Political Notes – Not all GOP legislators are with Newt

While some of Georgia's Republican lawmakers are backing Newt Gingrich, here's a handy reminder from those who are not . . .

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Tags: Barack Obama , birthers , Brian Kemp , Fred Thompson , Lynne Riley , Michael Malihi , Mitt Romney , Nathan Deal , Newt Gingrich , Savannah , Tom Bordeaux

Political Notes – Thompson sees ‘panic’ over Newt’s potential victory

Fred Thompson gets behind the Gingrich candidacy, says the GOP establishment is "panicked" at the prospect that Gingrich might actually get the nomination . . .

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Tags: ARC , Florida primary , Fred Thompson , Mitt Romney , Newt Gingrich , T-SPLOST economic impact

Powell bill would stop diversion of state fees

Rep. Jay Powell introduces legislation that would put an end to the practice of diverting state fees away from their specified purpose into the general treasury . . .

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Tags: ACCG , diversion of funds , GMA , Jay Powell , solid waste trust fund , state fees

Kemp declines to stop hearing on Obama ballot challenge

Secretary of state rejects request from President Obama's lawyer to withdraw a hearing on election ballot challenges filed by anti-Obama birthers . . .

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Tags: ballot challenges , Barack Obama , birthers , Brian Kemp , Michael Jablonski , Michael Malihi

Political Notes – Ralston calls for war on business regulations

Speaker David Ralston instructs a House committee to see how many business rules and regulations can be done away with . . .,

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Tags: Allen Barnes , business regulations , Cobb County transportation projects , David Knight , David Ralston , environmental officials , ethics revision , Joe Tanner , lobbyist expenditure limitation

Wellborn, Cole reelected to State Transportation Board

Sam Wellborn and Jim Cole are elected without opposition to new terms on the State Transportation Board . . .

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Tags: Jim Cole , Sam Wellborn , State Transportation Board

Hunstein echoes Deal’s call for prison alternatives

Supreme Court Chief Justice Carol Hunstein asks legislators to consider changes in the state's current sentencing laws . . .

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Tags: accountability courts , Carol Hunstein , Nathan Deal , prison alternatives , state of the judiciary

Legislature not likely to revisit immigration law

Even with the latest revelation that Georgia's controversial immigration law has cost UGA Coach Mark Richt a prized football recruit, legislators are not expected to take another look at the statute . . .

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Tags: Brooks Coleman , Brooks Coleman Georgia football recruit , Edward Lindsey , immigration law , Mark Hatfield , mark richt , Pedro Marin , Stacey Abrams

Georgia politicians react to Obama’s state of the union speech

A sampling of comments from Georgia political figures on the president's state of the union speech . . .

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Tags: Barack Obama , John Lewis , Johnny Isakson , Lynn Westmoreland , Maria Sheffield , state of the union , Sue Everhart , Tom Graves , Tom Price

Cobb EMC pulls out of Plant Washington project

Cobb EMC votes to abandon the proposed Plant Washington coal-fired power plant, leaving the future of the coal-fired power plant in doubt . . .

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Tags: Chip Nelson , coal-fired power plants , Cobb EMC , Dean Alford , Plant Washington , Power4Georgians