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Lots of talk, little action expected in new session

The Georgia General Assembly gets ready to kick off another session that is expected to incorporate a lot of talk about serious issues, but considerably much less action . . .

Tags: Casey Cagle , charter schools , David Ralston , Education , General Assembly , immigration , Nathan Deal , public safety , tax revision , transportation

Political Notes – Turning point for the Cain campaign?

The sexual harassment complaints against Herman Cain appear to be chipping away at his support among likely Republican voters, as two recent polls suggest . . .

Tags: Gallup , Herman Cain , immigration , Jerry Gonzalez , Katie Dempsey , poll support , rasmussen , sexual harassment , Willou Smith

Isakson on the 9-9-9 plan: ‘At least it’s an idea’

Sen. Johnny Isakson is asked what he thinks of Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan to revise the federal tax system; his reaction is very restrained . . .

Tags: biometrically secure visas , federal tax code , Herman Cain , immigration , Johnny Isakson

Political Notes – Cain says electric fence proposal a ‘joke’

Herman Cain says his proposal to curb immigration by installing an electric fence along the border that would kill people crossing into the U.S. was just a ‘joke’ . . .

Tags: electric fence , Herman Cain , immigration , John Carson , Lee Hawkins , Renee Unterman , Rick Austin , Robert Lamutt , special legislative elections , toll lanes

Cain proposes electric fence to kill immigrants

Presidential candidate Herman Cain renews his call for an electrified fence along the Texas-Mexican border that would kill people who try to enter the U.S. illegally . . .

Tags: electrified border fence , GOP presidential race , Herman Cain , immigration , Mitt Romney

Petitions ask for Kent’s removal from immigration board

Petitions demanding the removal of anti-immigration lobbyist Phil Kent from an immigration review board are delivered to Gov. Nathan Deal’s office . . .

Tags: American whiteness , hate groups , immigration , immigration review board , Latinos , Nathan Deal , Phil Kent , white supremacists

Phil Kent fights back

The controversy surrounding Gov. Nathan Deal’s appointment of an anti-immigration lobbyist to the state’s immigration review board continues to bubble up . . .

Read Tom's Blog | Tags: Billy Morris , immigration , integration , miscegenation , Nathan Deal , Phil Kent , ProEnglish , racial issues

Political Notes – Some pushback on immigration panel appointment

Gov. Nathan Deal is still getting some heat over his controversial appointment of anti-immigration lobbyist Phil Kent to the state’s immigration review board; a candidate for the Legislature has some unpaid tax issues . . .

Tags: Brian Robinson , Doug Richards , immigration , Nathan Deal , Phil Kent , Robert Lamutt

Farm labor proposal ‘just doesn’t work,’ grower rep says

One of Georgia’s largest agricultural organizations tells state lawmakers that a proposal to use probationers in place of absent migrant workers to harvest crops has not worked out . . .

Tags: Georgia Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association , Georgia Restaurant Association , HB 87 , immigration , migrant workers

Deal’s letter shows how positions have shifted on immigration

Some of the politicians who want to take stern measures against undocumented immigrant workers didn’t always take such a hard-nosed stance . . .

Tags: Georgia farmers , immigration , Lamar Smith , migrant workers , Nathan Deal , Saxby Chambliss