The promoters of the T-SPLOST highway tax referendums are hitting up contributors for some very big donations to the cause . . .
Athens attorney Russell Edwards, state treasurer of the Georgia Democratic Party, has resigned . . .
The controversy continues over the employment of Rashad Richey as political director of the Democratic Party of Georgia . . .
Infighting among Democratic Party activists centers around the personal background of a top party official; Deal signs bills for the alcoholic beverage industry . . .
Democratic Party activists will elect a new state chairman and fill other party posts in leadership elections Saturday . . .
North Fulton legislators ask the State Transportation Board to reverse a vote on extending the Georgia 400 tolls, but the request is probably too little, too late . . .
Georgia Farm Bureau warns lawmakers not to crack down too hard on immigrants, a primary source of labor for the state’s agriculture industry; Rep. Jack Kingston will not be the Appropriations Committee chairman . . .
Sam Olens will retain one of Thurbert Baker’s top officials when he assumes the office of attorney general; highlights from the editorial columns of the state’s newspapers . . .
Incoming governor Nathan Deal will keep another Perdue holdover, Trey Childress, as chief operating officer . . .
