Speaker David Ralston appoints several new committee chairmen in the Georgia House . . .
Alabama authorities arrested and jailed a foreign worker under the state’s new immigration law, but he wasn’t exactly the kind of worker the law is intended for . . .
Gov. Nathan Deal appoints five new members of the Public Defender Standards Council as part of a reconstitution of the council . . .
Cargo numbers at the Georgia Ports Authority showed an encouraging increase for fiscal year 2011 . . .
A poll of voters in the Metro Atlanta region indicates a majority of them will vote “no” in next year’s transportation tax referendum . . .
Legislators are urged to maintain funding for the expansion of Savannah harbor or watch the state lose a major business opportunity . . .
