State Transportation Board member Brandon Beach announces he will oppose Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers in the GOP primary . . .
Gov. Nathan Deal goes to Cherokee County to sign legislation that sets up a formula for the funding of state-approved charter schools . . .
Legislation that encourages more participation in online courses by high school students is signed by Gov. Nathan Deal . . .
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 . . .
Coca-Cola and its rival soft-drink competitor, PepsiCo, have both pulled their support of ALEC, the corporate-funded conservative organization . . .
Speaker David Ralston keeps this session’s anti-immigrant bill bottled up, does not allow a vote on it prior to adjournment . . .
The votes by Republicans on the anti-abortion bill are providing plenty of names for scorecards compiled by political organizations . . .
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle bypasses Chip Rogers and Tommie Williams in appointing senators to the conference committee on the state budget . . .
Sen. Don Balfour is trying to pass legislation that would allow developers to escape paying off bank loans they personally guaranteed . . .
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? . . .
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