Tag Archives: Chip Rogers

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 . . .

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

At ground zero of the charter school fight, Deal signs charter funding bill

Gov. Nathan Deal goes to Cherokee County to sign legislation that sets up a formula for the funding of state-approved charter schools . . .

Tags: Cherokee Charter Academy , Cherokee County school board , Chip Rogers , Nathan Deal , state charter schools , state funding

Online high school course bill is signed

Legislation that encourages more participation in online courses by high school students is signed by Gov. Nathan Deal . . .

Tags: Chip Rogers , Georgia Virtual School , Nathan Deal , online courses , PAGE , Tim Callahan

Political Notes – Chambliss cites ‘huge’ need for farm workers

Sen. Saxby Chambliss says Georgia’s agriculture industry is in “real trouble” if the farm worker issue is not resolved; Julian Bond is retiring from his university professorship . . .

Tags: ALEC , attorney general , Barry Loudermilk , Chip Rogers , fraud indictments , Julian Bond , state employees

For ALEC, things don’t go better with Coke

Coca-Cola and its rival soft-drink competitor, PepsiCo, have both pulled their support of ALEC, the corporate-funded conservative organization . . .

Tags: ALEC , Chip Rogers , Coca-Cola , corporate membership , Earl Ehrhart

Immigrant student bill does not come up for a vote

Speaker David Ralston keeps this session’s anti-immigrant bill bottled up, does not allow a vote on it prior to adjournment . . .

Tags: Chip Rogers , David Ralston , immigration , undocumented students , University System

Political Notes – 13 more names for the scorecard

The votes by Republicans on the anti-abortion bill are providing plenty of names for scorecards compiled by political organizations . . .

Tags: Abortion , Chip Rogers , Don Balfour , ethics complaint , Georgia Right to Life , loan default , Lynmore James , scorecards , Tea Party , Tom Graves

Conference committee on budget excludes Rogers, Williams

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle bypasses Chip Rogers and Tommie Williams in appointing senators to the conference committee on the state budget . . .

Tags: Casey Cagle , Chip Rogers , conference committee , Greg Goggans , Jack Hill , state budget , Tim Golden

Balfour’s ‘developer bailout’ bill nears committee vote

Sen. Don Balfour is trying to pass legislation that would allow developers to escape paying off bank loans they personally guaranteed . . .

Tags: bank loans , Chip Rogers , developers , Don Balfour , Jack Murphy , personal guarantor

Political Notes – The demise of the school voucher bill

Sen. Chip Rogers still can’t get his school voucher bill passed; how did the pollsters’ findings compare with the actual results of the Georgia primary? . . .

Tags: Amos Amerson , Chip Rogers , Georgia primary , Jim Butterworth , Joe Jarrard , Nan Orrock , Nathan Deal , National Guard , offshore jobs , polling firms , Ralph Hudgens , school vouchers