Tag Archives: David Ralston

Ethics reform issue will be prominent in primary races

Political activists will keep the focus on ethics reform in the primary elections, ask legislators to sign pledge to limit lobbyist gifts . . .

Tags: Common Cause Georgia , David Ralston , ethics revision , Josh McKoon , Tea Party , William Perry

On the campaign trail: A bipartisan group takes aim at McKillip

Rep. Doug McKillip has Democrats and Republicans working against his attempt to win the GOP primary in his legislative district . . .

Tags: Able Mabel Thomas , Abortion , Alisha Thomas Morgan , Bob Smith , Bobby Allen , Cobb County school , David Morgan , David Ralston , Doug McKillip , Kathy Ashe , Ken Britt , Mary Margaret Oliver , Regina Quick

GOP will put ethics question on July 31 primary ballot

Republican primary voters will have their say on the issue of limiting what lobbyists can spend on legislators . . .

Tags: David Ralston , ethics reform , Josh McKoon , lobbyist limitations , Republican primary ballot

GOP converges upon Columbus to discuss delegates, ethics

Georgia Republicans travel to the River City of Columbus for their annual state convention, with ethics and Ron Paul expected to dominate the discussion . . .

Tags: David Ralston , Don Balfour , ethics reform , Georgia Republican Party , national delegates , Ron Paul , state convention

Political Notes – Richardson says Latino vote could swing election for Obama

Bill Richardson, the former New Mexico governor, predicts that the Latino vote will swing the outcome of the presidential election . . .

Tags: Barack Obama , Bill Richardson , Board of Regents , David Ralston , Donald Leebern , farm labor , Georgia Democratic Party , immigration law , Latino vote , Mike Berlon , Mitt Romney , Red & Black , university of georgia

On the campaign trail – Cagle picks his candidate, Morgan says she won’t benefit from charter vote

Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle is throwing his support to former State Transportation Board member David Doss in a key state Senate race; Rep. Alisha Thomas Morgan is hit with questions about her support of a charter school amendment . . .

Tags: Alisha Thomas Morgan , Casey Cagle , Courtney Dillard , David Doss , David Ralston , Donna Askew , Doug McKillip , Earnest Smith , hank johnson , Kathy Ashe , Ken Britt

Political Notes – The speaker draws some flak over a court case

Speaker David Ralston is drawing criticism for what he’s done — or hasn’t done — as a private attorney; Athens-area incumbents will have opposition in their party primaries . . .

Tags: Bob Hanner , Carol Fullerton , Chuck Eaton , David Carmicheal , David Ralston , Doug McKillip , Keith Heard , party primaries , Regina Quick , Spencer Frye

Legislature passes abortion, drug testing for welfare applicants

Legislature gives final approval to controversial bills that criminalize abortions, require drug-testing for TANF applicants . . .

Tags: 20 weeks , abortions , criminalize , David Ralston , TANF , Valencia Seay , welfare applicants

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

Jobless benefits bill still hanging in the balance

Legislators still haven’t solved the problem of how to restore the fiscal stability of the unemployment insurance trust fund and pay back $730 million to the federal government . . .

Tags: David Ralston , Fran Millar , jobless benefits , Labor Department , Mark Butler , Nathan Deal , Steve Henson , trust fund , unemployment insurance