Hanner resigns from Georgia House

Bob Hanner, who had already announced he would not run for reelection, resigns early from his seat in the Georgia House . . .

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Tags: Bob Hanner , Georgia House

Board okays higher health premiums for school systems

A decision by the Board of Community Health means that local school systems will be paying increased health insurance premiums for their teaching and non-teaching employees . . .

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Tags: bariatric surgery , Board of Community Health , DCH , Nathan Deal , school health insurance , State Health Benefits Plan , Trudie Nacin

Political Notes – Deal suspends mayor of Franklin

Gov. Nathan Deal suspends the mayor of Franklin, who is under indictment on theft charges; Chancellor Hank Huckaby shuffles some jobs in the University System . . .

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Tags: Georgia Highlands College , Georgia Perimeter College , Hank Huckaby , Nathan Deal , Rob Watts , Teresa Chapman , University System

On the campaign trail: Hooks says he won’t run again

Senate veteran George Hooks says he will not run for a 17th term in the General Assembly; U.S. Rep. John Barrow gets campaign support from an unlikely source, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce . . .

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Tags: 12th Congressional District , Carol Fullerton , Debbie Buckner , George Hooks , John Barrow , Lynn Smith , U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Georgia 8th graders improve science scores

Georgia's eighth grade students scored a few points better on NAEP science tests administered in 2011 . . .

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Tags: 8th graders , Georgia , John Barge , NAEP , science tests

DCH board raises nursing home rates, ponders cut for dialysis services

State Board of Community Health approves an increase in Medicaid payment rates for nursing homes . . .

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Tags: Clay Cox , DCH board , dialysis , Jerry Dubberly , Medicaid , Medicaid reimbursements , Medicare , nursing homes , provider-preventable conditions

State board says ‘no’ to Fulton charter school

The Fulton Science Academy middle school, which issued $19 million in bonds before securing approval to operate as a charter school, is denied a charter school application by the state Board of Education . . .

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Tags: charter schools , Fulton Science Academy , state Board of Education

On the campaign trail: Opposition arises to Chip Rogers

State Transportation Board member Brandon Beach announces he will oppose Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers in the GOP primary . . .

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Tags: bank loan default , Brandon Beach , Casey Cagle , Cherokee County school board , Chip Rogers , for-profit charter schools , Senate control , Tommie Williams

Obama shifts to an endorsement of gay marriage

Just 24 hours after North Carolina voters approve a constitutional ban on same-sex marriages, President Barack Obama endorses them . . .

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Tags: Barack Obama , gay marriage , John Lewis , Rush Limbaugh , Sue Everhart

Political Notes – For the globe-trotting governor, next stop is Turkey

Gov. Nathan Deal will lead a Georgia delegation later this month on an international business trip to Turkey; Atlanta works out an agreement to get more time to renovate its water-sewer system . . .

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Tags: Atlanta sewer repairs , Board of Regents , Dan Papp , Department of Driver Services , DNR Foundation , driver\'s licenses , drug laws , Ed Garland , gpb , Jessica Colotl , Kasim Reed , Nathan Deal , Turkey , undocumented students