Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle bypasses Chip Rogers and Tommie Williams in appointing senators to the conference committee on the state budget . . .
A bill intended to stop fee diversions, which has been greatly watered down, is approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee . . .
Greg Goggans says he won’t run again for the Georgia Senate, opening up a political avenue for Rep. Mark Hatfield . . .
Senate passes bill that would allow doctors and dentists to be licensed by the state even if they decline to participate in the federal healthcare reform act . . .
Another example of how the General Assembly is only too happy to help the state’s largest businesses, while leaving local school systems to take care of their own problems . . .
Sen. Greg Goggans tries to re-introduce last year’s unsuccessful proposal to pay for trauma care services through a $10 license tag fee . . .
