President Obama’s budget provides scant funds for the Savannah harbor dredging project . . .
Felton Jenkins, vice chairman of the Board of Regents and a retired King & Spalding partner, dies of brain cancer; Tom Price acknowledges that a House vote to repeal healthcare reform won’t stick . . .
What will legislators do to save the HOPE scholarship program? That could be a defining battle in the upcoming General Assembly session; Jack Kingston has some second thoughts on the earmarks ban . . .
Georgia will continue to see revenue growth this fiscal year, but it will be modest, according to Georgia State University’s chief economic forecaster; Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss say they will go along with a prohibition on earmarks — unless they happen to need an earmark to pay for dredging the Savannah River harbor . . .
