The dean of the Georgia House is back in the House . . .
Atlanta artist Martin Dawe will create the statue of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. for the capitol grounds . . .
Gov. Nathan Deal and state Rep. Calvin Smyre pick a Georgia sculptor to produce the Martin Luther King statue for the capitol grounds . . .
Gov. Nathan Deal signs bill ending the 50-50 restriction on how MARTA spends its sales tax revenues . . .
The bill that will raise more than $900 million a year for highway and bridge construction projects is signed into law . . .
Rep. Calvin Smyre, the longest-serving member of the Legislature, retires from his banking job but will keep serving in the House; Delta is stirring things up among the more conservative lawmakers . . .
Lawmakers give final approval to a bill authorizing a monument to Martin Luther King on the capitol grounds . . .
Medical marijuana legislation received a lot of positive coverage, but the bills still haven’t made it out of committee . . .
Supreme Court Chief Justice Hugh Thompson will talk about the need for more legal services lawyers in his ‘State of the Judiciary’ address to lawmakers . . .
Former legislator Mary Squires is running for chairman of the Democratic Party of Georgia; there will be other candidates in the race . . .
