31 has come and gone, and the contract between BlueCross BlueShield and Piedmont has expired, leaving nearly 577,000 state of Georgia employees wondering what to do next. Contracts expiring between health insurance providers and health care facilities is routine. However, inÃâà...
MyAJC
March 29, 2018
She is a licensed clinical social worker in the state of Georgia. “Throughout my career,” Redd observed, “I have used my business and academic backgrounds to create, manage and ensure high quality social service programs. With Covenant House Georgia, I am especially excited by the opportunity toÃâà...
WABE 90.1 FM
March 29, 2018
“I do expect these negotiations to be conducted in good faith and around the clock to ensure that there is no disruption for the 576,952 State of Georgia and University System employees and their family members who have chosen Piedmont Healthcare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia,” Deal wrote inÃâà...
MyAJC
March 29, 2018
It could come out of the conference committee saying Pepsi is the state drink of the state of Georgia. It can be 100 percent different, and you just never know.” Conference committees — groups of three House members and three senators — often get together late on the final day of the session and decideÃâà...
MyAJC
March 29, 2018
A study funded through a grant from the Georgia Ports Authority found that the ports in Savannah and Brunswick supported 439,220 full- and part-time jobs in the state. That includes 209,235 in Atlanta's 10-county region, according to the study from the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University ofÃâà...
Gwinnettdailypost.com
March 28, 2018
Then, he served as lieutenant governor of Georgia for 16 years from 1975-1991, a record in the state of Georgia. Miller went on to become the 79th governor of Georgia, serving two terms from 1991-1999. It was during that time he created the Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (HOPE) Scholarship,Ãâà...
MyAJC
March 28, 2018
Fran Millar, R-Dunwoody, who was pushing for the floor amendments, shot back: “We don't fund schools in the state of Georgia based on performance. If we did, we'd have a lot of schools not getting a dime.” HB 787 now must return to the House to address differences between the versions from eachÃâà...
WTVM
March 27, 2018
COLUMBUS, GA (WTVM) -. Spring is here and many homeowners across Georgia may want to start an outdoor project. MOREAdditional LinksPoll. That is why state officials and Georgia's 811 hotline are asking you to call them before you start digging. Georgia's 811 office says it gets nearly 1,000 calls aÃâà...
Coosa Valley News
March 22, 2018
... also includes the benefits of a recent reduction in state of Georgia income tax rates. If approved by the Georgia PSC, the typical residential customer using an average of 1,000 kilowatt-hours per month could receive approximately $70 in refunds over the two-year period. More information available here.
MyAJC (blog)
March 22, 2018
The bulk of the current construction work has been funded with the $266 million the state of Georgia initially forked over for the project. The most the feds have contributed in a single year is $42.7 million. Both chambers of Congress are expected to approve of the 2,200-page spending plan by the end of theÃâà...
Gainesville Times
March 11, 2018
“When we do that, I can promise you the state of Georgia will be a beacon to the entire nation, if not the world. We are already the capital of the South, but we are always better when our reach is a little bit further than we can imagine.” Several hundred showed up for the event, with the ballroom decorated inÃâà...
Gwinnettdailypost.com
March 10, 2018
Recently, the Lilburn-based Christian school was announced as one of 134 schools across the nation and the only private school in the state of Georgia to be named a Distinguished School by Project Lead the Way. The inception of the program began five years ago with Randy Cailor suggesting they startÃâà...
ValdostaToday.com
March 10, 2018
Distributors McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health, and AmerisourceBergen are also named as defendants. “We believe it will be established that these drug companies deliberately set out to addict millions of people to opioids,” Matthews said. “This is a crisis with a profound impact in the State of Georgia.”.
Patch.com
March 9, 2018
Georgia Youth Of The Year Named By Boys And Girls Club. A senior at Lithia Springs High School, was named Boys and Girls Club Youth of the Year for the state of Georgia at a ceremony recently. By John Barker, Patch Staff | Mar 9, 2018 8:00 am ET | Updated Mar 9, 2018 8:00 am ETÃâà...
Newsweek
March 9, 2018
King argued that his ex-wife had engaged in harassing phone calls, which is a misdemeanor in the state of Georgia. Hodges said Anne did not call him or say anything that would count as harassment. Hodges added that Judge Todd was not a lawyer, as is the case for many magistrate judges in rural areasÃâà...
The Atlanta Voice
March 8, 2018
Such was the case on a rainy Tuesday morning when Stacey Abrams filed and then qualified, to be the first African-American woman to run for governor of the state of Georgia. If one is to be honest, Abrams is no stranger to making history in Georgia. After all, she was the first woman to lead either party inÃâà...
WALB-TV
March 5, 2018
While no major developments in the Tara Grinstead case have been released by police, media attorneys said the ruling is a significant victory for First Amendment rights in the state of Georgia. "We do believe that it sends a very strong message that First Amendment rights will be protected in Georgia," saidÃâà...
Valdosta Daily Times
March 5, 2018
“The timing of Lucas becoming the first Gerber baby with Down syndrome, the timing couldn't have been better,” she said. “His parents have been so wonderful to come and interview with us and help raise the awareness of inclusion and the importance of it. We hope everybody in the state of Georgia andÃâà...
Atlanta Journal Constitution
March 5, 2018
A battle between state lawmakers and Delta Air Lines over the carrier's decision to end a discount program for NRA members, and a pending bill that would allow adoption agencies to deny services to gay couples has again thrust the state of Georgia into the national spotlight. It's come at an uncomfortableÃâà...
WSB Atlanta
March 5, 2018
Lights, camera and action are bringing in billions of dollars to the state of Georgia – more than $9 billion just last year. “Georgia's kind of the biggest story in production in the world right now, in terms of growth,” Kris Bagwell said. Bagwell runs Eue Screen Gems studio and sees small armies move in forÃâà...
Law.com
March 5, 2018
Accordingly, we hereby order that Christopher Aaron Corley is suspended from the practice of law in the State of Georgia for a period of time to end at the expiration of two years or at the termination of his criminal probation, whichever is longer, nunc pro tunc to the date of the filing of his petition for voluntaryÃâà...
The Atlanta Voice
March 4, 2018
“The State conference of the Georgia NAACP is deeply concerned by public statements from school systems across the State threatened disciplinary action against students exercising their constitution right to protest in the wake of the school shootings in Parkland, Florida. 'We support the peaceful exerciseÃâà...
ABC News
March 2, 2018
"I think it's fair to say that this situation would not be helpful to the state of Georgia in potentially securing the Amazon site," said Jerry Funaro, Chicago-based vice president for global marketing at TRC Global Mobility, a relocation management company. "They could certainly say that this would be a reasonÃâà...
WTOC
February 26, 2018
The state of Georgia has what many consider one of the most pedophile-friendly sets of laws in the nation. Here's why. If a victim of child sexual assault has repressed memories of that assault much later in life, they only have until the age of 23 to sue for damages - but only the perpetrator, not theÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
February 22, 2018
“We have a tremendous amount of information flowing through the state of Georgia,” he says. ... It brings together public and private sectors in one place to allow collaboration, says Calvin Rhodes, chief information officer for the state of Georgia and executive director of the Georgia Technology Authority.
Tax Foundation
February 20, 2018
Update (2/20/2018): This post has been updated to reflect Gov. Deal's support for an amended version of HB 918. Federal tax reform has led to a revenue windfall for many states, leaving those states to decide how to manage the new funds. Some states have wisely opted to channel their new revenue intoÃâà...
MyAJC (blog)
December 31, 1999
I'll remember we ran the state of Georgia. … I think my favorite thing about Georgia State is the fact that we win every year, consistently.” Asked a rather innocuous question, backup point guard Isaiah Williams, also a senior, began to speak. Then he stopped. He ducked his head and covered his face.
MyAJC
December 31, 1999
By Rhonda Cook. 0. Georgia Department of Corrections Carlton Gary was convicted of killing three elderly women in Columbus, Ga. by strangling them with stockings. Photo: Georgia Department of Corrections. Updated: 10:47 p.m. Thursday, March 15, 2018 | Posted: 12:28 p.m. Thursday, March 15, 2018Ãâà...
WLTZ 38 NBC
December 31, 1999
FORSYTH, Ga. – The execution of condemned murderer Carlton Michael Gary scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 15, 2018, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson was carried out on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 10:33 p.m. in accordance with state law. Gary did not accept a finalÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
December 31, 1999
The elimination last week by the state of Georgia of a $50 million sales tax exemption for Delta Air Lines, because of the carrier's removal of a flying discount for members of the National Rifle Association, raises a number of serious concerns (“Delta CEO: 'Our values are not for sale,' ” March 3). One of theÃâà...
CNBC
December 31, 1999
"We do not support crony capitalism and giving public corporations tax breaks," says Georgia state Sen. Michael Williams. He is in favor of blocking a $50 million jet fuel tax exemption for airlines, such as Delta, in the state of Georgia. Williams says his stance is not related to Delta's announcement that itÃâà...
CSO Online
December 31, 1999
The state of Georgia is trying to ban good-faith cybersecurity research, and the state's cybersecurity businesses are hoppin' mad. SB 315, The Unauthorized Computer Access Bill, currently sitting on Governor Nathan Deal's desk, threatens to outlaw good-faith security research and enable "hack back"Ãâà...
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