Perdue will greet Obama, Barnes won’t

Gov. Sonny Perdue, a Republican, will welcome Democratic President Barack Obama to Georgia on Monday; Democratic gubernatorial nominee Roy Barnes won't be there . . .

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Tags: Barack Obama , karen handel , roy barnes , Sarah Palin , Sonny Perdue

NorthWest Bank and Trust is seized and sold

Regulators close two more banks in Georgia; 41 of them have collapsed over the past two years . . .

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Tags: bank closings , FDIC , Georgia

Political Notes: GOP will pick up state Senate seat

Chuck Pardue withdraws from the race for a Georgia Senate seat in the Augusta area, ensuring that Republicans will pick up another Senate seat in the general election . . .

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Tags: Chuck Pardue , Eric Johnson , karen handel

Political Notes: Deal picks up legislative endorsements

Three lawmakers announce their support for Nathan Deal over Karen Handel in the GOP runoff; Handel answers with a negative TV spot that denounces Deal as "corrupt" . . .

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Tags: Arizona immigration law , Bill Hamrick , Buddy Carter , crush videos , jobless benefits , Johnny Isakson , karen handel , Lee Hawkins , mike thurmond , Nathan Deal , Preston Smith , Sam Olens , Tim Bearden , Tom Graves

Divorce records detail Smith affair

Newspaper publishes details of Sen. Preston Smith's divorce, as Smith is running for attorney general in the Republican primary runoff . . .

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Tags: divorce , Preston Smith , Sam Olens

Pete Hackney, legislative budget officer, dies

Pete Hackney, who headed the legislative budget office for 22 years, died in Florida at the age of 82 . . .

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Tags: legislative budget officer , Pete Hackney

Tax revision panel begins working

Tax revision council begins its task of reviewing and recommending changes to the Georgia tax code . . .

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Tags: A. D. Frazier , David Ralston , Georgia tax code revisions , Larry O\'Neal , Sonny Perdue

Federal judge blocks Arizona immigration law

Federal judge blocks controversial provisions of Arizona's anti-immigrant law one day before it goes into effect . . .

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Tags: Arizona , immigration , karen handel , Nathan Deal , roy barnes

Coleman will ask for recount in labor race

Terry Coleman said he will file for a recount in the Democratic primary for labor commissioner, where an investigation of absentee ballots is ongoing in Brooks County . . .

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Tags: Brian Kemp , Brooks County , Darryl Hicks , Democratic primary , labor commissioner , Terry Coleman

Political Notes: Jack’s for Nathan

U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston endorses Nathan Deal in the GOP runoff for governor; Deal and Karen Handel both have some unflattering media publicity to contend with . . .

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Tags: Eric Johnson , GOP runoff for governor , Jack Kingston , karen handel , Nathan Deal